1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; designating nursing
1.3 	facilities in Chisago County as metro for purposes of
1.4 	determining reimbursement rates; amending Minnesota
1.5 	Statutes 2004, section 256B.431, by adding a
1.6 	subdivision.
1.7 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.8 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 256B.431, is
1.9 	amended by adding a subdivision to read:
1.10 		Subd. 41.County designation. (a) For rate years
1.11 	beginning on or after July 1, 2005, and subject to paragraph
1.12 	(b), nursing facilities located in Chisago County shall be
1.13 	considered metro, in order to:
1.14 	(1) determine rate increases under this section, section
1.15 	256B.434, or any other section; and 
1.16 	(2) establish nursing facility reimbursement rates for any
1.17 	new nursing facility reimbursement system developed under
1.18 	section 256B.440.
1.19 	(b) Paragraph (a) applies only if designation as a metro
1.20 	facility results in a level of reimbursement that is higher than
1.21 	the level the facility would have received without application
1.22 	of that paragraph.