1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; increasing payment rates for a nursing facility in 
1.3 	Koochiching County; appropriating money;amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, 
1.4 	section 256B.434, by adding a subdivision.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 256B.434, is amended by adding a 
1.7 	subdivision to read:
1.8 		Subd. 4i.Rate increase for a facility in Koochiching County. Effective October 
1.9 	1, 2007, the operating payment rate of a nursing facility in Koochiching County that was 
1.10 	licensed for 55 beds on January 1, 2005, is increased to be equal, for a RUG's rate with a 
1.11 	weight of 1.00, to the 14.4 percentile of geographic group III rates for the same RUG's 
1.12 	weight. The percentage of the operating payment rate for the facility to be case-mix 
1.13 	adjusted is equal to the percentage that is case-mix adjusted in the facility's September 30, 
1.14 	2007, operating payment rate. This subdivision applies only if it results in a rate increase.