| Sec. 1. Waiver application. Resolved: That, by January 1, 2004, the |
| Department of Human Services shall submit a waiver application |
| to the United States Department of Health and Human Services, |
| Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to expand |
| community-based options for elderly and disabled persons. The |
| waiver application must seek to expand the in-home and |
| community-based services waiver for senior assisted housing to |
| cover a wider variety of services and service settings. Rules |
| to implement the waiver adopted pursuant to this provision are |
| routine technical rules as defined in the Maine Revised |
| Statutes, Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A. |
