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federal Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization | | Act of 2003. |
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| | | Sec. A-36. 22 MRSA §4038-C, sub-§10, as enacted by PL 2005, c. 372, | | §6, is amended to read: |
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| | | 10. Limitation. The District Court does not have authority | | to provide a guardianship subsidy for permanency guardianship | under section 4308-D |
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| | | Sec. A-37. 23 MRSA c. 19, sub-c. 5-A, as amended, is further amended by | | repealing the subchapter headnote. |
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| | | Sec. A-38. 24 MRSA §2332-A, sub-§2, as amended by PL 1997, c. 777, Pt. | | B, §1, is further amended to read: |
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| | | 2. Medicaid and Cub Care programs. Nonprofit service | | organizations may not consider the availability or eligibility | | for medical assistance under 42 United States Code, Section | 13969, referred to as "Medicaid," or Title 22, section 3174-R | | 3174-T, referred to as the "Cub Care program," when considering | | coverage eligibility or benefit calculations for subscribers and | | covered family members. |
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| | | A. To the extent that payment for coverage expenses has | | been made under the Medicaid program or the Cub Care program | | for health care items or services furnished to an | | individual, the State is considered to have acquired the | | rights of the covered subscriber or family member to payment | | by the nonprofit service organization for those health care | | items or services. Upon presentation of proof that the | | Medicaid program or the Cub Care program has paid for | | covered items or services, the nonprofit service | | organization shall make payment to the Medicaid program or | | the Cub Care program according to the coverage provided in | | the contract or certificate. |
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| | | B. A nonprofit service organization may not impose | | requirements on a state agency that has been assigned the | | rights of an individual eligible for Medicaid or Cub Care | | coverage and covered by a subscriber contract that are | | different from requirements applicable to an agent or | | assignee of any other covered individual. |
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| | | Sec. A-39. 24-A MRSA §2744, as amended by PL 2005, c. 121, Pt. I, | | §§1 and 2 and c. 213, §1 and affected by §3 and amended by c. | | 214, §1 and affected by §3, is repealed and the following enacted | | in its place: |
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| | | §2744.__Mental health services |
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