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adverse financial impact on any MaineCare provider or member, | Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program or food stamp | recipient or the beneficiary or recipient of any other program | administered by the department.__Specific statutory authority | is required for adoption of a retroactive rule that has an | adverse financial impact on any MaineCare provider or member, | Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program or food stamp | recipient or the beneficiary or recipient of any other program | administered by the department. |
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| E.__Rules adopted pursuant to this subsection are routine | technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, | subchapter 2-A; except that, if the underlying statutory | rule-making authority for a rule or set of rules specifies | that rules adopted pursuant to that authority are major | substantive rules, then the related rule or rules adopted | under this subsection are major substantive rules. |
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| F.__This subsection is repealed July 1, 2006. |
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| | Sec. 2. Report. By January 15, 2005 and January 15, 2006, the | Department of Human Services shall report to the joint standing | committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over health and | human services matters on implementation of this Act and the | fiscal impact of implementation on the MaineCare and General Fund | budgets and any MaineCare providers, members or beneficiaries or | beneficiaries or recipients of other programs administered by the | department. |
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| | Emergency clause. In view of the emergency cited in the preamble, | this Act takes effect when approved. |
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