1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; making technical corrections to the median total 
1.3 	care-related per diem;amending Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 
1.4 	256B.441, subdivision 30.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 256B.441, subdivision 30, 
1.7 	is amended to read:
1.8 		Subd. 30.Median total care-related cost per diem and other operating per diem 
1.9 	determined. (a) The commissioner shall determine the median total care-related per 
1.10 	diem to be used in subdivision 50 and the median other operating per diem to be used in 
1.11 	subdivision 51 using the cost reports from nursing facilities in Anoka, Carver, Dakota, 
1.12 	Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington Counties.
1.13 	(b) The median total care-related per diem shall be equal to the median direct care 
1.14 	cost total care-related per diem for a RUG's weight of 1.00 for facilities located in the 
1.15 	counties listed in paragraph (a).
1.16 	(c) The median other operating per diem shall be equal to the median other 
1.17 	operating per diem for facilities located in the counties listed in paragraph (a). The other 
1.18 	operating per diem shall be the sum of each facility's administrative costs, dietary costs, 
1.19 	housekeeping costs, laundry costs, and maintenance and plant operations costs divided 
1.20 	by each facility's resident days.

1.21 	EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION. This section is effective retroactively from 
1.22 	January 1, 2016, and expires on the effective date of 2016 S.F. No. 2539, if enacted during 
1.23 	the 2016 regular legislative session. This section prevails over any conflicting amendment 
1.24 	regardless of the order of enactment.