‘Sec. 2. Waiver request. No later than January 1, 2018, the Department of Health and Human Services shall submit a waiver request to the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services that requests approval for Medicaid coverage of a parent who has one or more children removed from the home but remains engaged in reunification efforts as established in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 22, section 3174-ZZ. The department shall take all reasonable and necessary steps to seek approval of the waiver. Upon approval of the waiver request, the Commissioner of Health and Human Services shall notify the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Senate, the Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Revisor of Statutes of that fact.
Sec. 3. Report. The Department of Health and Human Services shall report quarterly to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over health and human services matters, beginning October 1, 2017, on the department’s progress in seeking a waiver under section 2 and implementing rules under section 4 until the process is complete.
Sec. 4. Rulemaking. Within 180 days of receiving approval for coverage by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services pursuant to a request in accordance with section 2, the Department of Health and Human Services shall adopt rules to implement the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 22, section 3174-ZZ. Rules adopted pursuant to this section are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.
Sec. 5. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF (FORMERLY DHS)
Medical Care - Payments to Providers 0147
Initiative: Provides appropriations and allocations to provide MaineCare coverage to a parent who is a MaineCare member and who is participating in rehabilitation and reunification efforts in accordance with a rehabilitation and reunification plan.
| GENERAL FUND | 2017-18 | 2018-19 |
|
All Other
|
$0 | $1,252,073 |
 |
|
|
| GENERAL FUND TOTAL | $0 | $1,252,073 |
| FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND | 2017-18 | 2018-19 |
|
All Other
|
$0 | $2,259,067 |
|
|
|
| FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND TOTAL | $0 | $2,259,067 |
State-funded Foster Care/Adoption Assistance 0139
Initiative: Deappropriates savings achieved by providing MaineCare coverage to a parent who is a MaineCare member and who is participating in rehabilitation and reunification efforts in accordance with a rehabilitation and reunification plan.
| GENERAL FUND | 2017-18 | 2018-19 |
|
All Other
|
$0 | ($1,192,416) |
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|
|
| GENERAL FUND TOTAL | $0 | ($1,192,416) |
| HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF (FORMERLY DHS) | ||
| DEPARTMENT TOTALS | 2017-18 | 2018-19 |
|
GENERAL FUND
|
$0 | $59,657 |
|
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND
|
$0 | $2,259,067 |
|
|
|
| DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS | $0 | $2,318,724 |
Sec. 6. Contingent effective date. That section of this Act that enacts the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 22, section 3174-ZZ takes effect only if the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services approves a waiver request submitted in accordance with section 2 of this Act. In no event may this Act take effect until 90 days after the adjournment of the First Regular Session of the 128th Legislature.’