127th MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 1606		LR 2716(13)
	An Act To Provide Funding to the Maine Budget Stabilization Fund
	Fiscal Note for House Amendment " " to Committee Amendment "A"
	Sponsor: Rep. Stuckey of Portland
	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		($4,505,567)	$4,505,567	$4,462,817	$4,462,817
Appropriations/Allocations
	General Fund		$0	$4,505,567	$4,462,817	$4,462,817
	Federal Expenditures Fund		$0	$6,801,753	$6,844,503	$6,844,503
	Other Special Revenue Funds		$0	$600,000	$600,000	$600,000
Revenue
	Federal Expenditures Fund		$0	$6,801,753	$6,844,503	$6,844,503
	Other Special Revenue Funds		$0	$600,000	$600,000	$600,000
Transfers
	General Fund		$4,505,567	$0	$0	$0
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	Part J of this amendment includes a General Fund appropriation of $3,004,750 in fiscal year 2016-17 for the services provided under Section 29: Home and Community Benefits for Members with Intellectual Disabilities or Autistic Disorder. Part J also includes Federal Expenditures Fund allocations required for the FMAP match.
	Part K of this amendment includes a General Fund appropriation of $1,500,817 in fiscal year 2016-17 to amend Department of Health and Human Services rules to provide for increases in the personal needs allowances of residents in residential care facilities from $70 to $90 and for residents in nursing facilities from $40 to $50. Part K also includes Federal Expenditures Fund allocations required for the FMAP match.
	It also reduces the amount transferred from the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund to the Maine Budget Stabilization Fund by $4,505,567 in fiscal year 2015-16 to pay for the new General Fund appropriations in fiscal year 2016-17.