1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; modifying the basic monthly rate for Northstar Care 
1.3 	for Children;amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256N.26, subdivisions 
1.4 	3, 9.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256N.26, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 3.Basic monthly rate. From January 1, 2015, to June 30 July 1, 2016, to 
1.8 	June 30, 2017, the basic monthly rate must be according to the following schedule:

1.9		Ages 0-5
	$565 $1,156 per month
	
1.10		Ages 6-12
	$670 $1,311 per month
	
1.11		Ages 13 and older
	$790 $1,466 per month

1.12 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256N.26, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
1.13 		Subd. 9.Revision. (a) By April 1, 2016, for fiscal year 2017, and by each succeeding 
1.14 	April 1 for the subsequent fiscal year, the commissioner shall review and revise the rates 
1.15 	under subdivisions 3 4 to 7 6 based on the United States Department of Agriculture, 
1.16 	Estimates of the Cost of Raising a Child, published by the United States Department of 
1.17 	Agriculture, Agricultural Resources Service, Publication 1411. The revision shall be the 
1.18 	average percentage by which costs increase for the age ranges represented in the United 
1.19 	States Department of Agriculture, Estimates of the Cost of Raising a Child, except that in 
1.20 	no instance must the increase be more than three percent per annum. The monthly rates 
1.21 	must be revised to the nearest dollar and the daily rates to the nearest cent.
1.22 	(b) By April 1, 2017, for fiscal year 2018, and by each succeeding April 1 for 
1.23 	the subsequent fiscal year, the commissioner shall review and revise the rates under 
2.1 	subdivision 3  based on the United States Department of Agriculture, Estimates of the Cost 
2.2 	of Raising a Child, published by the United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural 
2.3 	Resources Service, Publication 1411. The revision shall be the average percentage by 
2.4 	which costs increase for the age ranges represented in the United States Department of 
2.5 	Agriculture, Estimates of the Cost of Raising a Child, except that in no instance must the 
2.6 	increase be more than three percent per annum. The monthly rates must be revised to the 
2.7 	nearest dollar and the daily rates to the nearest cent.

2.8 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective retroactively from March 31, 2016.