as introduced - 82nd Legislature (2001 - 2002) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am
1.1 A bill for an act 1.2 relating to human services; adjusting inpatient 1.3 hospital rates for facilities located outside of the 1.4 metropolitan area; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, 1.5 section 256.969, by adding a subdivision. 1.6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 1.7 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 256.969, is 1.8 amended by adding a subdivision to read: 1.9 Subd. 26. [GREATER MINNESOTA PAYMENT ADJUSTMENT AFTER JUNE 1.10 30, 2001.] For admissions occurring after June 30, 2001, the 1.11 commissioner shall pay all medical assistance and general 1.12 assistance medical care inpatient fee-for-service admissions at 1.13 hospitals located outside of the seven-county metropolitan area, 1.14 at the higher of: 1.15 (1) the hospital's current payment rate for the diagnostic 1.16 category, exclusive of disproportionate population adjustments 1.17 received under subdivision 9 and hospital payment adjustments 1.18 received under subdivision 23; or 1.19 (2) the average payment rate for that diagnostic category 1.20 for hospitals located within the seven-county metropolitan area, 1.21 exclusive of disproportionate population adjustments received 1.22 under subdivision 9 and hospital payment adjustments received 1.23 under subdivision 23.