Bill Text: MN SF599 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Medical assistance (MA) reimbursement rates for intermediate care facilities for developmentally disabled (ICF/DD) and home and community-based services providers increase and appropriation
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-02-21 - Referred to Finance [SF599 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-SF599-Introduced.html
1.2relating to human services; modifying reimbursement rates for ICF/DD and
1.3home and community-based services providers; appropriating money;amending
1.4Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 256B.5012, 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.5012, is amended by adding a
1.7subdivision to read:
1.8 Subd. 14. ICF/DD rate increases effective July 1, 2013, and July 1, 2014. (a)
1.9Notwithstanding subdivision 12, for each facility reimbursed under this section, for the
1.10rate period beginning July 1, 2013, the commissioner shall increase operating payments
1.11equal to five percent of the operating payment rates in effect on June 30, 2013. For the rate
1.12period beginning July 1, 2014, the commissioner shall increase operating payments equal
1.13to five percent of the operating payment rates in effect on June 30, 2014.
1.14(b) For each facility, the commissioner shall apply the rate increase based on
1.15occupied beds, using the percentage specified in this subdivision multiplied by the total
1.16payment rate, including the variable rate, but excluding the property-related payment
1.17rate in effect on the preceding date. The total rate increase shall include the adjustment
1.18provided in section 256B.501, subdivision 12.
1.19 Sec. 2. PROVIDER RATE AND GRANT INCREASES EFFECTIVE JULY 1,
1.202013, AND JULY 1, 2014.
1.21(a) The commissioner of human services shall increase reimbursement rates, grants,
1.22allocations, individual limits, and rate limits, as applicable, by five percent for the rate
1.23period beginning July 1, 2013, and by five percent for the rate period beginning July 1,
2.12014, for services rendered on or after those dates. County or tribal contracts for services
2.2specified in this section must be amended to pass through these rate increases within 60
2.3days of the effective date.
2.4(b) The rate changes described in this section must be provided to:
2.5(1) home and community-based waivered services for persons with developmental
2.6disabilities or related conditions, including consumer-directed community supports, under
2.7Minnesota Statutes, section 256B.501;
2.8(2) waivered services under community alternatives for disabled individuals,
2.9including consumer-directed community supports, under Minnesota Statutes, section
2.10256B.49;
2.11(3) community alternative care waivered services, including consumer-directed
2.12community supports, under Minnesota Statutes, section 256B.49;
2.13(4) traumatic brain injury waivered services, including consumer-directed
2.14community supports, under Minnesota Statutes, section 256B.49;
2.15(5) home and community-based waivered services for the elderly under Minnesota
2.16Statutes, section 256B.0915;
2.17(6) nursing services and home health services under Minnesota Statutes, section
2.18256B.0625, subdivision 6a;
2.19(7) personal care services and qualified professional supervision of personal care
2.20services under Minnesota Statutes, section 256B.0625, subdivisions 6a and 19a;
2.21(8) private duty nursing services under Minnesota Statutes, section 256B.0625,
2.22subdivision 7;
2.23(9) day training and habilitation services for adults with developmental disabilities
2.24or related conditions under Minnesota Statutes, sections 252.40 to 252.46, including the
2.25additional cost of rate adjustments on day training and habilitation services, provided as a
2.26social service, under Minnesota Statutes, section 256M.60;
2.27(10) alternative care services under Minnesota Statutes, section 256B.0913;
2.28(11) living skills training programs for persons with intractable epilepsy who need
2.29assistance in the transition to independent living under Laws 1988, chapter 689;
2.30(12) semi-independent living services (SILS) under Minnesota Statutes, section
2.31252.275, including SILS funding under county social services grants formerly funded
2.32under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256I;
2.33(13) consumer support grants under Minnesota Statutes, section 256.476;
2.34(14) family support grants under Minnesota Statutes, section 252.32;
2.35(15) housing access grants under Minnesota Statutes, section 256B.0658;
2.36(16) self-advocacy grants under Laws 2009, chapter 101; and
3.1(17) technology grants under Laws 2009, chapter 79.
3.2(c) A managed care plan receiving state payments for the services in this section
3.3must include these increases in their payments to providers. To implement the rate increase
3.4in this section, capitation rates paid by the commissioner to managed care organizations
3.5under Minnesota Statutes, section 256B.69, shall reflect a two percent increase for the
3.6specified services for the period beginning July 1, 2013.
3.7(d) Counties shall increase the budget for each recipient of consumer-directed
3.8community supports by the amounts in paragraph (a) on the effective dates in paragraph (a).
3.9 Sec. 3. APPROPRIATION.
3.10$....... is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of human services
3.11for the biennium beginning July 1, 2013, for the purposes of sections 1 and 2.
1.3home and community-based services providers; appropriating money;amending
1.4Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 256B.5012, 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.5012, is amended by adding a
1.7subdivision to read:
1.8 Subd. 14. ICF/DD rate increases effective July 1, 2013, and July 1, 2014. (a)
1.9Notwithstanding subdivision 12, for each facility reimbursed under this section, for the
1.10rate period beginning July 1, 2013, the commissioner shall increase operating payments
1.11equal to five percent of the operating payment rates in effect on June 30, 2013. For the rate
1.12period beginning July 1, 2014, the commissioner shall increase operating payments equal
1.13to five percent of the operating payment rates in effect on June 30, 2014.
1.14(b) For each facility, the commissioner shall apply the rate increase based on
1.15occupied beds, using the percentage specified in this subdivision multiplied by the total
1.16payment rate, including the variable rate, but excluding the property-related payment
1.17rate in effect on the preceding date. The total rate increase shall include the adjustment
1.18provided in section 256B.501, subdivision 12.
1.19 Sec. 2. PROVIDER RATE AND GRANT INCREASES EFFECTIVE JULY 1,
1.202013, AND JULY 1, 2014.
1.21(a) The commissioner of human services shall increase reimbursement rates, grants,
1.22allocations, individual limits, and rate limits, as applicable, by five percent for the rate
1.23period beginning July 1, 2013, and by five percent for the rate period beginning July 1,
2.12014, for services rendered on or after those dates. County or tribal contracts for services
2.2specified in this section must be amended to pass through these rate increases within 60
2.3days of the effective date.
2.4(b) The rate changes described in this section must be provided to:
2.5(1) home and community-based waivered services for persons with developmental
2.6disabilities or related conditions, including consumer-directed community supports, under
2.7Minnesota Statutes, section 256B.501;
2.8(2) waivered services under community alternatives for disabled individuals,
2.9including consumer-directed community supports, under Minnesota Statutes, section
2.10256B.49;
2.11(3) community alternative care waivered services, including consumer-directed
2.12community supports, under Minnesota Statutes, section 256B.49;
2.13(4) traumatic brain injury waivered services, including consumer-directed
2.14community supports, under Minnesota Statutes, section 256B.49;
2.15(5) home and community-based waivered services for the elderly under Minnesota
2.16Statutes, section 256B.0915;
2.17(6) nursing services and home health services under Minnesota Statutes, section
2.18256B.0625, subdivision 6a;
2.19(7) personal care services and qualified professional supervision of personal care
2.20services under Minnesota Statutes, section 256B.0625, subdivisions 6a and 19a;
2.21(8) private duty nursing services under Minnesota Statutes, section 256B.0625,
2.22subdivision 7;
2.23(9) day training and habilitation services for adults with developmental disabilities
2.24or related conditions under Minnesota Statutes, sections 252.40 to 252.46, including the
2.25additional cost of rate adjustments on day training and habilitation services, provided as a
2.26social service, under Minnesota Statutes, section 256M.60;
2.27(10) alternative care services under Minnesota Statutes, section 256B.0913;
2.28(11) living skills training programs for persons with intractable epilepsy who need
2.29assistance in the transition to independent living under Laws 1988, chapter 689;
2.30(12) semi-independent living services (SILS) under Minnesota Statutes, section
2.31252.275, including SILS funding under county social services grants formerly funded
2.32under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256I;
2.33(13) consumer support grants under Minnesota Statutes, section 256.476;
2.34(14) family support grants under Minnesota Statutes, section 252.32;
2.35(15) housing access grants under Minnesota Statutes, section 256B.0658;
2.36(16) self-advocacy grants under Laws 2009, chapter 101; and
3.1(17) technology grants under Laws 2009, chapter 79.
3.2(c) A managed care plan receiving state payments for the services in this section
3.3must include these increases in their payments to providers. To implement the rate increase
3.4in this section, capitation rates paid by the commissioner to managed care organizations
3.5under Minnesota Statutes, section 256B.69, shall reflect a two percent increase for the
3.6specified services for the period beginning July 1, 2013.
3.7(d) Counties shall increase the budget for each recipient of consumer-directed
3.8community supports by the amounts in paragraph (a) on the effective dates in paragraph (a).
3.9 Sec. 3. APPROPRIATION.
3.10$....... is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of human services
3.11for the biennium beginning July 1, 2013, for the purposes of sections 1 and 2.
