1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; increasing payment rates for nursing facilities in 
1.3 	Goodhue County;amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 256B.441, 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.441, is amended by adding a 
1.7 	subdivision to read:
1.8 		Subd. 59.Rate increase for facilities in Goodhue County. Effective October 1, 
1.9 	2008, operating payment rates of a nursing facility in Zumbrota licensed for 57 beds 
1.10 	on September 30, 2008, and a nursing facility in Pine Island licensed for 74 beds on 
1.11 	September 30, 2008, that are reimbursed under this section or section 256B.434, shall be 
1.12 	increased to be equal, for a RUG's rate with a weight of 1.00, to the peer group I median 
1.13 	operating payment rate for the same RUG's weight, after application of subdivision 55. 
1.14 	The percentage of the operating payment rate for each facility to be case-mix adjusted shall 
1.15 	be equal to the percentage that is case-mix adjusted in that facility's September 30, 2008, 
1.16 	operating payment rate. This subdivision shall apply only if it results in a rate increase.