| | | D. A child one year of age or older and under 19 years of | | age when the child's family income is equal to or below 150% | | of the nonfarm income official poverty line, except that the | | department may adopt a rule that provides that children | | described in this paragraph in families with income over | | 150% and equal to or below 200% of the nonfarm income | | official poverty line who meet the eligibility requirements | | of the Cub Care program established under section 3174-T are | | eligible to participate in the Cub Care program instead of | | Medicaid.__Rules adopted pursuant to this paragraph are | | routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, | | subchapter 2-A; |
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| | | Sec. Y-3. PL 2003, c. 469, Pt. A, §11 is amended to read: |
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| | | Sec. A-11. Effective date. That section of this Part that amends the | | Maine Revised Statutes, Title 22, section 3174-G, subsection 1 | takes effect on | | provided to eligible employees and eligible individuals under | | Dirigo Health Insurance as established in Title 24-A, section | | 6910. |
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| | | Sec. Z-1. 22 MRSA §4004-B is enacted to read: |
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| | | §4004-B.__Infants born affected by substance abuse or after |
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| | | | prenatal exposure to drugs |
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| | | The department shall act to protect infants born identified as | | being affected by illegal substance abuse or suffering from | | withdrawal symptoms resulting from prenatal drug exposure, | | whether or not the prenatal exposure was to legal or illegal | | drugs, regardless of whether or not the infant is abused or | | neglected.__The department shall: |
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| | | 1.__Receive reports.__Receive reports of infants who may be | | affected by illegal substance abuse or suffering from withdrawal | | symptoms resulting from prenatal drug exposure; |
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| | | 2.__Investigate.__Promptly investigate all reports received of | | infants born who may be affected by illegal substance abuse or | | suffering from withdrawal symptoms resulting from prenatal drug | | exposure; |
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| | | 3.__Determine if infant is affected.__Determine whether or not | | each infant reported is affected by illegal substance abuse or | | suffers from withdrawal symptoms resulting from prenatal drug | | exposure; |
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