127th MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 90		LR 430(04)
	Resolve, To Ensure Appropriate Personal Needs Allowances for Persons Residing in Long-term Care Facilities
	Fiscal Note for Senate Amendment " " to Committee Amendment "A"
	Sponsor: Sen. Hamper of Oxford
	Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
			FY 2015-16	FY 2016-17	Projections  FY 2017-18	Projections  FY 2018-19
Net Cost (Savings)
	General Fund		($625,341)	($754,568)	($754,568)	($754,568)
Appropriations/Allocations
	General Fund		($625,341)	($754,568)	($754,568)	($754,568)
	Federal Expenditures Fund		($169,376)	($199,092)	($199,092)	($199,092)
Revenue
	Federal Expenditures Fund		($169,376)	($199,092)	($199,092)	($199,092)
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	The amendment removes the appropriations and allocations to the Department of Health and Human Services in fiscal year 2015-16 due to a new effective date for the rule change. It also reduces the General Fund appropriation by $754,568 in fiscal year 2016-17 by cutting in half the increases in the original bill for the personal needs allowances of residents in residential care facilities from a $20 increase to a $10 increase (for a new total of $80) and for residents in nursing facilities from a $10 increase to a $5 increase (for a new total of $45). Federal Expenditures Fund allocations are also reduced for the lower additional matching federal revenue expected.