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LD 1511 Title Page An Act to Increase Access to Primary and Preventive Services for Maine's Unders... Page 2 of 2
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LR 2051
Item 1

 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
Sec. 1. Support for primary and preventive health care services. The Department
of Human Services, Bureau of Health shall undertake an initiative
in primary and preventive health care to expand access for
underserved populations, utilizing $2,000,000 appropriated in
fiscal year 2001-02 and annually thereafter. The initiative must
provide support for health care access in 2 ways:

 
1. Funding for Community Health Center Program. One million,
seven hundred thousand dollars to support community, migrant and
homeless health centers receiving funding from the Community
Health Center Program operated by the federal Bureau of Primary
Health Care. From this amount, funding must be provided as
follows:

 
A. One hundred fifty thousand dollars per year must be
provided as Medicaid seed for a contract with the Maine
Ambulatory Care Coalition to provide financial and other
support to health centers in assisting individuals in
applying for Medicaid program and Cub Care program benefits.
This funding is provided to meet the federal requirement to
provide Medicaid outstationing services at health centers;

 
B. Three hundred seventy-five thousand dollars per year
must be provided as the Medicaid seed to provide incentives
under Medicaid to improve the quality of services and
enhance the delivery of preventive services at health
centers. The Department of Human Services, Bureau of Medical
Services shall work collaboratively with the Maine
Ambulatory Care Coalition in developing this program and
provide $75,000 each year for the state seed for a contract
with the Maine Ambulatory Care Coalition to assist health
centers in designing and participating in the incentive
program. This program will enhance the provision of
preventive services and improve the quality of services at
health centers provided through Medicaid; and

 
C. One million, one hundred seventy-five thousand dollars per
year must be provided by August 1st of each year to health center
grantees to support the infrastructure of these programs in
providing primary care services to underserved populations. Fifty
thousand dollars per year must be provided to each grantee with
an additional $10,000 for the 2nd and each additional site
operated by a grantee. The remainder must be allocated among
health center grantees according to a formula that provides that
a grantee will receive funding in proportion to its total number
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