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Amend the amendment by striking out all of Part XXXXXX.
Amend the amendment by inserting after Part YYYYYY the following:
PART ZZZZZZ
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Sec. ZZZZZZ-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 to adjust the critical access hospital reimbursement rate from 107% to 109% of cost.

GENERAL FUND	2017-18	2018-19	
All Other	$564,006	$564,006	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$564,006	$564,006	

FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND	2017-18	2018-19	
All Other	$1,018,058	$1,018,058	
			
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND TOTAL	$1,018,058	$1,018,058	
 
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Amend the amendment by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section number to read consecutively.
 
SUMMARY
This Part strikes the provisions of Committee Amendment "B" that reduce the reimbursement level for critical access hospitals from 109% of MaineCare allowable costs to 107% of MaineCare allowable costs beginning on July 1, 2017. The Part also restores funding to adjust the critical access hospital reimbursement rate from 107% to 109% of cost.
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED
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