130th MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 1469		LR 887(02)
	Resolve, To Give Direct Service Providers Hazard Pay and To Pay Additional COVID-19 Pandemic Costs
	Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment " "
	Committee: Health and Human Services
	Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
			FY 2021-22	FY 2022-23	Projections  FY 2023-24	Projections  FY 2024-25
Net Cost (Savings)
	General Fund		$1,793,296	$2,410,988	$2,410,988	$2,410,988
Appropriations/Allocations
	General Fund		$1,793,296	$2,410,988	$2,410,988	$2,410,988
	Federal Expenditures Fund		$3,232,467	$4,290,030	$4,290,030	$4,290,030
Revenue
	Federal Expenditures Fund		$3,232,467	$4,290,030	$4,290,030	$4,290,030
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	The bill includes General Fund appropriations to the Department of Health and Human Services of $1,793,296 in fiscal year 2021-22 and $2,410,988 in fiscal year 2022-23 to amend the rules under Chapter 101: MaineCare Benefits Manual, Chapter III, Section 5, Ambulance Services, to provide additional add-on supplements that are equivalent to payments required under Medicare ambulance services under 42 United States Code, section 1395m (I) and to set the reimbursement rates for occupational therapy and physical therapy services under the Department of Health and Human Services rule Chapter 101: MaineCare Benefits Manual, Chapter III, Sections 68 and 85 at 70% of the federal Medicare reimbursement rate as long as the rate is no lower than the rate in effect on January 1, 2021. Federal Expenditures Fund allocations are also included in this bill for the FMAP match.