MN HF2684

Increases basic monthly rates for Northstar Care for Children effective July 1, 2016, through June 30, 2017: ages 0-5 from $565 to $1,156 per month, ages 6-12 from $670 to $1,311 per month, and ages 13 and older from $790 to $1,466 per month.

Requires the commissioner to review and revise rates annually by April 1, starting in 2016 for fiscal year 2017, based on the United States Department of Agriculture's "Estimates of the Cost of Raising a Child" publication.

Limits annual rate increases to a maximum of three percent per annum, with rates rounded to the nearest dollar for monthly rates and nearest cent for daily rates.

Beginning April 1, 2017, revisions shall be based only on subdivision 3 rates rather than subdivisions 3-7 or 3-6.

Section 2 is effective retroactively from March 31, 2016.