CHAPTER 615
H.P. 1728 - L.D. 2434
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §5107-H is enacted to read:
§5107-H. Certain family members as personal care assistants
An individual eligible for personal care assistance services under section 5107-C, including consumer-directed personal care assistance services, may hire certain family members as personal care assistants to the degree permitted by federal law. The department shall adopt rules to implement this section. Rules adopted pursuant to this section are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter II-A.
Sec. 2. Rulemaking; retroactive. Rules adopted by the Department of Human Services to implement the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 22, section 5107-H apply retroactively to the date that federal law authorizing the hiring of certain family members as personal care assistants was effective.
Effective August 11, 2000, unless otherwise indicated.
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