123rd MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 282		LR 1763(01)
	An Act To Provide Dental Care for Pregnant Women and New Mothers Receiving MaineCare Benefits
	Fiscal Note for Original Bill
	Sponsor: Rep. Faircloth of Bangor
	Committee: Health and Human Services
	Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
			2007-08	2008-09	Projections 2009-10	Projections 2010-11
Net Cost (Savings)
	General Fund		$297,266	$412,255	$428,911	$446,239
Appropriations/Allocations
	General Fund		$297,266	$412,255	$428,911	$446,239
	Federal Expenditures Fund		$512,724	$711,363	$740,102	$770,102
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	Provides a General Fund appropriation of $297,266 for 2007-08 and $412,255 for 2008-09 for the state share of the additional MaineCare costs of extending dental and oral health services to pregnant women and new mothers eligible for MaineCare benefits.  Also provides an allocation of federal Medicaid matching funds.  These funding levels assume an estimated 3,688 women would use the extended services annually at an estimated average cost of $293 per person per year.  Also assumes a 10/1/07 start date for the extended benefits.
	Number of births for women over 21 (2005)		9,219
	Assumed % of MaineCare members using dental services (2004)		40%
	Estimated costs of dental services provided by member (2005 inflated to 2008)		$293
	Total estimated costs		$1,079,987	$1,123,618	$1,169,012	$1,216,240
	10/1/07 Start Date	75%	$809,990
	State Share		$297,266	$412,255	$428,911	$446,239
	Federal Share		$512,724	$711,363	$740,102	$770,002