Minnesota Session Laws - 2010, Regular Session

CHAPTER 394--H.F.No. 2859

An act

relating to human services; modifying a nursing facility rate provision;

amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 256B.431, subdivision 35.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 256B.431, subdivision 35, is amended to read:

Subd. 35.

Exclusion of raw food cost adjustment.

For rate years beginning on or after July 1, 2001, in calculating a nursing facility's operating cost per diem for the purposes of constructing comparing to an array, determining a median, or otherwise performing a other statistical measure of nursing facility payment rates to be used to determine future rate increases adjustments under this section, section 256B.434, or any other section, the commissioner shall exclude adjustments for raw food costs under subdivision 2b, paragraph (h), that are related to providing special diets based on religious beliefs.

Presented to the governor May 18, 2010

Signed by the governor May 25, 2010, 11:16 a.m.