| This bill repeals the provision of law authorizing the |
| Department of Health and Human Services to apply for a waiver or |
| amend a pending or current waiver in the MaineCare program to |
| impose cost sharing for children receiving coverage under the so- |
| called Katie Beckett provisions. These provisions provide |
| benefits to children with disabilities who receive services while |
| residing at home. Premiums under that cost sharing arrangement |
| were associated with collection from families of $900,000 in the |
| 2004-05 supplemental budget. |
