as introduced - 82nd Legislature (2001 - 2002) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am
Engrossments | ||
---|---|---|
Introduction | Posted on 03/20/2002 |
1.1 A bill for an act 1.2 relating to human services; providing an annual 1.3 adjustment in hospital payment rates; appropriating 1.4 money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 1.5 256.969, subdivision 1. 1.6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 1.7 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 256.969, 1.8 subdivision 1, is amended to read: 1.9 Subdivision 1. [HOSPITAL COST INDEX.] (a) The hospital 1.10 cost index shall be the change in the Consumer Price Index-All 1.11 Items (United States city average) (CPI-U) forecasted by Data 1.12 Resources, Inc. The commissioner shall use the indices as 1.13 forecasted in the third quarter of the calendar year prior to 1.14 the rate year. The hospital cost indexmayshall be used to 1.15 adjust the base year operating payment rate through the rate 1.16 year on an annually compounded basis. 1.17 (b) For fiscal years beginning on or after July 1,19931.18 2002, the commissioner of human services shallnotprovide 1.19 automatic annual inflation adjustments for hospital payment 1.20 rates under medical assistance, nor underand general assistance 1.21 medical care,.except that the inflation adjustments under1.22paragraph (a) for medical assistance, excluding general1.23assistance medical care, shall apply through calendar year1.242001. The index for calendar year 2000 shall be reduced 2.51.25percentage points to recover overprojections of the index from2.11994 to 1996. The commissioner of finance shall include as a2.2budget change request in each biennial detailed expenditure2.3budget submitted to the legislature under section 16A.11 annual2.4adjustments in hospital payment rates under medical assistance2.5and general assistance medical care, based upon the hospital2.6cost index.2.7 Sec. 2. [APPROPRIATION.] 2.8 $....... is appropriated from the general fund to the 2.9 commissioner of human services for fiscal year 2003 for the 2.10 purposes of section 1.