| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §3173-D, as enacted by PL 1983, c. 752, §1, is | amended to read: |
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| §3173-D. Reimbursement for alcoholism and drug dependency |
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| | The department shall provide reimbursement, to the maximum | extent allowable, under the United States Social Security Act, | Title XIX, for alcoholism and drug dependency treatment. | Treatment shall must include, but need not be limited to, | residential treatment and outpatient care as defined in Title 24- | A, section 2842. |
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| | For purposes of this section, the following terms have the | following meanings. |
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| | 1.__Outpatient care.__"Outpatient care" means care rendered by | a state-licensed, approved or certified detoxification, | residential treatment or outpatient program or partial | hospitalization program on a periodic basis, including, but not | limited to, patient diagnosis, assessment and treatment; | individual, family and group counseling; and educational and | support services. |
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| | 2.__Residential treatment.__"Residential treatment" means | services at a facility that provides care 24 hours daily to one | or more patients, including, but not limited to, the following | services:__room and board; medical, nursing and dietary services; | patient diagnosis, assessment and treatment; individual, family | and group counseling; and educational and support services, | including a designated unit of a licensed health care facility | providing any other services specified in this subsection to | patients with the illnesses of alcoholism and drug dependency. |
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| | Sec. 2. 22 MRSA §8711, sub-§2, as amended by PL 1999, c. 353, §16, is | further amended to read: |
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| | 2. Information on mandated services. The organization is | authorized and directed to require providers of mammography | services to furnish information with respect to those services | for the purpose of assisting in the evaluation of the social and | financial impact and the efficacy of the mandated benefit for | screening mammograms under Title 24, section 2320-A and Title 24- | A, sections 2745-A and 2837-A. The information that may be | collected includes the location of mammography units, the | purchase of new mammography units, the number of screening and | diagnostic mammograms performed, the charge per mammogram and the | method and amount of payment, and the number of cancers detected | by screening mammograms. |
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