1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; increasing the rate reimbursement for a day training 
1.3 	and habilitation provider in Meeker County; requiring the Department of Human 
1.4 	Services to draft legislation addressing the disparity between per diem rate 
1.5 	reimbursements for day training and habilitation providers across the state.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. PROVIDER RATE INCREASE.
 1.8 	A day training and habilitation provider in Meeker County providing services to up 
1.9 	to 110 individuals shall have a rate reimbursement increase that equals eight percent of 
1.10 	the provider's current reimbursement rate.

1.11 	Sec. 2. PROPOSED LEGISLATION.
 1.12 	The commissioner of human services, in conjunction with community service 
1.13 	providers, shall prepare legislation by January 1, 2008, for introduction at the beginning of 
1.14 	the 2008 legislative session. The legislation must correct the disparity in per diem rate 
1.15 	reimbursements between community service providers across the state. The proposed 
1.16 	legislation shall be given to the chairs of the house and senate committees with jurisdiction 
1.17 	over human services by December 1, 2007.