Maine LD 825: An Act Relating To Transportation Services For Mainecare Members With Multiple Disabilities

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131st MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2023
Legislative Document No. 825
H.P. 514 House of Representatives, February 21, 2023
An Act Relating to Transportation Services for MaineCare
Members with Multiple Disabilities
Reference to the Committee on Health and Human Services suggested and ordered printed.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative LEMELIN of Chelsea.

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1 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
2 Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §3174-KKK is enacted to read:
3 §3174-KKK. Transportation services for MaineCare members with multiple
4 disabilities
5 1. Requirements. A provider of a transportation service covered by the MaineCare
6 program to a member of the MaineCare program with multiple disabilities shall:
7 A. Ensure that a vehicle transporting the MaineCare member is equipped in a manner
8 that accommodates the member's disabilities safely;
9 B. Ensure that the driver is physically capable of assisting the MaineCare member in
10 the event of an emergency; and
11 C. To the extent possible, provide consistency in drivers.
12 2. Rulemaking. The department shall adopt rules to implement this section. Rules
13 adopted pursuant to this subsection are routine technical rules as defined by Title 5, chapter
14 375, subchapter 2-A.
15 SUMMARY
16 This bill requires that transportation services provided to members of the MaineCare
17 program who have multiple disabilities ensure that a vehicle transporting the MaineCare
18 member is equipped in a manner that accommodates the member's disabilities safely,
19 ensure that the driver is physically capable of assisting the member in the event of an
20 emergency and, to the extent possible, provide consistency in drivers.
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