124th MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 700		LR 1509(01)
	An Act To Restore Funding for Bed-hold Days at Private Nonmedical Institutions
	Preliminary Fiscal Impact Statement for Original Bill
	Sponsor: Rep. Martin of Eagle Lake
	Committee: Health and Human Services
	Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Preliminary Fiscal Impact Statement
			2009-10	2010-11	Projections 2011-12	Projections 2012-13
Net Cost (Savings)
	General Fund		$3,364,150	$3,364,150	$3,364,150	$3,364,150
Appropriations/Allocations
	General Fund		$3,364,150	$3,364,150	$3,364,150	$3,364,150
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	Assumes all state funds will be required to restore reimbursement to private non-medical institutions (PNMIs) for bed-hold days up to 45 days annually per resident determined to qualify for medical or therapeutic absences and up to 7 days annually for personal or family-related absences.  The estimated cost is based on recent experience in reimbursing for bed-hold days, assumes no MaineCare funds would be allowable to reimburse these costs and would offset savings assumed in PL 2007, c 539 and subsequent Department of Health and Human Services regulations to limit and then eliminate bed-hold day reimbursement.