1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; providing for a nursing facility rate increase in Clay 
1.3 	County and Koochiching County;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 
1.4 	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 2010, section 256B.434, is amended by adding a 
1.7 	subdivision to read:
1.8 		Subd. 22.Rate increase for facilities in Clay County and Koochiching County.
 1.9 	For the rate year beginning October 1, 2011, a nursing facility in Clay County that is 
1.10 	licensed for 35 beds as of February 1, 2011, and a nursing facility in Koochiching County 
1.11 	that is licensed for 64 beds as of April 1, 2011, shall receive a rate increase to increase 
1.12 	its operating rate to the 50th percentile of the operating rates of all nursing facilities in 
1.13 	Minnesota. The commissioner shall determine the 50th percentile of the case mix portion 
1.14 	of the operating rates with a RUGS weight of 1.0 of all nursing facilities in Minnesota. The 
1.15 	50th percentile of the operating per diem for all nursing facilities in Minnesota must then 
1.16 	be added to the case mix rates to determine the operating payment rates. The nonoperating 
1.17 	components of the facility's rates must not be adjusted under this subdivision.