SF 2493

as introduced - 88th Legislature (2013 - 2014) Posted on 03/11/2014 09:49am

A bill for an act
relating to human services; modifying certain long-term care provider rates;
appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 256B.5012,
by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes,
chapter 256B.

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

Section 1.

new text begin [256B.4915] LONG-TERM CARE PROVIDER RATE AND GRANT
INCREASES.
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new text begin (a) The commissioner of human services shall increase reimbursement rates, grants,
allocations, individual limits, and rate limits, as applicable, by five percent for the rate
period beginning July 1, 2014, for services rendered on or after that date. County or tribal
contracts for services specified in this section must be amended to pass through these rate
increases within 60 days of the effective date.
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new text begin (b) The rate changes described in this section must be provided to:
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new text begin (1) home and community-based waiver services for persons with developmental
disabilities, including consumer-directed community supports, under section 256B.092;
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new text begin (2) waiver services under community alternatives for disabled individuals, including
consumer-directed community supports, under section 256B.49;
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new text begin (3) community alternative care waiver services, including consumer-directed
community supports, under section 256B.49;
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new text begin (4) brain injury waiver services, including consumer-directed community supports,
under section 256B.49;
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new text begin (5) home and community-based waiver services for the elderly under section
256B.0915;
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new text begin (6) nursing services and home health services under section 256B.0625, subdivision
6a;
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new text begin (7) personal care services and qualified professional supervision of personal care
services under section 256B.0625, subdivisions 6a and 19a;
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new text begin (8) private duty nursing services under section 256B.0625, subdivision 7;
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new text begin (9) community first services and supports under section 256B.85;
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new text begin (10) essential community supports under section 256B.0922;
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new text begin (11) day training and habilitation services for adults with developmental disabilities or
related conditions under sections 252.41 to 252.46, including the additional cost to counties
for rate adjustments to day training and habilitation services provided as a social service;
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new text begin (12) alternative care services under section 256B.0913;
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new text begin (13) living skills training programs for persons with intractable epilepsy who need
assistance in the transition to independent living under Laws 1988, chapter 689;
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new text begin (14) consumer support grants under section 256.476;
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new text begin (15) semi-independent living services under section 252.275;
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new text begin (16) family support grants under section 252.32;
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new text begin (17) housing access grants under section 256B.0658;
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new text begin (18) self-advocacy grants under Laws 2009, chapter 101;
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new text begin (19) technology grants under Laws 2009, chapter 79;
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new text begin (20) aging grants under sections 256.975 to 256.977 and 256B.0917;
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new text begin (21) deaf and hard-of-hearing grants, including community support services for deaf
and hard-of-hearing adults with mental illness who use or wish to use sign language as
their primary means of communication, under section 256.01, subdivision 2;
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new text begin (22) deaf and hard-of-hearing grants under sections 256C.233, 256C.25, and
256C.261;
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new text begin (23) Disability Linkage Line grants under section 256.01, subdivision 24;
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new text begin (24) transition initiative grants under section 256.478; and
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new text begin (25) employment support grants under section 256B.021, subdivision 6.
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new text begin (c) A managed care plan receiving state payments for the services in paragraph (b)
must include the increases in paragraph (a) in payments to providers. To implement the
rate increase in this section, capitation rates paid by the commissioner to managed care
organizations under section 256B.69 shall reflect a five percent increase for the specified
services for the period beginning July 1, 2014.
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new text begin (d) Counties shall increase the budget for each recipient of consumer-directed
community supports by the amounts in paragraph (a) on the effective dates in paragraph (a).
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new text begin (e) To implement the provisions of this section, the commissioner shall increase
service rates in the disability waiver payment system authorized in sections 256B.4913
and 256B.4914.
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Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 256B.5012, is amended by adding a
subdivision to read:

new text begin Subd. 16. new text end

new text begin ICF/DD rate increases effective July 1, 2014. new text end

new text begin (a) For each facility
reimbursed under this section, for the rate period beginning July 1, 2014, the commissioner
shall increase operating payments equal to five percent of the operating payment rates in
effect on June 30, 2014.
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new text begin (b) For each facility, the commissioner shall apply the rate increase based on
occupied beds, using the percentage specified in this subdivision multiplied by the total
payment rate, including the variable rate, but excluding the property-related payment rate
in effect on the preceding date.
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Sec. 3. new text begin APPROPRIATION.
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new text begin $....... is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of human services
in fiscal year 2015 for the purposes of sections 1 and 2.
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