| | | Initiative: Appropriates funds for HIV and AIDS treatment and | | prevention programs. |
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| | | GENERAL FUND | 2005-06 | 2006-07 |
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| | | GENERAL FUND TOTAL | $0 | $52,231 |
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| | | Sec. CCC-1. Mental retardation waiver provider rate setting. Rate setting for | | the mental retardation waiver, authorized under Public Law 2005, | | chapter 12, Part BBBB, may not be generally implemented before | | January 1, 2007 and may commence only after being demonstrated on | | a pilot basis in at least 6 agencies. The pilots must be of 6 | | months' duration and include feedback to the Department of Health | | and Human Services on all benefits and problems encountered. | | Feedback on the results of the pilots must be reported to the | | joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction | | over appropriations and financial affairs and the joint standing | | committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over health and | | human service matters. |
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| | | Sec. CCC-2. Interim rate-setting requirements. In the period after the | | effective date of this Part and prior to January 1, 2007, the | | Department of Health and Human Services shall make available in | | writing the current rates, caps, limits or guidelines that the | | department is imposing as it negotiates new contracts and adjusts | | current contracts. The department shall communicate in writing | | to any person submitting a budget proposal for a contract why a | | budget proposal is not acceptable, if the department so | | determines. |
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| | | Sec. CCC-3. Interim funding requirements. During the period before | | published rate setting pursuant to section 1, the Department of | | Health and Human Services shall continue to provide funding using | | current rates unless the needs of consumers change. |
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| | | Sec. DDD-1. MaineCare provider recovery report. The Commissioner of | | Health and Human Services shall issue a financial summary and | | report on the status of the department's progress in its Maine | | claims management system-related interim payment recovery | | efforts. The report must be submitted to the Joint Standing | | Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs and the Joint | | Standing | | Committee on Health and Human Services no |
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