Subdivision 1.Determination of other operating cost per day.

Each facility’s other operating cost per day is its other operating costs divided by the sum of the facility’s resident days.

Subd. 2.Determination of the median other operating cost per day.

The commissioner must determine the median other operating cost per day using the cost reports from nursing facilities in Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington Counties.

Subd. 3.Determination of the other operating payment rate.

A facility’s other operating payment rate equals 105 percent of the median other operating cost per day.