1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; providing a nursing facility operating payment 
1.3 	rate increase for certain facilities;amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 
1.4 	256B.441, by adding a subdivision.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256B.441, is amended by adding a 
1.7 	subdivision to read:
1.8 		Subd. 65.Rate increase for low-rate facilities effective October 1, 2015.
 1.9 	Effective October 1, 2015, operating payment rates of all nursing facilities that are 
1.10 	reimbursed under this section or section 256B.434 shall be increased for a resource 
1.11 	utilization group rate with a weight of 1.00 by up to ....... percent, but not to exceed for the 
1.12 	same resource utilization group weight, the rate of the facility at the ....... percentile of 
1.13 	all nursing facilities in the state. The percentage of the operating payment rate for each 
1.14 	facility to be case-mix adjusted shall be equal to the percentage that is case-mix adjusted 
1.15 	in that facility's operating payment rate on the preceding September 30.