CHAPTER 256

H.P. 1049 - L.D. 1492

An Act To Permit the Department of Health and Human

Services To Charge Fees to Homestead Facility Residents

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 34-B MRSA §1409, sub-§1, ¶B-1 is enacted to read:

B-1.__"Resident," for purposes of this section and this section only, means any of the following:

(1)__A person who is an inpatient;

(2)__A person who is an outpatient receiving services from any state institution, including outpatient clinic services; or

(3)__A resident of the Homestead facility.

Sec. 2. 34-B MRSA §1409, sub-§1, ¶C, as enacted by PL 1983, c. 580, §5, is amended to read:

C. "State institution," for purposes of this section and this section only, includes the Freeport Towne Square and the Homestead facility.

Sec. 3. 34-B MRSA §1409, sub-§2, ¶A, as enacted by PL 1983, c. 459, §7, is amended to read: