MaineCare Benefits Manual, Section 2, Adult Family Care Services, Chapters II & III 

MaineCare Benefits Manual, Section 2, Adult Family Care Services, Chapters II & III 

The Department of Health and Human Services adopts an emergency rule pursuant to P.L. 2017, ch. 460, Part B, An Act Making Certain Appropriations and Allocations and Changing Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government. The Act requires a ten percent (10%) increase in rates attributable to wages and salaries for personal care and related services for fiscal year ending June 30, 2019, as well as implements an inflation adjustment cost-of-living rate increase for fiscal year 2019-2020 and each year thereafter. 

In order to comply with the Act that did not become law until July 9, 2018, the Department has reallocated the annual twelve-month appropriated funds over an eleven month period (effective August 1, 2018). Beginning on July 1, 2019, rates will be annualized (based upon a twelve month appropriation). This is not an effective rate decrease, but rather a redistribution of the annual appropriation over twelve months, rather than eleven months. 

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.  

You can access the complete rules at http://www.maine.gov/dhhs/oms/rules/index.shtml