Resolve, To Ensure Appropriate Personal Needs Allowances for Persons Residing in Long-te1m Care Facilities
Maine Legislature, Session 129, LD 0539
Committee Amendment CA_A_H131 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 396, L.D. 539, "Resolve, To Ensure 
Appropriate Personal Needs Allowances for Persons Residing in Long-te1m Care 
Facilities" 
Amend the resolve by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'Resolve, 1'0 Ensure Appropriate Personal Needs Allowances for Persons Residing 
in Nursing Facilities' 
Amend the resolve by striking out everything after the title and inserting the 
following: 
'Sec. 1. 
Personal needs allowance for residents of nursing facilities. 
Resolved: That, by January 1, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services 
shall amend rule Chapter 332: MaineCare Eligibility Manual to increase the personal 
needs allowance for persons residing in nursing facilities. The rules must provide for an 
increase in the personal needs allowance from $40 per month to $50 per month. Rules 
adopted pursuant to this section are routine technical rules as defined in the Maine 
Revised Statutes, Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A. 
Sec. 2. 
Appropriations and allocations. 
Resolved: 
That the following 
appropriations and allocations are made. 
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF 
Nursing Facilities 0148 
Initiative: Appropriates and allocates funds to increase the personal needs allowances of 
residents in nursing facilities from $40 to $50. 
GENERAJL FUND 
All Other 
co 
2019-20 
$97,002 
1/TTEE AMENDMENT 
2020-21 
$194,003 
COMMITTEE A!VIENDMENT ,/Jr,, to H.P. 396, L.D. 539 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND TOTAL 
$97,002 
2019-20 
$170,958 
$170,958 
$194,003 
2020-21 
$341,917 
$341,917 
Amend the resolve by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or 
section number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment increases the personal needs allowance for residents of nursing 
facilities to $50 rather than the $70 required in the resolve. It removes the section of the 
resolve that increases the personal needs allowance for residents of residential care 
facilities. The amendment also specifies the rule chapter of the Department of Health and 
Human Services that is changed, changes the title of the resolve and adds an 
appropriations and allocations section. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 04/05/19 feac 
LD539 
LR 1176(02) 
Resolve, To Ensure Appropriate Personal Needs Allowances for Persons Residing in Long-term Care 
Facilities 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment •P{J/-13 ~ 
Committee: Health and Human Services 
Net Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
Appropriations/ Allocations 
General Fund 
Federal Expenditures Fund 
Revenue 
Federal Expenditures Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
FY2019-20 
$97,002 
$97,002 
$170,958 
$170,958 
FY 2020-21 
$194,003 
$194,003 
$341,917 
$341,917 
Projections 
FY 2021-22 
$194,003 
$194,003 
$341,917 
$341,917 
Projections 
FY 2022-23 
$194,003 
$194,003 
$341,917 
$341,917 
The bill includes General Fund appropriations to the Department of Health and Human Services of $97,002 in fiscal 
year 2019-20 and $194,003 in fiscal year 2020-21 to increase the personal needs allowances ofresidents in nursing 
facilities from $40 to $50. Federal Expenditures Fund allocations are also included for the FMAP match. 
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