MN SF2655

Effective October 1, 2014, increases operating payment rates for nursing facilities under common ownership in Aitkin, Dakota, Olmsted, Pennington, Renville, St. Louis, Stevens, and Traverse Counties to cover costs of newly acquired group health insurance.

Applies only to facilities that did not provide group health insurance coverage to employees in calendar year 2013 and are reimbursed under Minnesota Statutes section 256B.434 or 256B.441.

Rate adjustment is applied based on a resource utilization group rate with a weight of 1.00 and is implemented before other operating payment rate adjustments effective October 1, 2014.

Appropriates $343,000 from the general fund in fiscal year 2015 to the Commissioner of Human Services for the nursing facility rate adjustments.