6.__Definition.__As used in this section, "nonfarm income official poverty line" means the poverty level applicable to a family of the size involved, as defined by the federal Office of Management and Budget and revised annually in accordance with__ the United States Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981, Section 673, Subsection 2.

7.__Report.__The department shall report to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over health and human services matters by February 1st each year.__The report must include the numbers of persons receiving benefits under each benefit category under the program, demographic information on the covered population and information on numbers of persons in the State who are uninsured and underinsured.

8.__Rulemaking.__The department shall adopt rules necessary to implement this section.__Rules adopted pursuant to this subsection are routine technical rules as defined by Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter II-A.

§3174-V.__Medicaid coverage under Healthy Maine Program

Beginning October 1, 1999, the department shall provide for the delivery of Medicaid services under this section to parents or caretaker relatives of children under 19 years of age living in the same household whose family incomes are between 100% and 150% of the nonfarm income official poverty line.__Eligibility under this section is subject to adjustment by the commissioner as provided in section 3174-U, subsection 4.__Coverage under this section is funded through the Healthy Maine Program pursuant to section 3174-U.

SUMMARY

This bill establishes the Healthy Maine Program to provide health care coverage, Medicaid coverage and prescription drug coverage for adults 62 years of age and older, disabled persons and children. Benefits are provided under the Healthy Maine Program, the Medicaid program and the Cub Care program.