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encounters as reported to the federal Bureau of Primary Health | | Care for the previous calendar year as compared to the number | | of encounters provided by all health center grantees for that | | calendar year. For the purposes of this paragraph, "site" | | means a site or sites operated by the grantee within its scope | | of service that meet all health center requirements, including | | providing primary care services, regardless of patients' | | ability to pay, 5 days a week with extended hours. This | | program will support the primary care infrastructure providing | | services to underserved populations. |
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| | | 2. Program to support federally qualified look-alikes. Three | | hundred thousand dollars per year must be provided to support | | federally qualified look-alikes that meet standards that may be | | imposed by the Department of Human Services, including reporting | | requirements. Each federally qualified look-alike must receive | | $50,000 or an amount equal to $300,000 divided by the total | | number of eligible entities, whichever is less. |
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| | | Funding under this initiative may not supplant other sources | | of funding. The Department of Human Services may adopt rules to | | implement this initiative. Rules adopted pursuant to this | | section are routine technical rules as defined by the Maine | | Revised Statutes, Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter II-A. |
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| | | Sec. 2. Appropriation. The following funds are appropriated from | | the General Fund to carry out the purposes of this Act. |
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| | | HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF |
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| | | All Other | | $1,175,000 | $1,175,000 |
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| | | Provides funds for community | | health centers to support their | | work in providing health care | | services. |
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| | | All Other | | $375,000 | $375,000 |
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| | | Provides funds for the state | | share for an initiative in | | which the Maine Ambulatory Care | | Coalition and the Bureau of | | Health work to improve the | | quality of services and enhance | | the delivery of services at | | community health centers. |
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| | | All Other | | $150,000 | $150,000 |
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| | | Provides funds for the state | | share for the Bureau of Health | | to contract with the Maine | | Ambulatory Care Coalition for | | the Medicaid outstationing | | program. |
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| | | All Other | | $300,000 | $300,000 |
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| | | Provides funds for the | | increased support of federally | | qualified health center look- | | alikes. |
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| | | DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES | __________ | __________ |
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| | | TOTAL | | | $2,000,000 | $2,000,000 |
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| | | Sec. 3. Allocation. The following funds are allocated from the | | Federal Expenditures Fund to carry out the purposes of this Act. |
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| | | HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF |
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| | | All Other | | $297,294 | $298,833 |
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| | | Provides for the federal match | | for the Bureau of Health to | | contract with the Maine | | Ambulatory Care Coalition for | | the Medicaid outstationing | | program. |
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| | | All Other | | $743,235 | $747,083 |
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| | | Provides for the federal match | | for an initiative in which the | | Maine Ambulatory Care Coalition | | and the Bureau of Health work | | to improve the quality of | | services and enhance the | | delivery of services at | | community health centers. |
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| | | DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES | __________ | __________ |
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| | | TOTAL | | | $1,040,529 | $1,045,916 |
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| | | This bill directs the Department of Human Services, Bureau of | | Health to undertake an initiative to expand access to primary and | | preventive health care. It appropriates $2,000,000 per year for | | the support of the community health centers and the federally | | qualified health center look-alikes. As some of this funding | | will be used for Medicaid match to federal funds, the bill | | allocates matching federal funding. |
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