123rd MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 1760		LR 565(05)
	An Act To Restore Competition to Maine's Health Insurance Market
	Fiscal Note for House Amendment "     " to Committee Amendment "A"
	Sponsor: Rep. Pilon of Saco
	Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
			2007-08	2008-09	Projections 2009-10	Projections 2010-11
Net Cost (Savings)
	General Fund		$0	($135,781)	($1,227,525)	($1,424,540)
Appropriations/Allocations
	Other Special Revenue Funds		$0	$0	($16,022,197)	($16,823,307)
Revenue
	General Fund		$0	$135,781	$1,227,525	$1,424,540
	Other Special Revenue Funds		$0	$7,297	($15,954,864)	($16,745,168)
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	The amendment modifies the funding mechanism for the Maine Individual High-risk Reinsurance Pool Association by removing the health maintenance organization assessment of 2% of gross direct premiums and replacing it with an assessment on Association member insurers with a maximum assessment of $2 per covered person.  Because this assessment would be assessed and collected by the Association, a non-profit legal entity, there is no direct fiscal impact on State programs or accounts. The fiscal note reflects the incremental difference from eliminating the HMO tax.