1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to human services; increasing prepaid medical 
  1.3             assistance program capitation rates for 
  1.4             nonmetropolitan counties; amending Minnesota Statutes 
  1.5             1999 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 1999 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, 1998, capitation rates 
  1.13  for nonmetropolitan counties shall on a weighted average be no 
  1.14  less than 88 percent of the capitation rates for metropolitan 
  1.15  counties, excluding Hennepin county.  The commissioner shall 
  1.16  make a pro rata adjustment in capitation rates paid to counties 
  1.17  other than nonmetropolitan counties in order to make this 
  1.18  provision budget neutral.  
  1.19     (b) For prepaid medical assistance program contract rates 
  1.20  set by the commissioner under subdivision 5 and effective on or 
  1.21  after January 1, 2001, capitation rates for nonmetropolitan 
  1.22  counties shall, on a weighted average, be no less than 89 95 
  1.23  percent of the capitation rates for metropolitan counties, 
  1.24  excluding Hennepin county.