An Act To
Maine Legislature, Session 126, LD 1364
Committee Amendment CA_A_H370 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 972, L.D. 1364, Bill, "An Act To 
Amend the Laws Governing Hospital Leave Days for MaineCare Recipients" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Hospital and Therapeutic Leave Days for 
MaineCare Recipients' 
Amend the bill in the emergency preamble by striking out all of the 3rd paragraph 
(page 1, lines 5 to 7 in L.D.) and inserting the following: 
'Whereas, this legislation clarifies the number of allowable hospital leave days by 
specifying that MaineCare recipients are limited to 7 hospital leave days per hospital visit 
and 20 therapeutic leave days per year; and' 
Amend the bill in section 1 in the initiative in the 2nd line (page 1, line 20 in L.D.) by 
striking out the following: "4" and inserting the following: '-4-1' 
Amend the bill in section 1 in the initiative in the last line (page 1, line 21 in L.D.) by 
striking out the following: "one therapeutic leave days day" and inserting the following: 
'Effie 20 therapeutic leave days' 
Amend the bill by inserting after section 1 the following: 
'Sec. 2. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF (FORMERLY DHS) 
Nursing Facilities 0148 
Initiative: Adjusts funding by limiting therapeutic leave days in the MaineCare Benefits 
Manual, Chapters II and III, Section 45 and Section 67, to 7 hospital leave days per 
hospital visit and 20 therapeutic leave days per year. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT A 
"to H.P. 972, L.D. 1364 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES 
FUND 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND 
TOTAL 
2012-13 
$21,702 
$21,702 
2012-13 
$36,278 
$36,278 
2013-14 
($112,760) 
($112,760) 
2013-14 
($182,462) 
($182,462) 
2014-15 
($113,513) 
($113,513) 
2014-15 
($181,709) 
($181,709) 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or 
section number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment changes the number of hospital leave days per hospital visit to 7 and 
the number of therapeutic leave days to 20 per year. 
The amendment adds an appropriations and allocations section. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 06/01/13 
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LD 1364 
LR 2055(02) 
An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Hospital Leave Days for MaineCare Recipients 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment,zt' (H -8/D) 
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 
FY 2012-13 
$21,702 
$21,702 
$36,278 
FY 2013-14 
($112,760) 
($112,760) 
($182,462) 
FY 2014-15 
($113,513) 
($113,513) 
($181,709) 
Projections 
FY 2015-16 
($113,513) 
($113,513) 
($181,709) 
Projections 
FY 2016-17 
($113,513) 
($113,513) 
($181,709) 
This bill conflicts with a provision included in the Governor's proposed 2014-2015 Biennial Budget (LD 1509). The 
bill provides an appropriation of$21,702 in 2012-13 and de appropriations of$112,760 in 2013-14 and $113,513 in 
2014-15 for the impact of retroactively limiting therapeutic leave days in the MaineCare Benefits Manual, Chapters II 
and III, Section 45 and Section 67, to 7 hospital leave days per hospital visit and 20 therapeutic leave days per year. 
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