| 122nd MAINE LEGISLATURE | |||||||||
| LD 839 | LR 1611(01) | ||||||||
| An Act To Reduce Hardships to Small Community Hospitals Resulting from the Hospital Tax | |||||||||
| Fiscal Note for Original Bill | |||||||||
| Sponsor: Sen. Andrews of York | |||||||||
| Committee: Health and Human Services | |||||||||
| Fiscal Note Required: Yes | |||||||||
| Fiscal Note | |||||||||
| Undetermined current biennium cost increase - General Fund | |||||||||
| Potential current biennium revenue decrease - Other Special Revenue Funds | |||||||||
| Fiscal Detail and Notes | |||||||||
| Assuming this bill is intended to affect only one hospital, York Hospital, the lost Other Special Revenue Funds revenue impact and the General Fund cost (lost savings) impact would be approximately $1.3 to $1.5 million per year. However, exempting a hospital from this Medicaid provider tax could be interpreted as a violation of the federal rules governing such provider taxes and threaten the continuation of the entire hospital tax with a resulting potential General Fund cost of approximately $35 million per year. | |||||||||