126th MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 20		LR 100(06)
	Resolve, Directing the Department of Health and Human Services To Review the Need for and the Costs of Services That Enable Populations Who Are Elderly or Have Disabilities To Live Independently
	Fiscal Note for Senate Amendment " " to Original Bill
	Sponsor: Sen. Hill of York
	Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
			FY 2013-14	FY 2014-15	Projections  FY 2015-16	Projections  FY 2016-17
Net Cost (Savings)
	General Fund		($1,500,000)	($1,500,000)	($1,500,000)	($1,500,000)
Appropriations/Allocations
	General Fund		($1,500,000)	($1,500,000)	($1,500,000)	($1,500,000)
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	The amendment eliminates the bill's ongoing annual appropriation of $1.5 million for the independent support services (homemaker services) program in the Department of Health and Human Services.  Additional costs resulting from the amendment for the Department of Health and Human Services for the review, analysis and preparation of a federal waiver or State plan amendment are assumed to be minor and can be absorbed within existing budgeted resources.