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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| | | F.__This subsection is repealed July 1, 2006.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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