1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; modifying group residential housing supplemental 
1.3 	rates;amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 256I.05, by adding a 
1.4 	subdivision.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 256I.05, is amended by adding a 
1.7 	subdivision to read:
1.8 		Subd. 1h.Supplementary rate for certain facilities; St. Louis County. (a) 
1.9 	Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivisions 1a and 1c, beginning July 1, 2007, a 
1.10 	county agency shall negotiate a supplementary rate in addition to the rate specified in 
1.11 	subdivision 1, not to exceed $700 per month, including any legislatively authorized 
1.12 	inflationary adjustments, for a 60-bed facility in St. Louis County which opened in 
1.13 	January 2006 that will serve chemically dependent persons operated by a group residential 
1.14 	housing provider that currently operates a 304-bed facility in Minneapolis.
1.15 	(b) The supplementary rate in paragraph (a) applies to the 48 beds which do not 
1.16 	already receive a supplementary rate.