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Amend the bill by striking out all of Part X.
Amend the bill by inserting after Part II the following:
PART JJ
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Sec. JJ-1. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.
 
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF (FORMERLY DHS)
 
Medical Care - Payments to Providers 0147
 
Initiative: Restores funding reduced in this Act for outpatient services at acute care hospitals.

GENERAL FUND	2011-12	2012-13	
All Other	$0	$3,180,269	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$0	$3,180,269	

FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND	2011-12	2012-13	
All Other	$0	$5,478,236	
			
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND TOTAL	$0	$5,478,236	

Medical Care - Payments to Providers 0147
 
Initiative: Restores funding reduced in this Act from reducing reimbursement for critical access hospitals from 109% to 105%.

GENERAL FUND	2011-12	2012-13	
All Other	$0	$1,179,804	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$0	$1,179,804	

FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND	2011-12	2012-13	
All Other	$0	$1,987,455	
			
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND TOTAL	$0	$1,987,455	

Medical Care - Payments to Providers 0147
 
Initiative: Restores funding reduced in this Act from limiting reimbursement for hospital admissions to 5 per member per year.

GENERAL FUND	2011-12	2012-13	
All Other	$0	$490,081	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$0	$490,081	

FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND	2011-12	2012-13	
All Other	$0	$825,573	
			
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND TOTAL	$0	$825,573	

Medical Care - Payments to Providers 0147
 
Initiative: Restores funding reduced in this Act from reducing funding for outpatient services at acute care hospitals by 5%, effective July 1, 2012.

GENERAL FUND	2011-12	2012-13	
All Other	$0	$3,180,269	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$0	$3,180,269	

FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND	2011-12	2012-13	
All Other	$0	$5,357,366	
			
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND TOTAL	$0	$5,357,366	

Medical Care - Payments to Providers 0147
 
Initiative: Restores funding reduced in this Act from reducing reimbursement for hospital inpatient services by 10%.

GENERAL FUND	2011-12	2012-13	
All Other	$0	$3,127,406	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$0	$3,127,406	

FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND	2011-12	2012-13	
All Other	$0	$5,268,314	
			
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND TOTAL	$0	$5,268,314	

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF (FORMERLY DHS)			
DEPARTMENT TOTALS	2011-12	2012-13	
			
GENERAL FUND	$0	$11,157,829	
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND	$0	$18,916,944	
			
DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS	$0	$30,074,773	
 
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Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section number to read consecutively.
 
SUMMARY
This amendment eliminates from the bill the proposed reductions in MaineCare payments to hospitals and funds the restoration of payments by transferring funds from the Maine Budget Stabilization Fund.
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED
(See attached)