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benefits.__The department shall provide information on eligibility | | for federal Veterans' Aid and Attendance Benefits or Improved | | Pensions and shall provide assistance in applying for benefits to | | veterans, their spouses and dependents who live in long-term care | | facilities or who reside at home but require the daily assistance | | of another person to live independently. |
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| | | 2.__Recovery.__When benefits have been provided by the | | department under the MaineCare program under this chapter or the | | elderly low-cost drug program under section 254 for which the | | United States Veterans' Administration is or may be liable, the | | commissioner shall pursue recovery__under section 14 of any | | amounts owed or potentially owed to the department. |
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| | | Sec. D-2. Medication administration rules. By January 1, 2006 the | | Department of Health and Human Services shall determine whether | | department rules regarding the dispensing and administration of | | medication in long-term care facilities should be amended for | | persons living in those facilities who receive benefits under the | | MaineCare program under the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 22, | | chapter 855 and who are eligible for or receive benefits for | | veterans, their spouses or their dependents. If department rules | | are to be adopted or amended to facilitate the dispensing and | | administration of medication provided through the United States | | Veterans' Administration, the department shall adopt or amend | | those rules by April 1, 2006. Rules adopted pursuant to this | | section are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, | | chapter 375, subchapter 2-A. |
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| | | Emergency clause. In view of the emergency cited in the preamble, | | this Act takes effect when approved, except as otherwise | | indicated. |
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| | | Part A of this bill increases the tax on cigarettes by $1 per | | pack beginning October 15, 2005. |
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| | | Part B establishes the MaineCare Stabilization Fund, an Other | | Special Revenue fund, to prevent the loss of services or | | increased costs of services under the MaineCare program under the | | Maine Revised Statutes, Title 22, chapter 855 or the elderly low- | | cost drug program under Title 22, section 254. Part B also | | requires the collection of the full amount owed to the Department | | of Health and Human Services of rebates on injectable drugs | | administered in a health care facility. |
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| | | Part C requires the Department of Health and Human Services to | | contract for services to maximize Medicare billing, requires |
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