Sec. OOO-1. MaineCare reimbursement rates. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the cap on reimbursement rates paid to individual providers of services and to agencies in the Mental Health Services - Community Medicaid and Mental Health Services - Child Medicaid accounts may not be set, directly or indirectly, by the Department of Human Services or the Department of Behavioral and Developmental Services for state fiscal year 2004-05 below the median rate necessary to achieve the savings identified in this Act.
Sec. OOO-2. Advisory working group; mental health services. The Commissioner of Behavioral and Developmental Services and the Commissioner of Human Services shall convene an advisory working group consisting of representatives of individual and agency providers of adult and children's mental health services funded by either of the departments to examine and make recommendations to the departments regarding methods to provide regulatory relief, achieve savings and identify the factors that contribute to provider costs in excess of the statewide median for these services. The goal of the advisory working group is to identify changes that may be made in licensing and other administrative requirements so that services may be provided in the most cost-effective manner. In performing its work under this section, the advisory working group shall consult with the Court Master and the Receiver in the Augusta Mental Health Institute Consent Decree case, Kennebec County Superior Court, CV-89-088, and with the representatives of the parties in that case and other relevant consent decrees and settlements. By September 6, 2004, the Commissioner of Behavioral and Developmental Services shall report on the progress of the advisory working group to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over health and human services matters. The committee may report out legislation to the First Regular Session of the 122nd Legislature.
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