129th MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 1630		LR 1330(01)
	Resolve, To Ensure Access to Opiate Addiction Treatment
	Preliminary Fiscal Impact Statement for Original Bill
	Sponsor: Spkr. Gideon of Freeport
	Committee: Health and Human Services
	Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Preliminary Fiscal Impact Statement
			FY 2019-20	FY 2020-21	Projections  FY 2021-22	Projections  FY 2022-23
Net Cost (Savings)
	General Fund		$3,488,684	$3,488,684	$3,488,684	$3,488,684
Appropriations/Allocations
	General Fund		$3,488,684	$3,488,684	$3,488,684	$3,488,684
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	The Department of Health and Human Services will require General Fund appropriations of $3,488,684 beginning in fiscal year 2019-20 for the Department of Health and Human Services to amend its rules in Chapter 101: MaineCare Benefits Manual, Chapter III, Section 65, Behavioral Health Services regarding the reimbursement rate paid to outpatient opioid treatment providers to set the rate at $110 per week. PL 2017 c. 460 increased rates for services in Sections 17, 23 and 65 which are included in the Clinic Upper Payment Limit calculations.  The impact of those increases put the department at or slightly above the amount allowed to be paid by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.  As a result, the rate increase in this bill would have to be paid with state general fund money only.