1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to health; increasing reimbursement rates for
1.3 	nursing facilities in specified counties;
1.4 	appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004,
1.5 	section 256B.431, by adding a subdivision.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 256B.431, is
1.8 	amended by adding a subdivision to read:
1.9 		Subd. 41.Rate increase for facilities in stearns,
1.10 	sherburne, and benton counties. Effective October 1, 2005,
1.11 	operating payment rates of nursing facilities in Stearns County,
1.12 	Sherburne County, and Benton County, reimbursed under this
1.13 	section or section 256B.434, shall be increased to be equal, for
1.14 	a RUGs rate with a weight of 1.00, to the geographic group III
1.15 	median rate for the same RUGs weight.  The percentage of the
1.16 	operating payment rate for each facility to be case-mix adjusted
1.17 	shall be equal to the percentage that is case-mix adjusted in
1.18 	that facility's September 30, 2005, operating payment rate.
1.19 	This subdivision shall apply only if it results in a rate
1.20 	increase.  Increases provided by this subdivision shall be added
1.21 	to the rate determined under any new reimbursement system
1.22 	established under section 256B.440.

1.23 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION.
 1.24 	$....... is appropriated from the general fund to the
1.25 	commissioner of human services for the biennium beginning July
2.1 	1, 2005, for the purpose of section 1.