MN HF3729

Separates dietary, housekeeping, laundry, and maintenance costs into distinct labor cost categories for nursing facility payment rate calculations effective January 1, 2024.

Introduces "known cost change factor" tied to Consumer Price Index projections to adjust nursing facility rates based on forecasted inflation from July 1 of the reporting period to July 1 of the rate year.

Appropriates unspecified amounts from general fund in fiscal years 2022 and 2023 to nursing facilities at $_____ per bed per quarter, requiring attestation that funds increase employee compensation and posting of distribution plans for 6 months.

Updates elderly waiver, customized living service, and disability waiver payment methodologies to use component-based rates with annual updates to base wages using Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington area wage data and payroll tax factors.

Repeals phase-in rate provisions for disability and elderly waiver customized living services effective July 1, 2022, and establishes July 1, 2022 interim updates to wage indices and payroll tax factors.