Maine LD1237: An Act to Support Adult Family Care Homes and Residential Care Facilities That Are Small or Located in Rural and Isolated Areas of the State

What the bill says

An Act to Support Adult Family Care Homes and Residential Care Facilities That Are Small or Located in Rural and Isolated Areas of the State Reference to the Committee on Health and Human Services suggested and ordered printed. ROBERT B. HUNT Clerk Presented by Representative MITCHELL of Cumberland. Cosponsored by President DAUGHTRY of Cumberland and Representatives: DAIGLE of Fort Kent, EATON of Deer Isle, FARRIN of Jefferson, GRAHAM of North Yarmouth, HASENFUS of Readfield, MCCABE of Lewiston, Senator: MOORE of Washington. Printed on recycled paper.

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An Act to Support Adult Family Care Homes and Residential Care Facilities That Are Small or Located in Rural and Isolated Areas of the State Reference to the Committee on Health and Human Services suggested and ordered printed. ROBERT B. HUNT Clerk Presented by Representative MITCHELL of Cumberland. Cosponsored by President DAUGHTRY of Cumberland and Representatives: DAIGLE of Fort Kent, EATON of Deer Isle, FARRIN of Jefferson, GRAHAM of North Yarmouth, HASENFUS of Readfield, MCCABE of Lewiston, Senator: MOORE of Washington. Printed on recycled paper Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §1708, sub-§3, ¶E, as amended by PL 2013, c. 594, §1, is further amended by amending subparagraph (2) to read: (2) Uses the applicable regional inflation factor as established by a national economic research organization selected by the department to adjust costs other than labor costs or fixed costs; and Sec. 2. 22 MRSA §1708, sub-§3, ¶F, as amended by PL 2021, c. 29, Pt. R, §1, is further amended to read: F. Establish a nursing facility's base year every 2 years and increase the rate of reimbursement beginning July 1, 2014 and every year thereafter until June 30, 2018. For the state fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, the base year for each facility is its fiscal …

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Sponsors

• Christina Mitchell (D, 110) · primary sponsor