Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA §1561, sub-§4 is enacted to read:

4.__Limitation on reimbursement rate to medical service providers.__A county may pay to a provider of a medical service for a prisoner an amount no greater than the reimbursement rate applicable to that provider and that service as established by rule of the Department of Human Services for the MaineCare program under Title 22.__This limitation applies to all medical care services, goods, prescription drugs and medications provided to a prisoner.

SUMMARY

This bill limits the amount a county may pay a health care provider for health care services, goods, prescriptions and medications supplied to a prisoner only to the amount equal to the reimbursement rate applicable to that provider and that service as established by rule of the Department of Human Services for the MaineCare program under the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 22.