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An Act To Increase Wheelchair Van Services Reimbursement Rates
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. Reimbursement rates. The Department of Health and Human Services shall increase the MaineCare program reimbursement rates for wheelchair van services so that the providers are not providing service at a loss.
Sec. 2. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.
 
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF
 
MaineCare Program
 
Initiative: Provides funding for increasing the reimbursement rates for wheelchair van services under the MaineCare program to cover losses the providers are incurring.
 	 	 	
 GENERAL FUND 	 2005-06 	 2006-07 	
All Other
	$0	$1,260,000	
 	 	 	
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$0	$1,260,000	
 
SUMMARY
This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services to increase the reimbursement rates for wheelchair van services and provides an appropriation for wheelchair van services under the MaineCare program to prevent a loss to providers of the service.