Sec. BBB-2. Report. The Department of Behavioral and Developmental Services shall provide a status report on the placement planning process and the involvement of the residents, families, staff or other support personnel for each resident of the Aroostook Residential Center to the Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human Services and the Joint Standing Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs no later than January 1, 2004.

PART CCC

Sec. CCC-1. Medicaid waiver. The Department of Human Services and the Department of Behavioral and Developmental Services shall seek federal approval for a Medicaid waiver to make respite services a Medicaid reimbursable service. Any General Fund savings generated in the Mental Health Services - Children program as a result of increased federal Medicaid funding for respite services must be distributed proportionately across the categories of services funded by the Mental Health Services - Children program and may not be used solely for increased respite services.

Sec. CCC-2. Report. The Department of Behavioral and Developmental Services shall provide a status report to the Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human Services and the Joint Standing Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs not later than July 1, 2004. The report must include estimates of the amount of increased federal funding and the amounts, by category of service, to be proportionately distributed pursuant to section 1 of this Part.

PART DDD

Sec. DDD-1. 22 MRSA §2053, sub-§4-B, ķA, as amended by PL 2001, c. 590, §4, is further amended to read:

A. Any private, nonprofit, governmental or charitable institution or organization engaged in the operation of, or formed for the purpose of operating, an educational institution within this State, including the Maine Technical College System and the University of Maine System, that, by virtue of law or charter, is an educational institution empowered to provide a program of education beyond the high school level; and