as introduced - 90th Legislature (2017 - 2018) Posted on 03/08/2018 02:25pm
A bill for an act
relating to human services; modifying Northstar Care for Children agreement
timeline; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 256N.26, subdivision 9.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 256N.26, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
new text begin (a) new text end By April 1, deleted text begin 2016deleted text end new text begin 2018new text end , for deleted text begin fiscal year 2017, and by each
succeeding April 1 for the subsequent fiscal yeardeleted text end new text begin the July 1, 2018, through December 31,
2019, periodnew text end , the commissioner shall review and revise the rates under subdivisions 3 to deleted text begin 7deleted text end new text begin
6new text end based on the United States Department of Agriculture, Estimates of the Cost of Raising
a Child, published by the United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Resources
Service, Publication 1411. The revision shall be the average percentage by which costs
increase for the age ranges represented in the United States Department of Agriculture,
Estimates of the Cost of Raising a Child, except that in no instance must the increase be
more than three percent per annum. The monthly rates must be revised to the nearest dollar
and the daily rates to the nearest cent.
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(b) By October 1, 2019, for calendar year 2020, the commissioner shall review and
revise the rates under subdivisions 3 to 6 based on the United States Department of
Agriculture, Estimates of the Cost of Raising a Child, published by the United States
Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Resources Service, Publication 1411. The revision
shall be one and one-half times the average percentage by which costs increase for the age
ranges represented in the United States Department of Agriculture, Estimates of the Cost
of Raising a Child, except that in no instance must the increase be more than four and
one-half percent per annum. The monthly rates must be revised to the nearest dollar and
the daily rates to the nearest cent.
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(c) By October 1, 2020, for calendar year 2021, and by each succeeding October 1 for
the subsequent calendar year, the commissioner shall review and revise the rates under
subdivisions 3 to 6 based on the United States Department of Agriculture, Estimates of the
Cost of Raising a Child, published by the United States Department of Agriculture,
Agricultural Resources Service, Publication 1411. The revision shall be the average
percentage by which costs increase for the age ranges represented in the United States
Department of Agriculture, Estimates of the Cost of Raising a Child, except that in no
instance must the increase be more than three percent per annum. The monthly rates must
be revised to the nearest dollar and the daily rates to the nearest cent.
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