1.2relating to human services; providing a nursing facility operating payment rate
1.3increase for certain facilities in Otter Tail County;amending Minnesota Statutes
1.42012, section 256B.434, by adding a subdivision.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 256B.434, is amended by adding a
1.7subdivision to read:
1.8    Subd. 4i. Rate increase for certain facilities in Otter Tail County. Effective
1.9October 1, 2013, operating payment rates of two nursing facilities located in Otter Tail
1.10County, one licensed for 124 beds and the other licensed for 105 beds, that are reimbursed
1.11under this section, section 256B.441, or any other section, shall be increased to be
1.12equal, for a RUGS rate with a weight of 1.00, to the peer group 1 median rate for the
1.13same RUGS weight. The percentage of the operating payment rate for each facility to
1.14be case-mix adjusted shall be equal to the percentage that is case-mix adjusted in that
1.15facility's September 30, 2013, operating payment rate. This subdivision shall apply only if
1.16it results in a rate increase.