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Maine HHS panel advances multiple MaineCare budget adjustments as federal match falls
Summary
The Maine Legislature’s Health and Human Services Committee advanced a package of MaineCare budget adjustments, including annualized nursing facility funding, staff reallocations to capture higher federal match and a contracted waiver evaluator, after staff said a drop in the federal medical assistance percentage raised the state’s share of costs.
Aug. — The Maine Legislature’s Health and Human Services Committee advanced a set of MaineCare-related budget technical adjustments Wednesday, moving initiatives that annualize nursing facility funding, reallocate staff positions to capture higher federal matching dollars and fund a federally required waiver evaluator. Committee members approved each motion by voice vote with no recorded opposition.
“So today, we are starting with MaineCare-related issues,” said Lucia Nixon, a staff member who opened the committee’s MaineCare review and guided members through the packet.
The most immediate items the committee advanced included an annualization of nursing facility funding tied to Public Law 2023, chapter 643, and a revenue forecast alignment for nursing facility allocations. Committee members also approved a set of personnel reallocations designed to increase the share of federal funding that pays for certain MaineCare administrative positions: the package reallocates large groups of casework and supervisory positions from a…
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