Minnesota Legislature
SF 395
1st Engrossment - 90th Legislature (2017 - 2018) Posted on 02/21/2017 08:26am
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A bill for an act
relating to human services; modifying the operating payment rate for certain
nonprofit nursing facilities in border cities; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016,
section 256R.53, subdivision 2.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 256R.53, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
Subd. 2.
Nursing deleted text begin facilitydeleted text end new text begin facilitiesnew text end in deleted text begin Breckenridgedeleted text end new text begin border citiesnew text end .
The operating
payment rate of a nonprofit nursing facility that exists on January 1, 2015, is located within
the boundaries of the city of Breckenridgenew text begin or Moorheadnew text end , and is reimbursed under this chapter,
is equal to the greater of:
(1) the operating payment rate determined under section 256R.21, subdivision 3; or
(2) the median case mix adjusted rates, including comparable rate components as
determined deleted text begin by the median case mix adjusted rates, including comparable rate components
deleted text end deleted text begin as determineddeleted text end by the commissioner, for the equivalent case mix indices of the nonprofit
nursing facility or facilities located in an adjacent city in another state and in cities contiguous
to the adjacent city. deleted text begin The Minnesota facility's operating payment rate with a case mix index
deleted text end deleted text begin of 1.0 is computed by dividing the adjacent city's nursing facility or facilities' median
deleted text end deleted text begin operating payment rate with an index of deleted text end deleted text begin by deleted text end new text begin The commissioner shall make the
comparison required in this subdivision on November 1 of each year and shall apply it to
the rates to be effective on the following January 1. If the adjustments under this subdivision
result in a rate that exceeds the total care-related payment limits in section 256R.23,
subdivision 5, and whose costs exceed the other operating payment rate in section 256R.24,
subdivision 3, in a given rate year, the facility's rate shall not be subject to the limits in
section 256R.23, subdivision 5, and shall not be limited to the rate established in section
256R.24, subdivision 3, for that rate yearnew text end .
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end
new text begin
The rate increases for a facility located in Moorhead are effective
for the rate year beginning January 1, 2020, and annually thereafter.
new text end