Section 23, Developmental and Behavioral Clinic Services: Child Abuse Evaluations, Comment Summary and Final Draft Rate

On May 13, 2024, the Office of MaineCare Services initiated a rate determination process* for Section 23, Child Abuse Evaluations. We held a virtual public forum on May 17, 2024, to present the draft rate model to interested parties and allowed for public comment.  Interested parties were able to submit written comments through May 21, 2024. 

SNAP Rule #233P - Lottery and Gambling Winnings

The proposed rule change would update Section 444-12 based on a legislative change to 22 M.R.S. § 3104(16) made by P.L. 2024, ch. 501. These changes align Maine law with the Code of Federal Regulations as it relates to disqualifications based on gambling or lottery winnings. Applying one standard instead of two clarifies requirements for recipients and the Department without having an adverse impact on program integrity.

SNAP Rule #225P - Overpayments during the PHE

This rule change would halt collection of SNAP overpayments that resulted from errors originating from March 1, 2020 through May 11, 2023, the end of the Federal Public Health Emergency related to CoViD-19 (the PHE), unless they were the result of an Intentional Program Violation (IPV) on the part of the household. The ongoing ramifications of the PHE dictate that Department staff focus their efforts on issuing the correct benefits going forward rather than devote time and effort to recouping benefits that were inadvertantly over paid during the PHE.

MaineCare Rule #307P - MSP Income Eligibility Changes

The proposed rule changes would increase the Federal Poverty Levels (FPLs) in the MaineCare Eligibility Manual, Part 8, Medicare Savings Program (Buy-In) and are based on a legislative change to 22 M.R.S. § 3174-LLL made by P.L. 2023, ch. 412. Part 8, Section 4.1(I)(B) would increase the FPL to 185% from 150% FPL. Part 8, Section 4.2 would add “The rules in this Section apply through June 30, 2024.”

Attention Providers of Section 17 and Section 92 Services

Acentra Health in collaboration with the Office of Behavioral Health have developed a process improvement for providers to better track their Hold for Service Referrals.

Beginning June 1, 2024, providers will have the ability to run their agency’s Hold for Service Report from the Atrezzo portal. The Hold for Service Report will be available to providers who have a Group Admin +Reports or Admin +Reports user role in the Atrezzo portal.

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