Nursing facility payment rates terminology corrections provided.

HF 2159 corrects terminology in Minnesota statutes governing nursing facility payment rates. It amends sections 256R.38 and 256R.40 to clarify that performance-based incentive payments (for outcomes like resident discharge or quality improvements) must be included in facilities' external fixed costs payment rate. The bill also updates the calculation method for planned closure rate adjustments when facilities reduce beds, specifying how the $2,080 per-bed amount is applied over capacity days. This terminology correction directly affects nursing facilities receiving state payments and the Minnesota Department of Human Services administering these rates. The bill makes no new policy changes - only clarifies existing payment rate mechanisms.