123rd MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 652		LR 2109(02)
	Resolve, To Ensure Appropriate Personal Needs Allowances for Persons Residing in Long-term Care Facilities
	Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment "     "
	Committee: Health and Human Services
	Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
			2007-08	2008-09	Projections 2009-10	Projections 2010-11
Net Cost (Savings)
	General Fund		$445,590	$594,120	$594,120	$594,120
Appropriations/Allocations
	General Fund		$445,590	$594,120	$594,120	$594,120
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	Provides an appropriation of $445,590 for 2007-08 (assuming an October 1, 2007 start date) and $594,120 for 2008-09, for the additional costs the State will need to pick up as a result of a $15 per month increase in the personal needs allowance for residential care/boarding home residents.  This assumes 2,960 residents will be allowed to keep an additional $15 for their personal needs allowance and 511 residents, for whom the State already pays an additional $5 per month, would be able to keep an additional $10.  These costs to the State are not Medicaid matchable.
	$511	$10	$5,110	$61,320
	$2,960	$15	$44,400	$532,800
				$594,120	$445,590.00
					$594,120