| | | 2.__Benefits.__The benefits of the program include coverage | | under MaineCare for long-term care at the nursing facility level | | of care after the person participating in the program has | | exhausted the coverage and benefits purchased under the approved | | long-term care policy. |
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| | | 3.__Disregard.__In addition to assets disregarded or exempt | | under MaineCare program rules, in determining eligibility for | | MaineCare and the amount of MaineCare benefits and in estate | | recovery pursuant to section 14, subsection 2-I, the program must | | disregard assets of an eligible person that are disclosed to the | | department in the application process in an amount equal to the | | benefits paid by the approved long-term care insurance policy for | | nursing facility level of care. |
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| | | 4.__Information.__In cooperation with the Department of | | Professional and Financial Regulation, Bureau of Insurance, the | | department shall provide information to the public regarding the | | program and approved long-term care insurance policies. |
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| | | 5.__Reciprocal agreements.__The department shall enter into | | reciprocal agreements with other states to extend the program to | | persons who purchased long-term care insurance policies | | equivalent to policies approved in this State and to extend | | similar programs in other states to persons who purchase approved | | policies in this State and who later relocate and apply for | | Medicaid long-term care benefits in other states. |
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| | | 6.__Other laws.__Eligibility for the program does not preclude | | enforcement of laws regarding recovery of MaineCare benefits | | incorrectly paid or 3rd-party liability claims by the department.__ | | The provisions of this section do not enlarge or otherwise modify | | medical assistance benefits under the MaineCare program.__The | | provisions of section 14, subsection 2-I, paragraph A, | | subparagraph (3) do not apply to assets disregarded under the | | program. |
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| | | 7.__Rulemaking.__The department, after consultation with the | | Superintendent of Insurance within the Department of Professional | | and Financial Regulation, shall adopt rules to implement this | | section.__Rules adopted pursuant to this subsection are routine | | technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2- | | A. |
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| | | Sec. DDD-11. Public information regarding estate recovery in MaineCare. After | | consultation with interested parties and advocates and before | | January 1, 2006, the Department of Health and Human Services | | shall prepare and distribute a brochure describing the | | requirements of the estate recovery program of the |
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