Bill Text: MN SF159 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Nicollet and Cottonwood counties intermediate care facility for persons with developmental disabilities (ICF/DD) moratorium exception and rate adjustment

Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-02-13 - Comm report: To pass and re-referred to Finance [SF159 Detail]

Download: Minnesota-2013-SF159-Introduced.html

1.1A bill for an act
1.2relating to human services; creating an exception to the intermediate care facility
1.3for persons with developmental disabilities moratorium; allowing for a rate
1.4adjustment;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 252.291, by adding a
1.5subdivision; 256B.501, by adding a subdivision.
1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 252.291, is amended by adding a
1.8subdivision to read:
1.9    Subd. 2b. Exception for Nicollet County facility. Notwithstanding subdivision 1,
1.10the commissioner of health shall certify one additional bed in an intermediate care facility
1.11for persons with developmental disabilities in Nicollet County. The commissioner of
1.12human services shall adjust the reimbursement rate accordingly.

1.13    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 256B.501, is amended by adding a
1.14subdivision to read:
1.15    Subd. 14. Rate adjustment for ICF/DD in Cottonwood County. The
1.16commissioner of health shall decertify three beds in an intermediate care facility for
1.17persons with developmental disabilities with 21 certified beds located in Cottonwood
1.18County. The commissioner of human services shall adjust the reimbursement rate to the
1.19equivalent of a 20-bed facility.
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