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The bill includes
one-time General Fund appropriations to the Department of Health and Human
Services of $472,317 in fiscal year 2019-20 for a one-time increase to
certain rates under rule Chapter 101, MaineCare Benefits Manual, Chapters II
and III, Section 65 by 20% until June 30, 2020 Federal Expenditures Fund
allocations are also included for the FMAP match.
This estimate assumes all costs will be covered by General Fund
appropriations because of PL 2017 c. 460, which increased rates for services
in sections 17, 23 and 65, which are included in the Clinic Upper Payment
Limit calculations. The impact of those increases put the department at or
slightly above the amount allowed to be paid by the Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid Services. As a result, the rate increase in this bill will be paid
with state General Fund money only.
The rate study required in the bill was originally funded in PL 2017 c.460,
but the study was never completed. This funding was carried forward and will
be utilized to complete the rate study by December 1, 2019. |