Maine 2023 2023-2024 Regular Session

Maine Senate Bill LD1751 Introduced / Fiscal Note

Filed 03/12/2024

                    Revised: 02/23/24
LD 1751	LR 494(02)
FY 2023-24 FY 2024-25
Projections 
FY 2025-26
Projections 
FY 2026-27
Net Cost (Savings)
General Fund $0 $162,500 $0 $0
Appropriations/Allocations
General Fund $0 $162,500 $0 $0
Federal Expenditures Fund $0 $166,483 $0 $0
Revenue
Federal Expenditures Fund $0 $166,483 $0 $0
Fiscal Detail and Notes
This bill includes a one-time General Fund appropriation to the Department of Health and Human Services of 
$162,500 in fiscal year 2024-25 to contract with an entity to conduct an analysis of the feasibility of implementing an 
ambulance assessment fee that generates federal Medicaid matching funds to be distributed to ambulance service 
providers and to explore the potential for voluntary programs to increase funding to governmental ambulance service 
providers using intergovernmental transfer programs. Federal Expenditures Fund allocations are also included for the 
FMAP match.
Fiscal Note
131st MAINE LEGISLATURE
An Act to Maximize Federal Funding in Support of Emergency Medical Services
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment " "
Committee: Health and Human Services
Fiscal Note Required: Yes
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