Minnesota SF 1725: Alternative teacher preparation and compensation programs modifications; teacher shortage task force establishment; concurrent enrollment teacher program expansion; teacher recruitment appropriation

Status: Referred to E-12 Policy (as of 2017-03-02)

State: Minnesota · Session: 2017-2018 · Bill: SF 1725

Subjects: Education and Education Department, Occupations and Professions, Task Forces

Sponsors: Nelson, Dahms, Hoffman, Rosen

Bill Text

1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to human services; modifying elderly waiver rates and nursing facility
1.3 reimbursement rates; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 256R.02,
1.4 subdivision 19, by adding a subdivision; 256R.23, subdivisions 2, 3; 256R.24,
1.5 subdivision 1; 256R.25; 256S.211, subdivisions 1, 2; 256S.213, subdivision 1;
1.6 proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256R.
1.7 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.8 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256R.02, subdivision 19, is amended to read:
1.9 Subd. 19.External fixed costs."External fixed costs" means costs related to the nursing
1.10 home surcharge under section 256.9657, subdivision 1; licensure fees under section 144.122;
1.11 family advisory council fee under section 144A.33; scholarships under section 256R.37;
1.12 planned closure rate adjustments under section 256R.40; consolidation rate adjustments
1.13 under section 144A.071, subdivisions 4c, paragraph (a), clauses (5) and (6), and 4d;
1.14 single-bed room incentives under section 256R.41; property taxes, special assessments, and
1.15 payments in lieu of taxes; employer health insurance costs; quality improvement incentive
1.16 payment rate adjustments under section 256R.39; performance-based incentive payments
1.17 under section 256R.38; special dietary needs under section 256R.51; Public Employees
1.18 Retirement Association employer costs; and border city rate adjustments under section
1.19 256R.481; and the rate adjustment for nursing home wage standards under section 256R.495.
1.20 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective January 1, 2026, or upon federal approval,
1.21 whichever is later, and applies retroactively to the rate year beginning January 1, 2026. The
1.22 commissioner of human services shall notify the revisor of statutes when federal approval
1.23 is obtained.
1Section 1.
25-01989 as introduced01/28/25 REVISOR AGW/LJ
SENATE
STATE OF MINNESOTA
S.F. No. 1725NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
(SENATE AUTHORS: HOFFMAN and Utke)
OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE
Introduction and first reading45802/20/2025
Referred to Human Services
See HF2115
See First Special Session, HF3

2.1 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256R.02, is amended by adding a subdivision to
2.2 read:
2.3 Subd. 25b.Known cost change factor."Known cost change factor" means 1.00 plus
2.4 the average amount of increase in minimum wages for nursing home employees approved
2.5 by the Nursing Home Workforce Standards Board established under section 181.212 and
2.6 taking effect within the previous 12 months.
2.7 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective January 1, 2027, or upon federal approval,
2.8 whichever is later, and applies retroactively to the rate year beginning January 1, 2027. The
2.9 commissioner of human services shall notify the revisor of statutes when federal approval
2.10 is obtained.
2.11 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256R.23, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
2.12 Subd. 2.Calculation of direct care cost per standardized day.Each facility's direct
2.13 care cost per standardized day is calculated as follows: (1) multiply the facility's direct care
2.14 costs divided and the known cost change factor; and (2) divide the result of clause (1) by
2.15 the sum of the facility's standardized days. A facility's direct care cost per standardized day
2.16 is the facility's cost per day for direct care services associated with a case mix index of 1.00.
2.17 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective January 1, 2027, or upon federal approval,
2.18 whichever is later, and applies retroactively to the rate year beginning January 1, 2027. The
2.19 commissioner of human services shall notify the revisor of statutes when federal approval
2.20 is obtained.
2.21 Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256R.23, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
2.22 Subd. 3.Calculation of other care-related cost per resident day.Each facility's other
2.23 care-related cost per resident day is its calculated as follows:
2.24 (1) multiply the facility's other care-related costs, divided and the known cost change
2.25 factor; and
2.26 (2) divide the result of clause (1) by the sum of the facility's resident days.
2.27 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective January 1, 2027, or upon federal approval,
2.28 whichever is later, and applies retroactively to the rate year beginning January 1, 2027. The
2.29 commissioner of human services shall notify the revisor of statutes when federal approval
2.30 is obtained.
2Sec. 4.
25-01989 as introduced01/28/25 REVISOR AGW/LJ

3.1 Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256R.24, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
3.2 Subdivision 1.Determination of other operating cost per day.Each facility's other
3.3 operating cost per day is its calculated as follows:
3.4 (1) multiply the facility's other operating costs divided and the known cost change factor;
3.5 and
3.6 (

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