SF 2430

1st Engrossment - 89th Legislature (2015 - 2016) Posted on 05/18/2016 09:57am

A bill for an act
relating to human services; making technical corrections to the median total
care-related per diem; amending Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section
256B.441, subdivision 30.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 256B.441, subdivision 30,
is amended to read:

Subd. 30.

Median total care-related cost per diem and other operating per diem
determined.

(a) The commissioner shall determine the median total care-related per
diem to be used in subdivision 50 and the median other operating per diem to be used in
subdivision 51 using the cost reports from nursing facilities in Anoka, Carver, Dakota,
Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington Counties.

(b) The median total care-related per diem shall be equal to the median deleted text begin direct care
cost deleted text end new text begin total care-related per diem new text end for a RUG's weight of 1.00 for facilities located in the
counties listed in paragraph (a).

(c) The median other operating per diem shall be equal to the median other
operating per diem for facilities located in the counties listed in paragraph (a). The other
operating per diem shall be the sum of each facility's administrative costs, dietary costs,
housekeeping costs, laundry costs, and maintenance and plant operations costs divided
by each facility's resident days.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION. new text end

new text begin This section is effective retroactively from
January 1, 2016, and expires on the effective date of 2016 S.F. No. 2539, if enacted during
the 2016 regular legislative session. This section prevails over any conflicting amendment
regardless of the order of enactment.
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