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| | | Resolve, To Allow MaineCare Reimbursement for Licensed |
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| | | Marriage and Family Therapists To Provide Services to Child |
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| | | Protective Services Clients and Adult Protective Services |
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| | | Sec. 1. Department of Human Services to amend rules. Resolved: That the | | Department of Human Services shall amend the MaineCare Benefits | | Manual, Chapter II, Section 58 to add licensed marriage and | | family therapists as approved providers of prior authorized | | professional assessment, counseling and therapeutic services to | | children or adults referred by the Bureau of Child and Family | | Services or the Bureau of Elder and Adult Services. Rule changes | | pursuant to this section are routine technical rules as defined | | by the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter | | 2-A; and be it further |
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| | | Sec. 2. Report required. Resolved: That the Department of Human Services | | shall report to the joint standing committee of the Legislature | | having jurisdiction over health and human services matters by | | January 31, 2005 on the implementation and initial impact of | | adding licensed marriage and family therapists as approved | | providers under the MaineCare Benefits Manual, Chapter II, | | Section 58. The report must include the number of licensed | | marriage and family therapists billing for these services and the | | average amount billed per therapist by month. |
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