1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to human services; providing a nursing 
  1.3             facility rate adjustment; appropriating money; 
  1.4             amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 256B.431, by 
  1.5             adding a subdivision. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 256B.431, is 
  1.8   amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  1.9      Subd. 29.  [FACILITY RATE INCREASES EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 
  1.10  2000.] Following the determination under subdivision 28 of the 
  1.11  payment rate for the rate year beginning July 1, 2000, for a 
  1.12  facility in Roseau county licensed for 49 beds, the facility's 
  1.13  operating cost per diem shall be increased by the following 
  1.14  amounts: 
  1.15     (1) case mix class A, $5.69; 
  1.16     (2) case mix class B, $6.09; 
  1.17     (3) case mix class C, $6.52; 
  1.18     (4) case mix class D, $6.91; 
  1.19     (5) case mix class E, $7.33; 
  1.20     (6) case mix class F, $7.35; 
  1.21     (7) case mix class G, $7.69; 
  1.22     (8) case mix class H, $8.35; 
  1.23     (9) case mix class I, $8.58; 
  1.24     (10) case mix class J, $8.95; and 
  1.25     (11) case mix class K, $9.70. 
  2.1   These increases shall be included in the facility's total 
  2.2   payment rates for the purpose of determining future rates under 
  2.3   this section or any other section. 
  2.4      Sec. 2.  [APPROPRIATION.] 
  2.5      $....... is appropriated from the general fund to the 
  2.6   commissioner of human services for the fiscal year beginning 
  2.7   July 1, 2000, for the purposes of section 1.