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130th MAINE LEGISLATURE
                   FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2021
Legislative Document                                                                           No. 74
H.P. 40                                                     House of Representatives, January 13, 2021
          Resolve, To Ensure Appropriate Personal Needs Allowances for
          Persons Residing in Long-term Care Facilities
   Received by the Clerk of the House on January 11, 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 McCREA of Fort Fairfield.
Cosponsored by Senator MAXMIN of Lincoln and
Representatives: DOORE of Augusta, GRAMLICH of Old Orchard Beach, McCREIGHT of
Harpswell, MEYER of Eliot, O'NEIL of Saco, ROBERTS of South Berwick.
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 1      Sec. 1. Personal needs allowance for residents of nursing facilities.
 2   Resolved: That, by January 1, 2022, the Department of Health and Human Services shall
 3   amend the rules for the MaineCare program to increase the personal needs allowance for
 4   persons residing in nursing facilities. The rules must provide for an increase in the personal
 5   needs allowance from $40 per month to $70 per month. Rules adopted pursuant to this
 6   section are routine technical rules as defined in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, chapter
 7   375, subchapter 2-A.
 8      Sec. 2. Personal needs allowance for residents of residential care facilities.
 9   Resolved: That, by January 1, 2022, the Department of Health and Human Services shall
10   amend the rules for the MaineCare program to increase the personal needs allowance for
11   persons residing in residential care facilities. The rules must provide for an increase in the
12   personal needs allowance from $70 per month to $100 per month. Rules adopted pursuant
13   to this section are routine technical rules as defined in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5,
14   chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.
15                                          SUMMARY
16       This resolve directs the Department of Health and Human Services to amend its
17   MaineCare rules to provide for increases in the personal needs allowances of residents in
18   nursing facilities and residential care facilities. The rules are designated as routine
19   technical rules.
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