1.1                          A bill for an act
  1.2             relating to human services; modifying prospective 
  1.3             reimbursement rates for medical assistance and general 
  1.4             assistance medical care; amending Minnesota Statutes 
  1.5             1995 Supplement, section 256B.69, subdivision 5b. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1995 Supplement, section 
  1.8   256B.69, subdivision 5b, is amended to read: 
  1.9      Subd. 5b.  [PROSPECTIVE REIMBURSEMENT RATES.] (a) For 
  1.10  prepaid medical assistance and general assistance medical care 
  1.11  program contract rates set by the commissioner under subdivision 
  1.12  5 and effective on or after January 1, 1996, through December 
  1.13  31, 1996, capitation rates for nonmetropolitan counties shall on 
  1.14  a weighted average be no less than 85 percent of the capitation 
  1.15  rates for metropolitan counties, excluding Hennepin county. 
  1.16     (b) If the commissioner establishes capitation rates 
  1.17  through the use of competitive bids, the commissioner shall use 
  1.18  a competitive bid methodology that ensures that capitation rates 
  1.19  for nonmetropolitan counties shall, on a weighted average, be no 
  1.20  less than 85 percent of the capitation rates for metropolitan 
  1.21  counties, excluding Hennepin county.