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

 
Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §3173-D, as enacted by PL 1983, c. 752, §1, is
amended to read:

 
§3173-D. Reimbursement for alcoholism and drug dependency

 
treatment

 
The department shall provide reimbursement, to the maximum
extent allowable, under the United States Social Security Act,
Title XIX, for alcoholism and drug dependency treatment.
Treatment shall must include, but need not be limited to,
residential treatment and outpatient care as defined in Title
24-A, section 2842.

 
For purposes of this section, the following terms have the
following meanings.

 
1.__Outpatient care.__"Outpatient care" means care rendered
by a state-licensed, approved or certified detoxification,
residential treatment or outpatient program or partial
hospitalization program on a periodic basis, including, but
not limited to, patient diagnosis, assessment and treatment;
individual, family and group counseling; and educational and
support services.

 
2.__Residential treatment.__"Residential treatment" means
services at a facility that provides care 24 hours daily to
one or more patients, including, but not limited to, the
following services:__room and board; medical, nursing and
dietary services; patient diagnosis, assessment and treatment;
individual, family and group counseling; and educational and
support services, including a designated unit of a licensed
health care facility providing any other services specified in
this subsection to patients with the illnesses of alcoholism
and drug dependency.

 
Sec. 2. 22 MRSA §8711, sub-§2, as amended by PL 1999, c. 353, §16,
is further amended to read:

 
2. Information on mandated services. The organization is
authorized and directed to require providers of mammography
services to furnish information with respect to those services
for the purpose of assisting in the evaluation of the social
and financial impact and the efficacy of the mandated benefit
for screening mammograms under Title 24, section 2320-A and
Title 24-A, sections 2745-A and 2837-A. The information that
may be collected includes the location of mammography units,
the purchase of new mammography units, the number of screening
and diagnostic mammograms performed, the charge per mammogram
and the


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