An Act To Provide Stability in MaineCare Payments for Educational Programming
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA §15689-A, sub-§22, as amended by PL 2015, c. 63, §1, is further amended to read:
22. MaineCare seed for school administrative units. The commissioner may deduct from a school administrative unit's state subsidy and pay on behalf of the a school administrative unit allowable school-based costs that represent the school administrative unit's portion of MaineCare payments. A transfer of payment by the department to the Department of Health and Human Services must be made pursuant to a schedule agreed upon by the Department of Health and Human Services and the department and in a manner that remains in compliance with federal intergovernmental transfer requirements. No later than 90 days after the incurrence of allowable school-based payments to schools, the Department of Health and Human Services shall provide the detailed payment information to the department. The department shall make this information available and apply the adjustment to the appropriate school administrative units within 30 days of receipt of the detailed payment information from the Department of Health and Human Services. The commissioner may not deduct from a school administrative unit's state subsidy any payments made under this subsection.
SUMMARY
Under current law, the Department of Education is authorized to pay on behalf of a school administrative unit allowable school-based costs that represent the school administrative unit's portion of MaineCare payments. Current law also provides that the department may then deduct that amount from the school administrative unit's state subsidy. This bill changes the law to provide that the department may not deduct from a school administrative unit's state subsidy such payments.