MaineProposed amendment would set daily MaineCare rates for veterans’ homes
The proposed amendment would pay Maine Veterans’ Homes daily MaineCare rates for covered residents, using separate calculations for nursing home and residential care services.
What it does
MaineCare would pay Maine Veterans’ Homes daily rates for covered residents. Nursing home rates would account for allowable care costs, while residential care facilities would receive an added amount for demonstrated costs.
Once the new rate process begins, unused supplemental money for Maine Veterans’ Homes from a 2023 law could no longer be paid as extra supplements. It could instead support the amendment’s purposes.
Argument forDaily rates based on residents and allowable care costs could help Maine Veterans’ Homes plan for the cost of caring for MaineCare residents.
Argument againstUnused supplemental money could no longer go out as extra payments after the rate process starts, which may limit the homes’ flexibility to use it for other needs.
More detail
The amendment would pay Maine Veterans’ Homes a daily rate for each MaineCare resident. The rates would cover nursing home, residential care, and multilevel health care facilities operated by Maine Veterans’ Homes at locations required by state law, for services to MaineCare residents. Nursing home rates would follow the process used for other nursing homes and account for meaningful cost differences in direct and routine care. Residential care rates would include an added daily amount for demonstrated allowable costs; a later cost settlement would keep total payments within allowable costs. Rates would be adjusted each year for inflation to the same extent as rates for other nursing homes and residential care facilities.
Unused supplemental funding for Maine Veterans’ Homes would no longer be available as supplemental payments once the rate process is implemented. This applies to unspent supplemental funding allocated or appropriated for Maine Veterans’ Homes under Public Law 2023, chapter 412. The funding could instead be used for the amendment’s purposes. This would apply when the rate calculation process is implemented.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed 1st Chamber
- Became Law
- Died
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Apr 29Died in Possession of the Senate when the Legislature adjourned Sine Die and was PLACED IN THE LEGISLATIVE FILES. (DEAD)Died
- 2025
- Jun 25CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800.
- Vote recorded SUSPEND RULES (2/3). Result: fail.Upper
- Jun 16On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending ENACTMENT in concurrence
- Jun 16Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- Jun 16PASSED TO BE ENACTED.Became Law
- Jun 13Reported Out - OTP-AM
- Vote recorded ACC OUGHT TO PASS AS AMEND REP. Result: pass.Lower
- Jun 13Ordered sent down forthwith.
- Jun 13Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-702), in concurrence.Minor
- Jun 13Committee Amendment "A" (H-702) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence.Minor
- Jun 13READ ONCE.Minor
- Jun 13Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- Jun 13Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- Jun 13The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-702)Minor
- Jun 13Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- Jun 13Committee Amendment "A" (H-702) was READ and ADOPTED.Minor
- Jun 13The Bill was READ ONCE.Minor
- Jun 13(Yeas 143 - Nays 0 - Absent 6 - Excused 2)
- Jun 13ROLL CALL NO. 487
- Jun 13The Committee Report was READ and ACCEPTED.
- May 20Voted - OTP-AM
- May 20Work Session Held
- Mar 21Carried over, in the same posture, to the next special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 519.
- Jan 14The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES in concurrenceMinor
- Jan 14Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- Jan 14The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.Minor
- Jan 14Committee on Health and Human Services suggested and ordered printed.Introduced
- Jun 25CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800.
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