1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to human services; providing rate increases 
  1.3             for certain nursing facilities to offset a county 
  1.4             assessment; appropriating money; amending Minnesota 
  1.5             Statutes 2000, sections 256B.431, by adding a 
  1.6             subdivision; 256B.434, by adding a subdivision. 
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 256B.431, is 
  1.9   amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  1.10     Subd. 37.  [RATE INCREASES EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2002.] For the 
  1.11  rate year beginning July 1, 2002, a nursing facility in Norman 
  1.12  county licensed for 49 beds shall receive an increase of 11 
  1.13  cents in each case mix payment rate to offset payment of a 
  1.14  county tax assessment for the costs of ambulance service.  The 
  1.15  increase under this subdivision shall be added following the 
  1.16  determination under this chapter of the payment rate for the 
  1.17  rate year beginning July 1, 2002, and shall be included in the 
  1.18  facility's total payment rates for the purposes of determining 
  1.19  future rates under this section or any other section. 
  1.20     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 256B.434, is 
  1.21  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  1.22     Subd. 4f.  [RATE INCREASES EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2002.] For the 
  1.23  rate year beginning July 1, 2002, a nursing facility in Norman 
  1.24  county licensed for 90 beds and a nursing facility in Norman 
  1.25  county licensed for 63 beds shall each receive an increase of 11 
  1.26  cents in each case mix payment rate to offset payment of a 
  2.1   county tax assessment for the costs of ambulance service.  The 
  2.2   increases under this subdivision shall be added following the 
  2.3   determination under this chapter of the payment rate for the 
  2.4   rate year beginning July 1, 2002, and shall be included in each 
  2.5   facility's total payment rates for the purposes of determining 
  2.6   future rates under this section or any other section. 
  2.7      Sec. 3.  [APPROPRIATION.] 
  2.8      $....... is appropriated from the general fund to the 
  2.9   commissioner of human services for fiscal year 2003 for the 
  2.10  purposes of sections 1 and 2.