1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; providing an operating payment rate adjustment for a 
1.3 	group of nursing facilities; appropriating money;amending Minnesota Statutes 
1.4 	2012, section 256B.434, by adding a subdivision.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 256B.434, is amended by adding a 
1.7 	subdivision to read:
1.8 		Subd. 19c.Rate adjustment for a group of nursing facilities to cover the cost of 
1.9 	group health insurance. Effective October 1, 2014, the operating payment rate of a group 
1.10 	of nursing facilities under common ownership and located in Aitkin, Dakota, Olmsted, 
1.11 	Pennington, Renville, St. Louis, Stevens, and Traverse Counties that did not provide 
1.12 	group health insurance coverage to its employees in calendar year 2013, that is reimbursed 
1.13 	under this section or section 256B.441, shall be increased by an amount sufficient to cover 
1.14 	the cost of newly acquired health insurance as determined by the commissioner, for a 
1.15 	resource utilization group rate with a weight of 1.00, subject to appropriation. The rate 
1.16 	adjustment under this subdivision shall be applied before any other operating payment rate 
1.17 	adjustments effective on October 1, 2014, are computed. The percentage of the operating 
1.18 	payment rate to be case-mix adjusted shall be equal to the percentage that is case-mix 
1.19 	adjusted on September 30, 2014.

1.20 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION.
 1.21 	$343,000 in fiscal year 2015 is appropriated from the general fund to the 
1.22 	commissioner of human services for the nursing facility rate adjustments under Minnesota 
1.23 	Statutes, section 256B.434, subdivision 19c.