SP0538, LD 1628, item 1, An Act To Limit Payment for Care and Treatment of Residents of State Institutions

An Act To Limit Payment for Care and Treatment of Residents of State Institutions

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 34-B MRSA §1409, sub-§1, ¶B-1, as enacted by PL 2005, c. 256, §1, is amended to read:

B-1. "Resident," for purposes of this section and this section only, means any of the following:

(1) A person who is an inpatient; or

(2) A person who is an outpatient receiving services from any state institution, including outpatient clinic services ; or .

(3) A resident of the Homestead facility.

Sec. 2. 34-B MRSA §1409, sub-§1, ¶D, as enacted by PL 2005, c. 683, Pt. B, §30, is repealed.

Sec. 3. 34-B MRSA §1409, sub-§11, ¶A, as enacted by PL 1983, c. 459, §7, is amended to read:

A. This subsection may not be construed as a limitation on compensation for providers of resident care and treatment; and

Sec. 4. 34-B MRSA §1409, sub-§11, ¶B, as enacted by PL 1983, c. 459, §7, is amended to read:

B. This subsection may not be construed as a limitation on contractual arrangements between the providers and the State . ; and

Sec. 5. 34-B MRSA §1409, sub-§11, ¶C is enacted to read:

C. For a resident receiving services, including medical care, goods, prescription drugs and other medications, outside a state institution, the commissioner may pay the provider of those services an amount no greater than the reimbursement rate applicable to that provider and that service, as established by rule by the department for the MaineCare program under Title 22.

Sec. 6. 34-B MRSA §1409, sub-§13, as amended by PL 2005, c. 256, §4, is further amended to read:

13. Special revenue account; Riverview Psychiatric Center. The commissioner shall establish a special revenue account for the Riverview Psychiatric Center and the Homestead facility and shall deposit into it payments or income received from residents of the Riverview Psychiatric Center and the Homestead facility, the Medicaid program or other 3rd-party payors. The commissioner shall use the funds on deposit for expenses of the Riverview Psychiatric Center and the Homestead facility.

SUMMARY

This bill limits the amount that a provider may charge the State for medical services provided to a resident of a state institution outside of the state institution; the amount is restricted to the amount established by the rules of the Department of Health and Human Services for the MaineCare program for those services. The bill also removes references to the Homestead facility, which closed in 2007.

SP0538 LD 1628	Second Regular Session - 125th Maine Legislature		LR 2492 Item 1
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