Maine legislation · 132nd Legislature
Maine LD960: Resolve, to Allow the Placement of Hospitalized Patients in Nursing Facilities in Alternative Locations Under Certain Circumstances
Status: Signed into law, June 10, 2025
What the bill says
From the introduced text:
APPROVED CHAPTER JUNE 10, 2025 62 BY GOVERNOR RESOLVES STATE OF MAINE _____ IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE _____ H.P. 619 - L.D. 960 Resolve, to Allow the Placement of Hospitalized Patients in Nursing Facilities in Alternative Locations Under Certain Circumstances Sec. 1. Alternative nursing facility locations. Resolved: That the Department of Health and Human Services shall amend its rules in Chapter 101: MaineCare Benefits Manual, Chapter II, Section 67, Nursing Facility Services, to allow for the placement of a MaineCare member, when the member is being discharged from a hospital to a nursing facility placement, in a nursing facility that is greater than 60 miles from the member's residence under the following conditions. 1. For placements that are beyond 60 miles from the member's residence but not more than 100 miles from the member's residence, the hospital must have attempted to find a placement that is within a 60-mile radius of the member's residence and those efforts, including refusals by facilities, must be documented. 2. For placements beyond 60 miles of the member's residence, the member must be provided with information, including written materials and contact information, about the long-term care ombudsman program in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 22, section 5107-A for use by the member if the member determines, at any point, that …
Sponsors
- Kathy Javner (R, 29) · primary sponsor
- Susan Bernard (R, 1)
- Lucien Daigle (R, 1)
- McIntyre, Mathew (R, 18)
Latest actions
- : FINALLY PASSED, in concurrence.
- : FINALLY PASSED.Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- : Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.READ ONCE.Committee Amendment "A" (H-417) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence.Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-417), in concurrence.Ordered sent down forthwith.
- : CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAYUnder suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-417).Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- : Carried over, in the same posture, to the next special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 519.
- : Received by the Clerk of the House on March 6, 2025.The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401.
Subjects: HOSPITALS, DISCHARGE TO NURSING FACILITY, Legislature, Senate, HEALTH CARE FACILITIES, Other
Common questions
- What is LD960?
- LD960 is a bill in the Maine Legislature (132nd Legislature): Resolve, to Allow the Placement of Hospitalized Patients in Nursing Facilities in Alternative Locations Under Certain Circumstances.
- What is the status of LD960?
- Signed into law as of June 10, 2025. Latest action: FINALLY PASSED, in concurrence. (June 3, 2025).
- Who sponsored LD960?
- Kathy Javner (R, 29), with 3 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for LD960?
- On the Maine Legislature website: https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/display_ps.asp?LD=960&snum=132
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