Minnesota Session Laws - 1995, Regular Session

                            CHAPTER 114-H.F.No. 813 
                  An act relating to human services; establishing a 
                  temporary payment rate for a recently purchased 
                  intermediate care facility for persons with mental 
                  retardation or related conditions; amending Minnesota 
                  Statutes 1994, section 256B.501, by adding a 
                  subdivision. 
        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
           Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 256B.501, is 
        amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
           Subd. 3l.  [TEMPORARY PAYMENT RATE PROVISIONS.] If an 
        intermediate care facility for persons with mental retardation 
        or related conditions located in Kandiyohi county:  
           (1) was sold during 1994; 
           (2) is unable to obtain records necessary to complete the 
        cost report from the former operator at no cost; and 
           (3) delicensed two beds during that year, then the 
        commissioner shall determine the payment rate for the period May 
        1, 1995, through September 30, 1996, as provided in paragraphs 
        (a) to (c). 
           (a) A temporary payment rate shall be paid which is equal 
        to the rate in effect as of April 30, 1995. 
           (b) The payment rate in paragraph (a) shall be subject to a 
        retroactive downward adjustment based on the provisions in 
        paragraph (c). 
           (c) The temporary payment rate shall be limited to the 
        lesser of the payment in paragraph (a) or the payment rate 
        calculated based on the facility's cost report for the reporting 
        year January 1, 1995, through December 31, 1995, and the 
        provisions of this section and the reimbursement rules in effect 
        on June 30, 1995, except that the provisions referred to in 
        clauses (1) to (3) shall not apply: 
           (1) the inflation factor in subdivision 3c; 
           (2) Minnesota Rules, part 9553.0050, subpart 2, items A to 
        E; and 
           (3) Minnesota Rules, part 9553.0041, subpart 16. 
           Presented to the governor May 2, 1995 
           Signed by the governor May 3, 1995, 10:49 a.m.