1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; increasing reimbursement rates for nursing facility 
1.3 	in Hennepin County;amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 256B.434, by 
1.4 	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.Nursing facility rate increase effective January 1, 2008; Hennepin 
1.9 	County. Effective January 1, 2008, a nursing facility in Hennepin County licensed for 
1.10 	137 beds as of February 1, 2007, shall receive an increase of $2.81 in each case mix 
1.11 	payment rate to offset property tax payments due as a result of the facility's conversion 
1.12 	from nonprofit to for-profit status. The increase under this subdivision must be added 
1.13 	following the determination under this chapter of the payment rate for the rate year 
1.14 	beginning October 1, 2007, and must be included in the facility's total payment rate for the 
1.15 	purposes of determining future rates under this section or any other section.