Public Input for Proposed Rules
Notices are published each Wednesday to alert the public regarding state agency rule-making. You may obtain a copy of any rule by notifying the agency contact person. You may also comment on the rule, and/or attend the public hearing. If no hearing is scheduled, you may request one - the agency may then schedule a hearing, and must do so if 5 or more persons request it. If you are disabled or need special services to attend a hearing, please notify the agency contact person at least 7 days prior to it. Petitions: you can petition an agency to adopt, amend, or repeal any rule; the agency must provide you with petition forms, and must respond to your petition within 60 days. The agency must enter rule-making if the petition is signed by 150 or more registered voters, and may begin rule-making if there are fewer. You can also petition the Legislature to review a rule; the Executive Director of the Legislative Council (115 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333, phone (207) 287-1615) will provide you with the necessary petition forms. The appropriate legislative committee will review a rule upon receipt of a petition from 100 or more registered voters, or from "...any person who may be directly, substantially and adversely affected by the application of a rule..." (Title 5 §11112). World Wide Web: Copies of the weekly notices and the full texts of adopted rule chapters may be found on the internet at: http://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/rules. There is also a list of rule-making liaisons (http://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/rules/liaisons.html), who are single points of contact for each agency.
PROPOSALS
AGENCY: 10-144 - Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Office for Family Independence (OFI)
RULE TITLE OR SUBJECT: Ch. 332, MaineCare Eligibility Manual, Rule #283: Chart 6, 2016 Updated Federal Poverty Level
PROPOSED RULE NUMBER: 2016-P042
CONCISE SUMMARY: The State of Maine administers the MaineCare program pursuant to a State Plan, which requires that the State rules reflect prevailing federal standards and arithmetical values. Accordingly, the State rules are adjusted as necessary and appropriate to incorporate updated federal changes. The proposed rule is designed to capture such changes in the updated State rules.
PUBLIC HEARING: None.
DEADLINE FOR COMMENTS: May 13, 2016
AGENCY CONTACT PERSON / SMALL BUSINESS INFORMATION: Lea Studholme, MaineCare Program Manager, Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Family Independence, 11 State House Station, 19 Union Street, Augusta ME 04333-0011. Telephone: (207) 624-4106. TTY: Maine Relay 711. E-mail: Lea.Studholme@Maine.gov .
THIS RULE WILL NOT HAVE A FISCAL IMPACT ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE BURDENS OF SMALL BUSINESSES.
THIS RULE WILL NOT HAVE A FISCAL IMPACT ON MUNICIPALITIES.
AGENCY: 10-144 - Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Office of MaineCare Services (OMS) - Division of Policy
CHAPTER NUMBER AND TITLE: Ch. 101, MaineCare Benefits Manual (MBM): Ch. II & III Section 2, Adult Family Care Services
PROPOSED RULE NUMBER: 2016-P043
CONCISE SUMMARY: The purpose of this rule is to comply with Resolves 2015 ch. 45, Resolve, To Require the Department of Health and Human Services to Provide Supplemental Reimbursement to Adult Family Care Homes in Remote Island Locations. This law went into effect on July 12, 2015 without the Governor's signature. This rule seeks to implement a supplemental payment to Adult Family Care Homes located on an island not connected to the mainland by a bridge. The supplement payment to eligible Adult Family Care Homes represents a fifteen (15) percent rate increase from the MaineCare rate as established in Ch. III.
The Department is seeking approval from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for a State Plan Amendment. Pursuant to 22 MRSA §42(8), if CMS approves, the supplemental payment for Adult Family Care Homes that satisfy the definition of "remote island facility" will be effective retroactive to October 1, 2015. A Change in Reimbursement Methodology Notice was published on September 30, 2015.
See http://www.maine.gov/dhhs/oms/rules/index.shtml for rules and related rule-making documents.
PUBLIC HEARING: May 4, 2016 - 1:00 p.m., 19 Union Street, Room 110, Augusta, ME 04330. The Department requests that any interested party requiring special arrangements to attend the hearing contact the agency person listed below before 5:00 p.m. on April 27, 2016.
DEADLINE FOR COMMENTS: Comments must be received by midnight, May 16, 2016
AGENCY CONTACT PERSON / SMALL BUSINESS INFORMATION: Heidi Bechard, Comprehensive Health Planner, Division of Policy, 242 State Street, 11 State House Station, Augusta, Maine 04333-0011. Telephone: (207)-624-4074. Fax: (207) 287-1864. TTY users call Maine relay 711. E-mail: Heidi.Bechard@Maine.gov .
IMPACT ON MUNICIPALITIES OR COUNTIES: The Department anticipates that this rulemaking will not have any impact on municipalities or counties.
ADOPTIONS
Pursuant to Ch. 380 of the Public Laws of 2011, notice of the adoption of rules will no longer be published in the newspaper rule-making notices; our Wednesday web notices will continue to carry them, however. Information on rules adopted through the Maine Administrative Procedure Act as well as the full text of adopted rules is available on the internet at http://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/rules .
Published on April 13, 2016
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