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Amend the resolve by striking out all of section 1 and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 1 Medicaid reimbursement rates. Resolved: That the Department of Health and Human Services shall amend the department's rule Chapter 101: MaineCare Benefits Manual, Chapter III, Section 45.06 to increase the Medicaid reimbursement rate provided to rehabilitation hospitals to $15,161.43 per discharge, retroactive to July 1, 2017. This increase in the Medicaid reimbursement rate must be funded by reducing the hospital supplemental pool as described in rule Chapter 101: MaineCare Benefits Manual, Chapter III, Section 45.07 by $400,000 and have no net cost to the General Fund, Other Special Revenue Funds or the Federal Expenditures Fund.’
 
SUMMARY
This amendment provides the exact amount of the increased reimbursement rate for rehabilitation hospitals and provides that the rate increase is retroactive to July 1, 2017. It clarifies the source of existing hospital reimbursement resources to be used to fund the increase.