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that entity. In order for a position that is established by | | financial order to become permanent, it must be presented to the | | next session of the Legislature through the normal budgetary | | process. These positions must be funded by the entity and | | reimbursement funds for Personal Services, All Other and Capital | | Expenditures must be made to the Consolidated Emergency | | Communications Fund established in the Maine Revised Statutes, | | Title 25, section 1534. |
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| | | Sec. PP-1. 22 MRSA §1714-B, as amended by PL 2005, c. 342, §1 and | | affected by §2, is further amended to read: |
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| | | §1714-B. Critical access hospital reimbursement |
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| | | For state fiscal years beginning on or after July 1, 2005, the | | department shall reimburse critical access hospitals that are | unconditionally | | both inpatient and outpatient services provided to patients | | covered by the MaineCare program. Of the total allocated from | | hospital tax revenues under Title 36, chapter 375, $1,000,000 in | | state and federal funds must be distributed annually among | | critical access hospitals for staff enhancement payments. |
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| | | Sec. QQ-1. PL 2005, c. 12, Pt. DDD, §13, sub-§§1 and 2 are amended to read: |
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| | | 1. The rules must provide that, when the value of the asset | is less than or | | patient in a nursing facility, the penalty must be in the form of | | a one-month disqualification from MaineCare eligibility for | | nursing facility or waiver coverage. |
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| | | 2. The rules must provide for penalties for more than one | | month calculated by comparison of the value of the asset | transferred to the cost per month of private patient care, using | a rounding up method for the value of a partial month |
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| | | Sec. RR-1. 34-B MRSA §1001, sub-§4-A, as enacted by PL 2005, c. 457, | | Pt. OO, §1 and affected by §5, is repealed. |
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