GENERAL FUND $382,758

OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 11,700

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DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS $394,458

PART C

Sec. C-1. 22 MRSA §1815, as amended by PL 2003, c. 20, Pt. K, §4, is further amended to read:

§1815. Fees

Each application for a license to operate a hospital, convalescent home or nursing home must be accompanied by a nonrefundable fee. Hospitals shall pay $100 $40 for each bed contained within the facility. Nursing and convalescent homes shall pay $45 $26 for each bed contained with within the facility. Each application for a license to operate an ambulatory surgical facility must be accompanied by the fee established by the department. The department shall establish the fee for an ambulatory surgical facility, not to exceed $500, on the basis of a sliding scale representing size, number of employees and scope of operations. All licenses issued must be renewed annually upon payment of a like fee. The State's share of all fees received by the department under this chapter must be deposited in the General Fund. A license granted may not be assignable or transferable. State hospitals are not required to pay licensing fees.

Sec. C-2. Federal funds to be nonlapsing. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the carry-over balance of federal funds received by the Department of Human Services from the federal Department of Health and Human Services' Administration on Aging, as a result of the federal Older Americans Act of 1965 and granted to the Area Agencies on Aging or Maine Alzheimer's Project from fiscal year 2002-03, may not lapse back to the State but must be carried forward until September 30, 2005 by the Area Agencies on Aging or Maine Alzheimer's Project to carry out the missions of their programs.

Sec. C-3. Department of Human Services; revenue. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Department of Human Services shall deposit to the General Fund, no later than June 30, 2004, undedicated revenue in the amount of $382,758, generated from fiscal year 2002-03 funds returned from providers.