124th MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 1264		LR 1932(02)
	An Act To Stabilize Funding and Enable DirigoChoice To Reach More Uninsured
	Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment "   "
	Committee: Insurance and Financial Services
	Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
			2009-10	2010-11	Projections 2011-12	Projections 2012-13
Revenue
	Dirigo Health Fund		$2,033,333	$400,000	$0	$0
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	The replacement of the Dirigo Savings Offset Payment (SOP) with a fixed 2.14% access payment on claims paid by health insurance carriers, 3rd party administrators and employee benefit excess insurance carriers beginning September 1, 2009 is projected to result in a net increase of Dirigo Health Fund revenue of $2,033,333 in 2009-10 and $400,000 in 2010-11.  This estimate is based on a comparison of 2010-2011 budgeted SOP revenue calculated on an accrual basis with estimated access payments calculated on a one month accrual basis (i.e., for 2009-10, 10 months of payments are assumed to be collected).  It is assumed that other changes to the Dirigo Health program detailed in the bill will be implemented within existing budgeted resources.
			2009-10	2010-11	Projections 2011-12	Projections 2012-13
Dirigo Revenue Impact Summary
	Budgeted SOP Revenue		$38,600,000	$41,700,000	$42,100,000	$42,100,000
	SOP Collections Prior to Repeal		$5,550,000	$0	$0	$0
	Impact of SOP repeal		-$33,050,000	-$41,700,000	-$42,100,000	-$42,100,000
	Access Payments		$35,083,333	$42,100,000	$42,100,000	$42,100,000
	Net Change In Dirigo Revenue		$2,033,333	$400,000	$0	$0