Sec. GG-1. 36 MRSA §2871, sub-§6, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 714, Pt. CC, §3 and affected by §8, is amended to read:

6. Residential treatment facility. "Residential treatment facility" means an intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded, or a level I assisted living facility for the mentally retarded, that falls within the definitions provided by the United States Social Security Act, 42 United States Code, Section 1396(d) and that provides services to individuals with developmental disabilities and that is not state-operated. "Residential treatment facility" also means a community-based facility that provides similar services to the developmentally disabled under a waiver granted pursuant to the United States Social Security Act, 42 United States Code, Section 1396n(c) to the extent permitted by federal law and regulations.

Sec. GG-2. Supplemental appropriations and allocations. There are appropriated and allocated from various funds for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2003, to the departments listed, the following sums.

BEHAVIORAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES,

DEPARTMENT OF 14

Medicaid Services - Mental

Retardation 0705

Initiative: Provides for the deappropriation of funds related to the tax on residential treatment facilities for individuals with developmental disabilities.

General Fund 2002-03

All Other (141,094)

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General Fund Total (141,094)

Elizabeth Levinson Center 0119

Initiative: Provides funds for tax imposed on residential treatment facilities for individuals with developmental disabilities. This request will generate $52,428 in General Fund Undedicated Revenue contingent upon the federal approval procedure identified in Public Law 2001, chapter 714, Part CC.

General Fund 2002-03

All Other 79,066