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:
A. The commissioner shall establish by rule charges for the care and treatment of residents at any state institution. Rules adopted pursuant to this paragraph are routine technical rules pursuant to Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.
Sec. 4. 34-B MRSA §1409, sub-§13, as enacted by PL 1991, c. 528, Pt. Q, §6 and affected by Pt. RRR and enacted by c. 591, Pt. Q, §6, is amended to read:
13. Special revenue account; Riverview Psychiatric Center and Homestead facility. The commissioner shall establish a special revenue account for the Augusta Mental Health Institute Riverview Psychiatric Center and the Homestead facility and shall deposit into it payments or income received from residents of the Augusta Mental Health Institute Riverview Psychiatric Center and the Homestead facility, the Medicaid program or other 3rd-party payors. The commissioner shall use the funds on deposit for expenses of the Augusta Mental Health Institute Riverview Psychiatric Center and the Homestead facility.
Sec. 5. 34-B MRSA §1409, sub-§15, as amended by PL 1993, c. 508, Pt. J, §1, is further amended to read:
15. General Fund accounts; disproportionate share hospital match. The commissioner shall establish General Fund accounts to provide the General Fund match for eligible disproportionate share hospital components in the Augusta Mental Health Institute Riverview Psychiatric Center and the Bangor Mental Health Institute. Any unencumbered balances of General Fund appropriations remaining at the end of each fiscal year must be carried forward to be used for the same purposes.
Sec. 6. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF
Homestead Facility
Initiative: Provides an initial allocation for the Homestead Facility, Other Special Revenue Funds account for payments or income received from residents of the facility, the Medicaid program or other 3rd-party payments.
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE
FUNDS 2005-06 2006-07
Unallocated $500 $500
__________ __________
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE
FUNDS TOTAL $500 $500
Effective September 17, 2005.
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