Sec. G-3. Application. Those sections of this Part that enact the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 36, section 5219-M, subsection 1, paragraph E and amend Title 36, section 5219-M, subsection 1-A, paragraph B apply to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2004.

PART H

Sec. H-1. Pollution Control Structures General Fund account; lapsed balances. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, $36,000 of All Other in fiscal year 2003-04 in the Pollution Control Structures General Fund account in the Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources lapses to the General Fund in fiscal year 2003- 04.

PART I

Sec. I-1. 22 MRSA §3174-W, as reallocated by RR 1999, c. 1, §28 and amended by PL 2001, c. 354, §3, is further amended to read:

§3174-W. Procedure for home health care changes

Rules adopted by the department or the Department of Behavioral and Developmental Services regarding access to home health care under the Medicaid MaineCare program are major substantive rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter II 2-A, except for changes related to covered services or reimbursement, which are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.

Sec. I-2. 22 MRSA §3187, 2nd ¶, as enacted by PL 1987, c. 402, Pt. A, §141, is amended to read:

Principles of reimbursement established for intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded shall assure maximum flexibility enabling must enable facilities to shift variable cost funds within accounts established pursuant to the principles. These principles shall not set any artificial limits