| Sec. 1. Increase in reimbursement for therapy services. Resolved: That the |
| Department of Human Services shall adopt rules to increase the |
| amount of reimbursement under the Medicaid program for |
| occupational and physical therapy, speech and language |
| pathologist and audiologist services to 70% of the usual and |
| customary charge. The department shall adopt these rules to take |
| effect January 1, 2003. Rules adopted pursuant to this section |
| are major substantive rules as defined in the Maine Revised |
| Statutes, Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter II-A. |