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SF544 (Legislative Session 94 (2025-2026))

Certain nursing facility property increases sunset removal provision and nursing facility property rate increase removal provision

Related bill: HF702

AI Generated Summary

Purpose

  • This bill relates to human services and changes how certain nursing facility property rate increases are treated. It removes the sunset on these increases and sets new, facility-specific increases, with a future transition to a property payment rate.

Main Provisions

  • Amends Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.434, subdivision 4k.
  • Sunset removal for property rate increases:
    • A rate increase under this subdivision ends when the facility’s property rate transitions to a property payment rate under section 256R26, subdivision 8, or on May 31, 2026, whichever occurs first.
  • Facility-specific property rate increases (effective January 1, 2025, unless noted otherwise):
    • St. Paul facility located at 1415 Almond Avenue, Ramsey County: increase by 1,065.
    • Duluth facility located at 3111 Church Place, St. Louis County: increase by 2,081.
    • Chatfield facility located at 1102 Liberty Street SE, Fillmore County: increase by 2,135.
    • Fergus Falls facility located at 1131 South Mabelle Avenue, Ottertail County: increase by 3,856 from January 1, 2025 through June 30, 2025.
  • Section 1: This is the amendment to the cited statute, implementing these changes.

Effective Dates and Scope

  • January 1, 2025: Increases for the St. Paul, Duluth, and Chatfield facilities take effect.
  • January 1, 2025 through June 30, 2025: Fergus Falls facility increase applies for that window.
  • Sunset/transition trigger: The increases end on either the date the facility transitions to a property payment rate under 256R26, subdivision 8, or May 31, 2026, whichever comes first.

Significant Changes to Existing Law

  • Removes the existing sunset for certain nursing facility property rate increases.
  • Establishes new, facility-specific property rate increases for four nursing facilities.
  • Ties the duration of the increases to a future transition to a property payment rate or a fixed date, whichever occurs earlier.

Facilities and Locations Affected

  • St. Paul: 1415 Almond Avenue, Ramsey County.
  • Duluth: 3111 Church Place, St. Louis County.
  • Chatfield: 1102 Liberty Street SE, Fillmore County.
  • Fergus Falls: 1131 South Mabelle Avenue, Ottertail County.

Rationale (implied)

  • The bill aims to provide targeted funding adjustments to specific nursing facilities and to formalize a sunset-less approach, with a transition plan tied to existing property payment rate mechanisms.

Relevant Terms - property rate increase, property rate, property payment rate, transition, sunset, 256B.434, subdivision 4k, 256R26, subsection 8, May 31, 2026, nursing facility, St. Paul, Duluth, Chatfield, Fergus Falls, Ramsey County, St. Louis County, Fillmore County, Ottertail County, 1415 Almond Avenue, 3111 Church Place, 1102 Liberty Street SE, 1131 South Mabelle Avenue

Bill text versions

Actions

DateChamberWhereTypeNameCommittee Name
January 23, 2025SenateActionIntroduction and first reading
January 23, 2025SenateActionReferred toHuman Services
SenateActionSee

Citations

 
[
  {
    "analysis": {
      "added": [
        "Adds end-date conditions for the rate increases (transition to property payment rate under 256R.26, subd. 8 or May 31, 2026).",
        "Adds specific property rate increases for named facilities (St. Paul, Duluth, Chatfield) with stated dollar amounts and effective dates, plus an additional increase for Fergus Falls during a defined period."
      ],
      "removed": [
        "No explicit removal of existing provisions identified in this excerpt."
      ],
      "summary": "This bill amends Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.434, subdivision 4k, to modify the sunset of certain nursing facility property rate increases by tying their duration to a transition to a property payment rate under section 256R.26, subdivision 8, or to May 31, 2026, whichever is earlier. It also specifies targeted property rate increases for several nursing facilities with defined effective dates.",
      "modified": [
        "Modifies the duration and triggering events for the property rate increases previously covered under 256B.434, subd. 4k."
      ]
    },
    "citation": "256B.434",
    "subdivision": "4k"
  },
  {
    "analysis": {
      "added": [
        "Adds a cross-reference to 256R.26, subd. 8 as the trigger for ending the property rate increases."
      ],
      "removed": [],
      "summary": "This bill references Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256R.26, subdivision 8, as the mechanism by which a facility transitions from a property rate to a property payment rate, which in turn ends the associated property rate increases authorized under 256B.434, subdivision 4k.",
      "modified": [
        "No direct modification to 256R.26; the bill ties the end of the 256B.434, subd. 4k increases to the transition defined in 256R.26, subd. 8."
      ]
    },
    "citation": "256R.26",
    "subdivision": "8"
  }
]

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