Rule-making Proposal: Chapter III, Section 2, Adult Family Care Services
Maine Department of Health & Human Services sent this bulletin at 08/16/2017 12:25 PM EDT
The Division of Policy posts all proposed and recently adopted rules on MaineCare’s Policy and Rules webpage. This website keeps the proposed rules on file until they are finalized and until the Secretary of State website is updated to reflect the changes. The MaineCare Benefits Manual is available on-line at the Secretary of State’s website.
Below, please find a Notice of Agency Rule-making Proposal. You can access the complete rule at http://www.maine.gov/dhhs/oms/rules/index.shtml
Notice of Agency Rule-making Proposal
AGENCY: Department of Health and Human Services, MaineCare Services
CHAPTER NUMBER AND TITLE: 10-144 C.M.R. Chapter 101, MaineCare Benefits Manual, Chapter III, Section 2, Adult Family Care Services
PROPOSED RULE NUMBER:
CONCISE SUMMARY: This proposed rulemaking seeks to increase the rates of reimbursement for Adult Family Care Services pursuant to Public Law 2015, ch. 481, Part C, An Act to Provide Funding to the Maine Budget Stabilization Fund and To Make Additional Appropriations and Allocations for the Expenditures of State Government, General Fund and Other Funds and To Change Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2016 and June 30, 2017. P.L. 2015, ch. 481, Part C directs the Department to set the inflation adjustment amount in accordance with the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Consumer Price Index-Medical Care Service Index for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018.
This proposed rule seeks to implement a three and a half (3.5) percent cost-of-living rate increase for adult family care homes for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018. Chapter III, Section 2, Adult Family Care Services increases the unadjusted price from $46.79 to $48.43 and the resource-adjusted prices accordingly. In addition, Chapter III, Section 2, Adult Family Care Services increases the resource-adjusted prices accordingly to adult family care homes that satisfy the definition of remote island facilities from $48.43 to $55.69.
The Department is seeking and anticipates receiving approval from the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for this change. Pending approval, the three and a half (3.5) percent cost-of-living increase will be effective retroactive to July 1, 2017. A Change in Reimbursement Methodology Notice was posted June 28, 2017 on the Office of MaineCare Services’ website.
See http://www.maine.gov/dhhs/oms/rules/index.shtml for rules and related rulemaking documents.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY: 22 M.R.S. §§ 42(8), 3173; P.L. 2015, ch. 481, Part C
PUBLIC HEARING:
Date: September 5, 2017
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Location: Room 300, Cross Building, Augusta, ME 04330
The Department requests that any interested party requiring special arrangements to attend the hearing contact the agency person listed below before August 28, 2017.
DEADLINE FOR COMMENTS: Comments must be received by 11:59 p.m. on September 15, 2017.
AGENCY CONTACT PERSON: Heidi Bechard, Comprehensive Health Planner II
AGENCY NAME: MaineCare Services
ADDRESS: 242 State Street, 11 State House Station
Augusta, Maine 04333-0011
TELEPHONE: 207-624-4074, FAX: (207) 287-1864
TTY: 711 (Deaf or Hard of Hearing)