128th MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 401		LR 1008(04)
	An Act To Require Reimbursement to Hospitals for Patients Awaiting Placement in Nursing Facilities
	Fiscal Note for Senate Amendment " " to Committee Amendment "A"
	Sponsor: Sen. Hamper of Oxford
	Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
			FY 2017-18	FY 2018-19	Projections  FY 2019-20	Projections  FY 2020-21
Net Cost (Savings)
	General Fund		($17,690)	($17,700)	$0	$0
Appropriations/Allocations
	General Fund		($17,690)	($17,700)	$0	$0
	Federal Expenditures Fund		($31,932)	($31,922)	$0	$0
Revenue
	Federal Expenditures Fund		($31,932)	($31,922)	$0	$0
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	This amendment eliminates the General Fund appropriation to the Department of Health and Human Services of $17,690 in fiscal year 2017-18 and reduces the appropriation by $17,700 in fiscal year 2018-19 to delay the reimbursement to hospitals other than critical access hospitals for each day after the 10th day that a MaineCare-eligible individual is in the care of a hospital while awaiting placement in a nursing facility, until January 1, 2019. Federal Expenditures Fund allocations are also reduced for the FMAP match.