$99,000 of this appropriation may only be

expended to hire contractual staff to assist

in processing a backlog of paper claims

produced by an increase in submissions

from providers with computer systems

which are not Year 2000 compliant ..........

15,017,888

22,911,965

14,875,254

22,593,963

22,561,231

MQ01.03 Medical Care Provider

Reimbursements

All appropriations provided for the program

- MQ01.03 are to be used only for the

purposes herein appropriated, and there

shall be no budgetary transfer to any

other program or purpose, except that

general funds may be transferred to the

Subcabinet Fund for the purpose of

assisting local management boards in

returning or diverting children from

out-of-state placements. It is the intent of

the General Assembly that funds travel

with each child returned or diverted from

a Medicaid-funded out-of-state

placement in fiscal 1999 and fiscal 2000.

Funds transferred should be equivalent to

the number of days of in-state care

provided to each child returned or

diverted from a Medicaid-funded

out-of-state placement by local

management boards during fiscal 2000

multiplied by the average per diem

general fund Medical Assistance cost of

maintaining the child in an out-of-state

placement. Funds should not be

transferred if the in-state placement still

qualifies for federal Medical Assistance

funding, with the exception of any general

fund savings generated by returning the

child to an in-state placement. To the

extent that Medicaid funds for children

placed out-of-state are included in the

Mental Hygiene Administration, those

funds, rather than Medical Care

Programs Administration funds, should

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