| | | 1. The principles of reimbursement in Section 97 must be | | changed to eliminate reduced reimbursement for private nonmedical | | institutions that use a calculation of bed-hold days for medical | | and remedial private nonmedical institution residents. In place | | of bed-hold days and in order to produce the same amount of | | savings for the MaineCare program, the principles of | | reimbursement for room and board in Section 115 must provide for | | a general rate reduction of 25 cents per resident per day in the | | facility-specific routine component of the room-and-board portion | | of payment. |
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| | | 2. The principles of reimbursement must be changed in the | | wording used to refer to reimbursement related to foreign | | exchange fellows of professional exchange programs for social | | workers in private nonmedical institution settings: the word | | "stipend" in the rule and appendices must be changed to "contract | | fee." |
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| | | In order to accomplish the rule changes required by this | | resolve, the Department of Human Services shall adopt emergency | | rules to implement this resolve; and be it further |
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| | | Sec. 2. Appropriations and allocations. Resolved: That the following | | appropriations and allocations are made. |
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| | | HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF |
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| | | Medical Care - Payments to Providers 0147 |
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| | | Initiative: Allocates funds to restore a Federal Expenditures | | Fund deallocation as a result of replacing a Public Law 2003, | | chapter 20, Part B, MaineCare private nonmedical institution | | (PNMI) payment reduction with a state-only room-and-board payment | | reduction. |
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| | | Federal Expenditures Fund | 2003-04 | 2004-05 |
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| | | Federal Expenditures Fund Total | $97,319 | $388,408 |
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| | | Emergency clause. In view of the emergency cited in the preamble, | | this resolve takes effect when approved. |
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