HF 3057

as introduced - 88th Legislature (2013 - 2014) Posted on 03/13/2014 02:51pm

A bill for an act
relating to human services; providing an operating payment rate adjustment for a
group of nursing facilities; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes
2012, section 256B.434, by adding a subdivision.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 256B.434, is amended by adding a
subdivision to read:

new text begin Subd. 19c. new text end

new text begin Rate adjustment for a group of nursing facilities to cover the cost of
group health insurance. new text end

new text begin Effective October 1, 2014, the operating payment rate of a group
of nursing facilities under common ownership and located in Aitkin, Dakota, Olmsted,
Pennington, Renville, St. Louis, Stevens, and Traverse Counties that did not provide
group health insurance coverage to its employees in calendar year 2013, that is reimbursed
under this section or section 256B.441, shall be increased by an amount sufficient to cover
the cost of newly acquired health insurance as determined by the commissioner, for a
resource utilization group rate with a weight of 1.00, subject to appropriation. The rate
adjustment under this subdivision shall be applied before any other operating payment rate
adjustments effective on October 1, 2014, are computed. The percentage of the operating
payment rate to be case-mix adjusted shall be equal to the percentage that is case-mix
adjusted on September 30, 2014.
new text end

Sec. 2. new text begin APPROPRIATION.
new text end

new text begin $343,000 in fiscal year 2015 is appropriated from the general fund to the
commissioner of human services for the nursing facility rate adjustments under Minnesota
Statutes, section 256B.434, subdivision 19c.
new text end