1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; expanding the group
1.3 	residential housing supplemental rate; amending
1.4 	Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 256I.05, subdivision
1.5 	1e.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 256I.05,
1.8 	subdivision 1e, is amended to read:
1.9 		Subd. 1e.Supplementary rate for certain facilities. (a) 
1.10 	Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivisions 1a and 1c,
1.11 	beginning July 1, 2001, a county agency shall negotiate a
1.12 	supplementary rate in addition to the rate specified in
1.13 	subdivision 1, equal to 46 percent of the amount specified in
1.14 	subdivision 1a, including any legislatively authorized
1.15 	inflationary adjustments, for a group residential housing
1.16 	provider that:
1.17 	(1) is located in Hennepin County and has had a group
1.18 	residential housing contract with the county since June 1996;
1.19 	(2) operates in three separate locations a 71-bed facility,
1.20 	and two 40-bed facilities; and
1.21 	(3) serves a chemically dependent clientele, providing 24
1.22 	hours per day supervision and limiting a resident's maximum
1.23 	length of stay to 13 months out of a consecutive 24-month period.
1.24 	(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivisions 1a and
1.25 	1c, beginning July 1, 2006, a county agency shall negotiate a
2.1 	supplementary rate in addition to the rate specified in
2.2 	subdivision 1, equal to 46 percent of the amount specified in
2.3 	subdivision 1a, including any legislatively authorized
2.4 	inflationary adjustments, for a group residential housing
2.5 	provider that:
2.6 	(1) is located in St. Louis County;
2.7 	(2) operates in one location a 30-bed facility; and 
2.8 	(3) serves chemically dependent clientele, providing 24
2.9 	hours per day supervision.