Resolve, Regarding Hospital Free Care Guidelines Further amend the bill by striking out everything after the ti tIe and before the summary and inserting in its place the following: Sec. 1. Rules. Resolved: That by October 1, 2006 the Department of Health and Human Services shall amend its rules on hospital free care guidelines to provide for eligibility for free care for persons below 150% of the federal nonfarm income official poverty line as determined by the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services pursuant to the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981. Rules adopted pursuant to this section are routine technical rules as defined in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A. SUMMARY This amendment replaces the bill and substitutes a resolve. The amendment directs the Department of Health and Human Services to amend its rules on hospital free care guidelines to provide for eligibility for free care for persons below 150% of the federal nonfarm income official poverty line by October 1, 2006. The amendment designates the rules as routine technical rules. FISCAL ~OTE REQtlRED (See attached) Page l-LR1784(2) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 0846
Committee Amendment CA_A_H816 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ,A" to H.P. 597, L.D. 846, Bill, "An 
Act 
To 
Prevent Discrimination against Persons without Health 
Insurance" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting 
the following: 
'Resolve, Regarding Hospital Free Care Guidelines' 
Further amend the bill by striking out everything after the 
ti tIe and before the summary and inserting in its place the 
following: 
'Sec. 1. 
Rules. 
Resolved: 
That by October 1, 
2006 the 
Department of Health and Human Services shall amend its rules on 
hospital free care guidelines to provide for eligibility for free 
care for persons 
below 150% of the federal nonfarm income 
official 
poverty 
line 
as 
determined 
by 
the 
United 
States 
Secretary of Health and Human Services pursuant to the Omnibus 
Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981. 
Rules adopted pursuant to 
this section are routine technical rules as defined in the Maine 
Revised Statutes, Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.' 
SUMMARY 
This 
amendment 
replaces 
the 
bill 
and 
substitutes 
a 
resolve. 
The 
amendment directs the Department of Health and 
Human 
Services 
to 
amend its rules 
on hospital 
free 
care 
guidelines to provide for eligibility for free care for persons 
below 150% of the federal nonfarm income official poverty line by 
October 1, 2006. 
The amendment designates the rules as routine 
technical rules. 
FISCAL ~OTE REQtlRED 
(See attached) 
Page l-LR1784(2) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 01126/06 ;;:tvac 
LD846 
LR 1784(02) 
An Act To Prevent Discrimination against Persons without Health Insurance 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment 'I)" 
Committee: Health and Human Services 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - General Fund 
Any additional costs to the Department of Health and Human Services in implementing this bill can be absorbed 
utilizing exiting budgeted resources. 
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