123rd MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 1669		LR 2111(01)
	An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Reimbursement of Nursing Facilities
	Fiscal Note for Original Bill
	Sponsor: Speaker Cummings of Portland
	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		$6,000,000	$12,000,000	$12,300,000	$12,607,500
Appropriations/Allocations
	General Fund		$6,000,000	$12,000,000	$12,300,000	$12,607,500
	Federal Expenditures Fund		$10,349,000	$20,706,000	$21,224,000	$21,755,000
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	Appropriates and allocates funds for the costs of rebasing nursing facility costs to a base year determined by audited allowable costs for a facility's fiscal year ending between July 1, 2004 and June 30, 2005.  The Governor's 2008-2009 Budget (LD 499) proposes an appropriation of $6,000,000 in 2008-09 to rebase nursing facility costs.  Any other additional costs resulting from other provisions in the bill can be absorbed by the Department of Health and Human Services utilizing existing budget resources.