127th MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 87		LR 432(05)
	Resolve, To Implement the Recommendations of the Commission To Continue the Study of Long-term Care Facilities
	Fiscal Note for Senate Amendment " " to Committee Amendment "A"
	Sponsor: Sen. Burns of Washington
	Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
			FY 2015-16	FY 2016-17	Projections  FY 2017-18	Projections  FY 2018-19
Net Cost (Savings)
	General Fund		($1,926,542)	($2,798,769)	($2,798,769)	($2,798,769)
Appropriations/Allocations
	General Fund		($1,926,542)	($2,798,769)	($2,798,769)	($2,798,769)
	Federal Expenditures Fund		($487,590)	($1,151,953)	($1,151,953)	($1,151,953)
	Other Special Revenue Funds		($142,673)	($235,020)	($235,020)	($235,020)
Revenue
	Federal Expenditures Fund		($487,590)	($1,151,953)	($1,151,953)	($1,151,953)
	Other Special Revenue Funds		($142,673)	($235,020)	($235,020)	($235,020)
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	This amendment restores the emergency preamble and clause, keeps the requirement that the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) amend its rules so that the cost of continuing education for direct care staff is included as a direct care cost component rather than a routine cost component and strikes everything else. All appropriations, allocations and revenue impacts are reversed. As amended, the remaining fiscal impact from the rule change is a minor cost to DHHS that can be absorbed within existing budgeted resources.