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hearing officer within one week of the filing of the grievance | | if mediation is not requested by the child or the child's | | family and, if mediation is requested, within 2 weeks of the | | filing of the grievance. Providers of care and advocates for | | the child may be heard at the request of the child or the | | child's family. The informal grievance process is provided in | | addition to any rights of appeal that may be available under | | law, rule or regulation. If the right to appeal is limited to | | a certain time period, that time period begins to run on the | | date of issuance of a decision under this paragraph. The | | requirement of an impartial hearing officer may be met by use | | of a hearing officer or mediator who is an employee of the | | department's Office of Administrative Hearings and who was not | | involved in any earlier consideration of the matter that is | | the subject of the grievance. |
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| | | Sec. SS-1. 22 MRSA §3174-Q, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 696, Pt. B, | | §2, is repealed and the following enacted in its place: |
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| | | §3174-Q.__MaineCare stability |
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| | | Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the department | | is authorized to determine benefit structures, eligibility levels | | and reimbursement methods under the MaineCare program.__If the | | commissioner identifies the need for a reduction of expenditures | | in the MaineCare program to be achieved through any changes in | | the benefit structures, eligibility levels or reimbursement | | methods, the commissioner shall provide to the Legislature a | | minimum of 30 days' advance notice of the effective date of such | | a change or, if to be done through rulemaking, at least 30 days' | | advance notice of the publication of any notice of proposed | | rulemaking.__Advance notice must be provided to the joint | | standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over | | appropriations and financial affairs and to the joint standing | | committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over health and | | human services matters. |
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| | | Sec. TT-1. 22 MRSA §13, sub-§5, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 464, §1 and | | affected by §2, is amended to read: |
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| | | 5. Audit methods. When conducting audits pursuant to this | | section, the department may not engage a private vendor to | | conduct the audit or base any auditor's compensation on a |
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