129th MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 775		LR 625(02)
	An Act To Expand Community Support Services for Certain Adult Members of the MaineCare Program
	Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment " "
	Committee: Health and Human Services
	Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
Potential current biennium cost increase - General Fund Potential current biennium cost increase - Federal Expenditures Fund
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	The bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to amend eligiblity criteria under Chapter 101: MaineCare Benefits Manual, Chapter III, Section 17, Allowances for Community Support Services. The eligibility changes are not outlined in the bill, rather the department is given multiple considerations to include in the eligiblity assessment of an individual. These changes should add back some eligible individuals for coverage under this section of policy who were removed in February of 2016 with no baseline deappropriation. As there was no deappropriation when eligiblity changes were made in February 2016, some of the costs associated with the changes in this bill will not require new appropriations. However, as the specific requirements for being eligible will not be known until the department updates the eligiblity process, it is possible some individuals who were not eligible in February 2016 will become eligible now and require new appropriations and allocations. It is not known how many new individuals will be eligible for this service, so no estimate of the new costs are made at this time.