130th MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2021
Legislative Document No. 1197
H.P. 875 House of Representatives, March 22, 2021
Resolve, To Require Continued MaineCare Reimbursement to
Nursing Facilities for Bed Hold Days during Hospitalizations and
Therapeutic Leaves of Absence
Received by the Clerk of the House on March 18, 2021. Referred to the Committee on
Health and Human Services pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint
Rule 401.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative CRAVEN of Lewiston.
Cosponsored by Representatives: JAVNER of Chester, PERRY of Calais, STOVER of
Boothbay.
Printed on recycled paper
 1 Sec. 1. Department of Health and Human Services to reimburse nursing
2 facilities for certain costs. Resolved: That, for costs incurred by nursing facilities on
3 or after October 6, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services shall reimburse
4 nursing facilities for direct costs on bed holds during hospitalizations under the
5 department's rule Chapter 101: MaineCare Benefits Manual, Chapter II, Section 67.05-11
6 and therapeutic leaves of absence under the department's rule Chapter 101: MaineCare
7 Benefits Manual, Chapter II, Section 67.05-12. Costs requiring reimbursement under this
8 section must be included in all appropriate categories of costs by the department's principles
9 of reimbursement for nursing facilities under the department's rule Chapter 101: MaineCare
10 Benefits Manual, Chapter III, Section 67.
11 SUMMARY
12 This resolve requires the Department of Health and Human Services to continue to
13 provide reimbursement under the MaineCare program to nursing facilities for direct costs
14 on bed holds during hospitalizations and therapeutic leaves of absence.
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