| 122nd MAINE LEGISLATURE | |||||||||
| LD 318 | LR 0520(01) | ||||||||
| An Act To Protect the MaineCare Program | |||||||||
| Fiscal Note for Original Bill | |||||||||
| Sponsor: Rep. McKane of Newcastle | |||||||||
| Committee: Health and Human Services | |||||||||
| Fiscal Note Required: Yes | |||||||||
| Fiscal Note | |||||||||
| Undetermined current biennium savings - General Fund | |||||||||
| Undetermined current biennium cost increase - General Fund | |||||||||
| Fiscal Detail and Notes | |||||||||
| The bill would result in a significant reduction in MaineCare spending primarily as a result of eliminating the recent non-categorical adult eligibility expansion. This reduction in spending would be partially offset by the bill's increase in MaineCare reimbursement rates for hospitals, however the impact of the hospital payment increase would be mitigated by hospital payment increases already made in PL 2003 c. 673, Part HH and by federal upper payment limit (UPL) restrictions. The exact amount of the decreases in spending, the increases in spending, and the cumulative net impact cannot be determined at this time. | |||||||||