Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 1. Rates paid July 1, 2016. The Department of Health and Human Services shall reimburse the Collaborative School in New Gloucester at reimbursement rates no less than the rates in place and being used for reimbursement for services as of July 1, 2016 under rule Chapter 101: MaineCare Benefits Manual, Chapter III, Section 65, Behavioral Health Services unless the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services does not permit reimbursement at these rates.’
SUMMARY
This amendment, which is the minority report of the committee, requires that the Department of Health and Human Services reimburse the Collaborative School in New Gloucester at reimbursement rates no less than the rates in place and being used for reimbursement for services as of July 1, 2016 under rule Chapter 101: MaineCare Benefits Manual, Chapter III, Section 65, Behavioral Health Services unless the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services does not permit reimbursement at these rates. Any reductions in reimbursement that result for these services as a result of the Burns and Associates April 24, 2017 review of rates for behavioral health and targeted case management services may not apply to services at the Collaborative School.