Bill Text: MN SF2493 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Long-term care provider rates modifications and appropriation
Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-10 - Referred to Finance [SF2493 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-SF2493-Introduced.html
1.2relating to human services; modifying certain long-term care provider rates;
1.3appropriating money;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 256B.5012,
1.4by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes,
1.5chapter 256B.
1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.7 Section 1. [256B.4915] LONG-TERM CARE PROVIDER RATE AND GRANT
1.8INCREASES.
1.9(a) The commissioner of human services shall increase reimbursement rates, grants,
1.10allocations, individual limits, and rate limits, as applicable, by five percent for the rate
1.11period beginning July 1, 2014, for services rendered on or after that date. County or tribal
1.12contracts for services specified in this section must be amended to pass through these rate
1.13increases within 60 days of the effective date.
1.14(b) The rate changes described in this section must be provided to:
1.15(1) home and community-based waiver services for persons with developmental
1.16disabilities, including consumer-directed community supports, under section 256B.092;
1.17(2) waiver services under community alternatives for disabled individuals, including
1.18consumer-directed community supports, under section 256B.49;
1.19(3) community alternative care waiver services, including consumer-directed
1.20community supports, under section 256B.49;
1.21(4) brain injury waiver services, including consumer-directed community supports,
1.22under section 256B.49;
1.23(5) home and community-based waiver services for the elderly under section
1.24256B.0915;
2.1(6) nursing services and home health services under section 256B.0625, subdivision
2.26a;
2.3(7) personal care services and qualified professional supervision of personal care
2.4services under section 256B.0625, subdivisions 6a and 19a;
2.5(8) private duty nursing services under section 256B.0625, subdivision 7;
2.6(9) community first services and supports under section 256B.85;
2.7(10) essential community supports under section 256B.0922;
2.8(11) day training and habilitation services for adults with developmental disabilities or
2.9related conditions under sections 252.41 to 252.46, including the additional cost to counties
2.10for rate adjustments to day training and habilitation services provided as a social service;
2.11(12) alternative care services under section 256B.0913;
2.12(13) living skills training programs for persons with intractable epilepsy who need
2.13assistance in the transition to independent living under Laws 1988, chapter 689;
2.14(14) consumer support grants under section 256.476;
2.15(15) semi-independent living services under section 252.275;
2.16(16) family support grants under section 252.32;
2.17(17) housing access grants under section 256B.0658;
2.18(18) self-advocacy grants under Laws 2009, chapter 101;
2.19(19) technology grants under Laws 2009, chapter 79;
2.20(20) aging grants under sections 256.975 to 256.977 and 256B.0917;
2.21(21) deaf and hard-of-hearing grants, including community support services for deaf
2.22and hard-of-hearing adults with mental illness who use or wish to use sign language as
2.23their primary means of communication, under section 256.01, subdivision 2;
2.24(22) deaf and hard-of-hearing grants under sections 256C.233, 256C.25, and
2.25256C.261;
2.26(23) Disability Linkage Line grants under section 256.01, subdivision 24;
2.27(24) transition initiative grants under section 256.478; and
2.28(25) employment support grants under section 256B.021, subdivision 6.
2.29(c) A managed care plan receiving state payments for the services in paragraph (b)
2.30must include the increases in paragraph (a) in payments to providers. To implement the
2.31rate increase in this section, capitation rates paid by the commissioner to managed care
2.32organizations under section 256B.69 shall reflect a five percent increase for the specified
2.33services for the period beginning July 1, 2014.
2.34(d) Counties shall increase the budget for each recipient of consumer-directed
2.35community supports by the amounts in paragraph (a) on the effective dates in paragraph (a).
3.1(e) To implement the provisions of this section, the commissioner shall increase
3.2service rates in the disability waiver payment system authorized in sections 256B.4913
3.3and 256B.4914.
3.4 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 256B.5012, is amended by adding a
3.5subdivision to read:
3.6 Subd. 16. ICF/DD rate increases effective July 1, 2014. (a) For each facility
3.7reimbursed under this section, for the rate period beginning July 1, 2014, the commissioner
3.8shall increase operating payments equal to five percent of the operating payment rates in
3.9effect on June 30, 2014.
3.10(b) For each facility, the commissioner shall apply the rate increase based on
3.11occupied beds, using the percentage specified in this subdivision multiplied by the total
3.12payment rate, including the variable rate, but excluding the property-related payment rate
3.13in effect on the preceding date.
3.14 Sec. 3. APPROPRIATION.
3.15$....... is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of human services
3.16in fiscal year 2015 for the purposes of sections 1 and 2.
1.3appropriating money;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 256B.5012,
1.4by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes,
1.5chapter 256B.
1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.7 Section 1. [256B.4915] LONG-TERM CARE PROVIDER RATE AND GRANT
1.8INCREASES.
1.9(a) The commissioner of human services shall increase reimbursement rates, grants,
1.10allocations, individual limits, and rate limits, as applicable, by five percent for the rate
1.11period beginning July 1, 2014, for services rendered on or after that date. County or tribal
1.12contracts for services specified in this section must be amended to pass through these rate
1.13increases within 60 days of the effective date.
1.14(b) The rate changes described in this section must be provided to:
1.15(1) home and community-based waiver services for persons with developmental
1.16disabilities, including consumer-directed community supports, under section 256B.092;
1.17(2) waiver services under community alternatives for disabled individuals, including
1.18consumer-directed community supports, under section 256B.49;
1.19(3) community alternative care waiver services, including consumer-directed
1.20community supports, under section 256B.49;
1.21(4) brain injury waiver services, including consumer-directed community supports,
1.22under section 256B.49;
1.23(5) home and community-based waiver services for the elderly under section
1.24256B.0915;
2.1(6) nursing services and home health services under section 256B.0625, subdivision
2.26a;
2.3(7) personal care services and qualified professional supervision of personal care
2.4services under section 256B.0625, subdivisions 6a and 19a;
2.5(8) private duty nursing services under section 256B.0625, subdivision 7;
2.6(9) community first services and supports under section 256B.85;
2.7(10) essential community supports under section 256B.0922;
2.8(11) day training and habilitation services for adults with developmental disabilities or
2.9related conditions under sections 252.41 to 252.46, including the additional cost to counties
2.10for rate adjustments to day training and habilitation services provided as a social service;
2.11(12) alternative care services under section 256B.0913;
2.12(13) living skills training programs for persons with intractable epilepsy who need
2.13assistance in the transition to independent living under Laws 1988, chapter 689;
2.14(14) consumer support grants under section 256.476;
2.15(15) semi-independent living services under section 252.275;
2.16(16) family support grants under section 252.32;
2.17(17) housing access grants under section 256B.0658;
2.18(18) self-advocacy grants under Laws 2009, chapter 101;
2.19(19) technology grants under Laws 2009, chapter 79;
2.20(20) aging grants under sections 256.975 to 256.977 and 256B.0917;
2.21(21) deaf and hard-of-hearing grants, including community support services for deaf
2.22and hard-of-hearing adults with mental illness who use or wish to use sign language as
2.23their primary means of communication, under section 256.01, subdivision 2;
2.24(22) deaf and hard-of-hearing grants under sections 256C.233, 256C.25, and
2.25256C.261;
2.26(23) Disability Linkage Line grants under section 256.01, subdivision 24;
2.27(24) transition initiative grants under section 256.478; and
2.28(25) employment support grants under section 256B.021, subdivision 6.
2.29(c) A managed care plan receiving state payments for the services in paragraph (b)
2.30must include the increases in paragraph (a) in payments to providers. To implement the
2.31rate increase in this section, capitation rates paid by the commissioner to managed care
2.32organizations under section 256B.69 shall reflect a five percent increase for the specified
2.33services for the period beginning July 1, 2014.
2.34(d) Counties shall increase the budget for each recipient of consumer-directed
2.35community supports by the amounts in paragraph (a) on the effective dates in paragraph (a).
3.1(e) To implement the provisions of this section, the commissioner shall increase
3.2service rates in the disability waiver payment system authorized in sections 256B.4913
3.3and 256B.4914.
3.4 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 256B.5012, is amended by adding a
3.5subdivision to read:
3.6 Subd. 16. ICF/DD rate increases effective July 1, 2014. (a) For each facility
3.7reimbursed under this section, for the rate period beginning July 1, 2014, the commissioner
3.8shall increase operating payments equal to five percent of the operating payment rates in
3.9effect on June 30, 2014.
3.10(b) For each facility, the commissioner shall apply the rate increase based on
3.11occupied beds, using the percentage specified in this subdivision multiplied by the total
3.12payment rate, including the variable rate, but excluding the property-related payment rate
3.13in effect on the preceding date.
3.14 Sec. 3. APPROPRIATION.
3.15$....... is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of human services
3.16in fiscal year 2015 for the purposes of sections 1 and 2.
