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An Act To Expedite MaineCare Payments for School Administrative Units
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA §15689-A, sub-§22, as enacted by PL 2011, c. 655, Pt. C, §11, is amended to read:
 
22. MaineCare seed for school administrative units.   The commissioner may deduct from a school administrative unit's state subsidy and pay on behalf of the school administrative unit allowable school-based costs that represent the school administrative unit's portion of MaineCare payments. A transfer of payment by the department to the Department of Health and Human Services must be made pursuant to a schedule agreed upon by the Department of Health and Human Services and the departmentno later than 90 days after the incurrence of the allowable school-based costs and based on documentation of payments made from MaineCare funds. The detail of such deductions must be provided to the school administrative unit no later than 90 days after the incurrence of the allowable school-based costs.
 
SUMMARY
This bill provides that the Department of Education must provide the transfer of payment to the Department of Health and Human Services on behalf of school administrative units no later than 90 days after the incurrence of the allowable school-based costs that represent the school administrative unit's portion of MaineCare payments. The detail of such deductions must be provided to the school administrative unit no later than 90 days after the incurrence of the allowable school-based costs.