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.434, 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.434, is 
  1.8   amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  1.9      Subd. 4b.  [FACILITY RATE INCREASES EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 
  1.10  2000.] For the rate year beginning July 1, 2000, a nursing 
  1.11  facility in Wright county licensed for 154 beds shall receive an 
  1.12  increase of $10.50 in each case mix payment rate to be used for 
  1.13  employee wage and benefit enhancements.  This increase shall be 
  1.14  included in the facility's total payment rates for the purpose 
  1.15  of determining future rates under this section or any other 
  1.16  section. 
  1.17     Sec. 2.  [APPROPRIATION.] 
  1.18     $....... is appropriated from the general fund to the 
  1.19  commissioner of human services for the fiscal year beginning 
  1.20  July 1, 2000, for the purposes of section 1.