1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; increasing payment rates for nursing facilities in 
1.3 	Mille Lacs County to the peer group one median rate;amending Minnesota 
1.4 	Statutes 2008, section 256B.441, by adding a subdivision.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 256B.441, is amended by adding a 
1.7 	subdivision to read:
1.8 		Subd. 60.Rate increase for facilities in Mille Lacs County. Effective October 
1.9 	1, 2010, operating payment rates of all nursing facilities in Mille Lacs County that are 
1.10 	reimbursed under this section or section 256B.434 shall be increased to be equal, for a 
1.11 	RUGS rate with a weight of 1.00, to the peer group one median rate for the same RUGS 
1.12 	weight. The percentage of the operating payment rate for each facility to be case-mix 
1.13 	adjusted shall be equal to the percentage that is case-mix adjusted in that facility's 
1.14 	September 30, 2010, operating payment rate. This subdivision shall apply only if it 
1.15 	results in a rate increase. Increases provided by this subdivision shall be applied after the 
1.16 	blending of rebased operating cost payment rates under subdivision 55.