129th MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 1957		LR 2915(02)
	An Act To Provide Women Access to Affordable Postpartum Care
	Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment " "
	Committee: Health and Human Services
	Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
			FY 2019-20	FY 2020-21	Projections  FY 2021-22	Projections  FY 2022-23
Net Cost (Savings)
	General Fund		$0	$0	$577,084	$577,084
Appropriations/Allocations
	General Fund		$0	$0	$577,084	$577,084
	Federal Expenditures Fund		$0	$0	$1,012,240	$1,012,240
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	The bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to submit a waiver or state plan amendment request no later than January 1, 2021 to the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to extend MaineCare coverage to a woman following delivery of a baby from 60 days to 6 months. Upon approval or denial of the waiver or state plan amendment the department is directed to adopt rules no later than 180 days after the decision of the CMS. Since the CMS will only be able to approve the waiver after it's submittal on 01/01/21, the earliest the DHHS will be required to adopt rules for the program is in State Fiscal Year 2022. No appropriations are made at this time.