An Act To Expand Community Support Services for Certain Adult Members of the MaineCare Program
Maine Legislature, Session 129, LD 0775
Committee: Health and Human Services
Sponsors: GRAMLICH, BELLOWS, MOORE, BEEBE-CENTER, BRENNAN, FECTEAU, MADIGAN, WARREN, BREEN, CHIPMAN
Amends: 22 MRSA §3172, 22 MRSA §3174-F

Legislative Document
No. 775
H.P. 580
House of Representatives, February 12, 2019
An Act To Expand Community Support Services for Certain Adult 
Members of the MaineCare Program
Reference to the Committee on Health and Human Services suggested and ordered printed.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative GRAMLICH of Old Orchard Beach.
Cosponsored by Senator BELLOWS of Kennebec, Senator MOORE of Washington and
Representatives: BEEBE-CENTER of Rockland, BRENNAN of Portland, FECTEAU of 
Biddeford, MADIGAN of Waterville, McCREIGHT of Harpswell, WARREN of Hallowell, 
Senators: BREEN of Cumberland, CHIPMAN of Cumberland.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1.  22 MRSA §3172, sub-§1-C is enacted to read:
1-C.  Community support services.  "Community support services" means 
rehabilitation services that promote a person's recovery and integration into the 
community and that support the person in a living situation of that person's choice.  
"Community support services" includes, but is not limited to, community integration 
services, community rehabilitation services, intensive case management, daily living 
support services, skills development services, day support services, wellness recovery 
planning, trauma recovery, behavioral therapy and interpreter services.
Sec. 2.  22 MRSA §3174-FF, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 673, Pt. MMM, 
§1, is amended to read:
2.  Rules.  The department shall adopt rules to implement MaineCare Basic in 
accordance with this section.  Rules Except as provided in subsection 3, paragraph I, rules 
adopted pursuant to this section are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 
375, subchapter 2-A.
Sec. 3.  22 MRSA §3174-FF, sub-§3, ¶I is enacted to read:
I.  A member is eligible for community support services in accordance with rules 
adopted by the department.  Rules adopted pursuant to this paragraph are major 
substantive rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.
Sec. 4.  Rules; MaineCare eligibility.  The Department of Health and Human 
Services shall amend the rules in Chapter 101: MaineCare Benefits Manual, Chapter II, 
Section 17, Community Support Services to include access to services to persons who 
have a diagnosis of bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder, panic disorder or 
post-traumatic stress disorder.  Pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 22, section 
3174-FF, subsection 3, paragraph I, these rules are major substantive rules as defined in 
Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A and must be provisionally adopted by the department 
and submitted to the Legislature no later than January 1, 2020.
SUMMARY
This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services to amend its rules in 
Chapter 101: MaineCare Benefits Manual, Chapter II, Section 17, Community Support 
Services to include access to services to persons who have a diagnosis of bipolar disorder, 
major depressive disorder, panic disorder or post-traumatic stress disorder.