1999 Minnesota Statutes

     256.966 Medical care payments; allowable increase in 
  cost per service unit. 

    Subdivision 1.    In general.  For the biennium ending 
 June 30, 1985, the annual increase in the cost per service unit 
 paid to any vendor under medical assistance and general 
 assistance medical care shall not exceed five percent, except 
 that the five percent annual increase limitation applied to 
 vendors under this subdivision does not apply to nursing homes 
 licensed under chapter 144A or boarding care homes licensed 
 under sections 144.50 to 144.56.  The estimated acquisition cost 
 of prescription drug ingredients is not subject to the five 
 percent increase limit, any general state payment reduction, or 
 cost limitation described in this section, except as required 
 under federal law or regulation.  For vendors enrolled in the 
 general assistance medical care program, the annual increase in 
 cost per service unit allowable during state fiscal year 1984 
 shall not exceed five percent.  The basis for measuring growth 
 shall be the cost per service unit that would have been 
 reimbursable in state fiscal year 1983 if payments had not been 
 ratably reduced and if payments had been based on the 50th 
 percentile of usual and customary billings for medical 
 assistance in 1978.  The increase in cost per service unit 
 allowable for vendors in the general assistance medical care 
 program during state fiscal year 1985 shall not exceed five 
 percent.  The basis for measuring growth shall be state fiscal 
 year 1984.  

    Subd. 2. Repealed, 1987 c 403 art 2 s 164 

    HIST: 1981 c 360 art 2 s 1; 1982 c 640 s 9; 1983 c 312 art 5 s 
 6; 1984 c 580 s 2; 1984 c 654 art 5 s 58