Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §4062, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1985, c. 521, is further amended to read:

1. Payments by department. The department shall provide payments to facilities caring for children to meet the costs of clothing, board and care, within the limits of available funds. The department may establish, by rule, different categories of facilities, levels of need and care and flat-rate or reimbursement methods to distribute these funds. The department may provide child care and travel expense payments to foster and adoptive parents and trainers participating in foster and adoptive parent training programs and volunteers participating in the administrative case review program.

Any federally recognized Indian tribe in this State or any other person or facility providing foster care for a child who is a member, or eligible to be a member of any of those tribes is eligible for benefits and reimbursement under any state or federally funded program administered by the State for the benefit of Maine children, including without limitation for the benefit of children within the jurisdiction of the Passamaquoddy Tribe or Penobscot Nation under the Indian Child Welfare Act, 25 United States Code, Section 1901, et seq.

Sec. 2. 22 MRSA §8101, sub-§3, as amended by PL 1987, c. 778, §2, is further amended to read:

3. Family foster home. "Family foster home" means a children's home, including an Indian family foster home, that is a private dwelling where substitute parental care is provided within a family on a regular, 24-hour a day, residential basis. The total number of children in care may not exceed 6, including the family's legal children under 16 years of age, with no more than 2 of these children under the age of 2. Family foster homes licensed by the Department of Human Services or relatives' homes approved by the Department of Human Services as meeting licensing standards are eligible for insurance pursuant to Title 5, section 1728-A. In any action for damages against a family foster home provider insured pursuant to Title 5, section 1728-A, for damages covered under that policy, the claim for and award of those damages, including costs and interest, shall may not exceed $300,000 for any and all claims arising out of a single occurrence. When the amount awarded to or settled for multiple claimants exceeds the limit imposed by this section, any party may apply to the Superior Court for the county in which the governmental entity is located to allocate to each claimant that claimant's equitable share of the total, limited as required by this section. Any award by the court in excess of the maximum