1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; increasing payment rates for nursing facilities in 
1.3 	Steele County to the geographic group III median rate;amending Minnesota 
1.4 	Statutes 2006, section 256B.434, by adding a subdivision.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 256B.434, is amended by adding a 
1.7 	subdivision to read:
1.8 		Subd. 4i.Rate increase for facilities in Steele County. Effective October 1, 2007, 
1.9 	operating payment rates of all nursing facilities in Steele County that are reimbursed 
1.10 	under this section or section 256B.441 must be increased to be equal, for a RUG's rate 
1.11 	with a weight of 1.00, to the geographic group III median rate for the same RUG's weight. 
1.12 	The percentage of the operating payment rate for each facility to be case-mix adjusted 
1.13 	must be equal to the percentage that is case-mix adjusted in that facility's September 30, 
1.14 	2007, operating payment rate. This subdivision applies only if it results in a rate increase. 
1.15 	Increases provided by this subdivision must be added to the rate determined under any 
1.16 	new reimbursement system established under section 256B.441.