1.1                          A bill for an act
  1.2             relating to human services; modifying prospective 
  1.3             reimbursement rates for medical assistance and general 
  1.4             assistance medical care; amending Minnesota Statutes 
  1.5             1995 Supplement, section 256B.69, subdivision 5b. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1995 Supplement, section 
  1.8   256B.69, subdivision 5b, is amended to read: 
  1.9      Subd. 5b.  [PROSPECTIVE REIMBURSEMENT RATES.] For prepaid 
  1.10  medical assistance and general assistance medical care program 
  1.11  contract rates effective on or after January 1, 1996, ~~through~~ 
  1.12  ~~December 31, 1996,~~ capitation rates for nonmetropolitan counties 
  1.13  shall on a weighted average be no less than 85 percent of the 
  1.14  capitation rates for metropolitan counties, excluding Hennepin 
  1.15  county.