PART QQ

Sec. QQ-1. 22 MRSA §13, sub-§5, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 464, §1 and affected by §2, is amended to read:

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 percentage of the alleged overpayment amount, except that the department may engage a private vendor to conduct audits of providers located outside this State and may base that vendor's compensation on a percentage of the amount of overpayment received by the department. The department shall disclose to the public any mathematical algorithm used in performance of an audit.

PART RR

Sec. RR-1. 22 MRSA §8104, sub-§4 is enacted to read:

4.__Authority to change daily rate for unlicensed foster care providers.__Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department may change the daily rates for foster board and care paid to unlicensed homes and may provide the opportunity for those unlicensed homes, if they choose to apply, to pursue licensure that could result in a higher rate of payment.

PART SS

Sec. SS-1. 1 MRSA §535, sub-§1, ¶B, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 713, §1, is amended to read:

B. Procedures ensuring that executive branch and semiautonomous state agencies comply with the standards and policies adopted by the Information Services Policy Board Chief Information Officer of the Office of Information Technology within the Department of Administrative and Financial Services.

Sec. SS-2. 2 MRSA §6, sub-§3, as repealed and replaced by PL 1999, c. 259, §2, is amended to read:

3. Range 89. The salaries of the following state officials and employees are within salary range 89:

Director, Bureau of General Services;