Sec.17-311-54. Optional rate determination

Homes for the aged and community residences for the mentally retarded shall have the option of complying with section 17-311-50 of the regulations which requires the annual reports and cost data be provided for individual rate determination for each facility or acceptance of the per diem rate determined as explained below. The election to have an individual rate computed shall necessitate the filing of the annual report.

The rate for the year beginning July 1, 1982 for homes for the aged and community residences for the mentally retarded which do not elect to have an individual per diem rate computed shall be predicated on the rate authorized for providers with 10 or less beds for the prior rate year adjusted prospectively by multiplying it by the quotient derived by dividing the GNP deflator for the upcoming rate year by the GNP deflator for the prior rate year. Thereafter the rate for such facilities shall be computed by multiplying the rate for the prior year by the quotient derived by dividing the GNP deflator for the upcoming rate year by the GNP deflator for the prior rate year.

(Effective March 17, 1983)