Resolve, To Provide Reimbursement for Residential Care Facilities for Rising Heating Costs and Cost-of-living Adjustments
Maine Legislature, Session 123, LD 0975
Committee Amendment CA_A_H599 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 'A" to H.P. 735, L.D. 975, "Resolve, To Provide 
Reimbursement for Residential Care Facilities for Rising Heating Costs and Cost-of-
living Adjustments" 
Amend the resolve in section 1 in the 4th to 6th lines (page 1, lines 4 to 6 in L.D.) by 
striking out the following: "The rules must provide that facility heating costs be fully 
reimbursed as fixed costs, not subject to cost caps or other types of limitations." and 
inserting the following: 
'The rules, in the provisions regarding the routine cost 
component and the related cap of room and board reimbursement, must provide a 
separate cost-of-living adjustment for heating costs that is reflected in the overall cap on 
costs in the routine cost component or the cap on room and board reimbursement.' 
Amend the resolve in section 2 in the last line (page 1, line 28 in L.D.) by striking out 
the following: "subchapter 2-A." and inserting the following: 'subchapter 2-A; and be it 
further' 
Amend the resolve by inserting after section 2 the following: 
'Sec. 3. Appropriations and allocations. Resolved: 
That the following 
appropriations and allocations are made. 
HEALTH AND lIDMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF (FORMERLY BDS) 
Medicaid Services - Mental Retardation 0705 
Initiative: Appropriates funds for the costs of providing 2% cost-of-living adjustments for 
residential care facilities for state fiscal years 2007-08 and 2008-09. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
2007-08 
$105,102 
$105,102 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
2008-09 
$212,306 
$212,306 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ·A" to H.P. 735, L.D. 975 
Medicaid Services - Mental Retardation 0705 
Initiative: Appropriates funds for an increase in reimbursement for residential care 
facility heating costs for the facility fiscal year ending after July 1, 2007. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, 
DEPARTMENT OF (FORMERLY BDS) 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
GENERAL FUND 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS 
2007-08 
$3,694 
$3,694 
2007-08 
$108,796 
$108,796 
2008-09 
$3,840 
$3,840 
2008-09 
$216,146 
$216,146 
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF (FORMERLY DHS) 
Medical Care - Payments to Providers 0147 
Initiative: Appropriates and allocates funds for the costs of providing 2% cost-of-living 
adjustments for residential care facilities for state fiscal years 2007-08 and 2008-09. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND TOTAL 
State Boarding Homes Z009 
2007-08 
$731,200 
$731,200 
2007-08 
$1,156,727 
$1,156,727 
2008-09 
$1,477,023 
$1,477,023 
2008-09 
$2,336,589 
$2,336,589 
Initiative: Appropriates funds for the costs of providing 2% cost-of-living adjustments for 
residential care facilities for state fiscal years 2007-08 and 2008-09. 
GENERAL FUND 
2007-08 
2008-09 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT .. 4 to H.P. 735, L.D. 975 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
State Boarding Homes Z009 
$123,922 
$250,323 
$123,922 
$250,323 
Initiative: Appropriates funds for an increase in reimbursement for residential care 
facility heating costs for the facility fiscal year ending after July 1,2007. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, 
DEPARTMENT OF (FORMERLY DHS) 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
GENERAL FUND 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS 
SECTION TOTALS 
GENERAL FUND 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND 
SECTION TOTAL - ALL FUNDS 
SUMMARY 
2007-08 
$24,930 
$24,930 
2007-08 
$880,052 
$1,156,727 
$2,036,779 
2007-08 
$988,848 
$1,156,727 
$2,145,575 
2008-09 
$25,913 
$25,913 
2008-09 
$1,753,259 
$2,336,589 
$4,089,848 
2008-09 
$1,969,405 
$2,336,589 
$4,305,994 
This amendment changes the reimbursement for heating costs from payment for 
actual heating costs to a separate cost-of-living adjustment for heating cost 
reimbursement that is reflected in the overall cap on costs in the routine cost component 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ·4 .. to H.P. 735, L.D. 975 
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or the cap on room and board reimbursement. 
The amendment also adds an 
appropriations and allocations section. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Revised: 06114/07 
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LD975 
LR 2110(02) 
Resolve, To Provide Reimbursement for Residential Care Facilities for Rising Heating Costs and Cost-
of-living Adjustments 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment "II-" 
Committee: Health and Human Services 
Net Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
Appropriations/Allocations 
General Fund 
Federal Expenditures Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
2007-08 
$988,848 
$988,848 
$1,156,727 
2008-09 
$1,969,405 
$1,969,405 
$2,336,589 
Projections 
2009-10 
$2,009,374 
$2,009,374 
$2,383,320 
Projections 
2010-11 
$2,050,169 
$2,050,169 
$2,430,987 
Includes appropriations of $960,224 for 2007-08 and $1,939,652 for 2008-09 for the costs of providing 2% cost-of-
living adjustments for residential care facilities, as well as allocations for matching funds for the portion of these 
additional costs that are eligible for Medicaid reimbursement. Also includes an appropriation of $28,624 for 2007-08 
and $29,753 for increased reimbursement for heating costs for these residential care facilities. These heating costs are 
not eligible for Medicaid reimbursement. 
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