1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; modifying payment rates for low-rate nursing 
1.3 	facilities;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 256B.441, subdivision 61.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 256B.441, subdivision 61, is amended to 
1.6 	read:
1.7 		Subd. 61.Rate increase for low-rate facilities. (a) Effective October 1, 2011, 
1.8 	operating payment rates of all nursing facilities that are reimbursed under this section or 
1.9 	section 256B.434 shall be increased for a resource utilization group rate with a weight 
1.10 	of 1.00 by up to 2.45 percent, but not to exceed for the same resource utilization group 
1.11 	weight the rate of the facility at the 18th percentile of all nursing facilities in the state. The 
1.12 	percentage of the operating payment rate for each facility to be case-mix adjusted shall be 
1.13 	equal to the percentage that is case-mix adjusted in that facility's operating payment rate 
1.14 	on the preceding September 30.
1.15 	(b) Effective October 1, 2013, operating payment rates of all nursing facilities that 
1.16 	are reimbursed under this section or section 256B.434 shall be increased for a resource 
1.17 	utilization group rate with a weight of 1.00 by up to 2.5 percent, but not to exceed for the 
1.18 	same resource utilization group weight the rate of the facility at the 50th percentile of all 
1.19 	nursing facilities in the state. The percentage of the operating payment rate for each 
1.20 	facility to be case-mix adjusted shall be equal to the percentage that is case-mix adjusted 
1.21 	in that facility's operating payment rate on the preceding September 30.