121st Maine Legislature
		Office of Fiscal and Program Review
		LD 1828
		An Act to Make Supplemental Appropriations and Allocations for the Expenditures of State Government and to Change Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary for the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2004 and June 30, 2005
		LR 2700(07)
						Fiscal Note for Senate Amendment " " to Committee Amendment "A"
		Sponsor: Sen. Turner
		Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
				2003-04	2004-05
Net Cost (Savings)
	General Fund			$0	$0
Appropriations/Allocations
	Federal Expenditures Fund			$0	($46,516,263)
	Other Special Revenue Funds				($23,952,246)
Revenue
	Federal Expenditures Fund			$0	($46,516,263)
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	Delaying the effective date of the Medicaid eligibility expansions authorized under the Dirigo Health legislation will delay the availability of Federal matching funds available to the Dirigo Health program.  State resources designated for use by the program -- both the one-time transfer from the General Fund and Other Special Revenue funds (employer, employee, and individual contributions) -- would still be available for use by the Dirigo Board to fund program benefits and costs (still to be determined). The delay would also temporarily reduce the liability of Dirigo to pay for the MaineCare costs of individuals who enroll in MaineCare as individuals outside of a Dirigo Health plan.