Sec. X-1. 18-A MRSA §3-801, sub-§(a), as enacted by PL 1989, c. 661, §2, is amended to read:
(a) Unless notice has already been given under this section, a A personal representative upon application for appointment shall pay a fee to the court to permit the register to publish a notice to creditors once a week for 2 successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county announcing the appointment and the personal representative's address and notifying creditors of the estate to present their claims within 4 months after the date of the first publication of the notice or be forever barred.
Sec. X-2. 18-A MRSA §3-803, sub-§(c), ¶(2), as amended by PL 1989, c. 661, §5, is further amended to read:
(2) To the limits of the insurance protection only, any proceeding to establish liability of the decedent or the personal representative for which the decedent or the personal representative is protected by liability insurance; or
Sec. X-3. 18-A MRSA §3-803, sub-§(c), ¶(3), as enacted by PL 1989, c. 661, §5, is amended to read:
(3) Collection of compensation for services rendered and reimbursement for expenses advanced by the personal representative or by the attorney or accountant for the personal representative of the estate.; or
Sec. X-4. 18-A MRSA §3-803, sub-§(c), ¶(4) is enacted to read:
(4) The State from filing and enforcing a claim for Medicaid reimbursement under Title 22, section 14. Notwithstanding subsection (a), paragraph (2), if this claim is filed within 4 months of published or actual notice of creditors, the claim is considered timely filed.
Sec. X-5. 22 MRSA §3174-A, as enacted by PL 1983, c. 749, §1, is amended to read:
§3174-A. Medical coverage program for certain boarding home residents
The department shall administer a program of medical coverage for persons residing in cost reimbursement boarding homes who, but for their income, would be eligible for supplemental security income benefits on account of blindness, disability or age, and who do not have sufficient income to meet the per resident payment rate for boarding home care, including an amount for personal needs of at least $30 a month. Notwithstanding supplemental security income eligibility regulations, the department may impose a penalty for certain transfers of assets. Rules adopted pursuant to this section are routine technical rules as defined by Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter II-A.
Sec. X-6. Medical Care - Payments to Providers account; lapsed balances. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, $5,705,170 of unencumbered balance forward in fiscal year 2001-02 in the Medical Care - Payments to Providers, General Fund account in the Department of Human Services lapses to the General Fund in fiscal year 2001-02.
Sec. X-7. Nursing facilities account; lapsed balances. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, $3,042,223 of unencumbered balance forward in fiscal year 2001-02 in the Nursing Facilities, General Fund account in the Department of Human Services lapses to the General Fund in fiscal year 2001-02.
Sec. X-8. TANF account; lapsed balances. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, $874,000 of unencumbered balance forward in fiscal year 2001-02 in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, General Fund account in the Department of Human Services lapses to the General Fund in fiscal year 2001-02.
Sec. X-9. Carrying balance; Medical Care - Payments to Providers. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Department of Human Services shall reimburse the State's 2 freestanding, nonprofit psychiatric hospitals for services provided to indigent patients when these expenses can not be reimbursed by the Medicaid or Medicaid Disproportionate Share programs in fiscal years 1999-00, 2000-01, 2001-02 and 2002-03 from the carrying balance on June 30, 2001 in the Medical Care - Payments to Providers General Fund account in the Department of Human Services in an amount not to exceed $5,583,019.
Sec. X-10. Pursuit of federal funding for disproportionate share shortfall for institutes for mental disease. The Commissioner of Human Services and the Commissioner of Behavioral and Developmental Services shall work with the State's 2 freestanding, nonprofit psychiatric hospitals to advocate for the elimination of the current federal cap on disproportionate share funds that are available for institutes for mental disease, or for other federal reforms, that would ensure adequate federal funding for the population served by these hospitals. The commissioners shall report their progress to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over appropriations and financial affairs no later than February 15, 2003.
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