1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; providing a rate increase for certain nursing facilities;
1.3 	amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 256B.441, by adding a subdivision.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 256B.441, is amended by adding a 
1.6 	subdivision to read:
1.7 		Subd. 61a.Rate increase for certain facilities. Effective October 1, 2014, 
1.8 	operating payment rates of all nursing facilities that are reimbursed under this section or 
1.9 	section 256B.434 shall be increased for a resource utilization group rate with a weight 
1.10 	of 1.00 by up to one percent, but not to exceed for the same resource utilization group 
1.11 	weight the rate of the facility at the 50th percentile of all nursing facilities in the state. The 
1.12 	percentage of the operating payment rate for each facility to be case-mix adjusted shall be 
1.13 	equal to the percentage that is case-mix adjusted in that facility's operating payment rate 
1.14 	on the preceding September 30.