22 §1867. Distance restriction on placement of Medicaid recipients

Title 22: HEALTH AND WELFARE

Subtitle 2: HEALTH

Part 4: HOSPITALS AND MEDICAL CARE

Chapter 405-B: LIMITATION ON PAYMENTS TO HEALTH CARE INSTITUTIONS

§1867. Distance restriction on placement of Medicaid recipients

The department may make Medicaid reimbursement for a nursing facility contingent on a maximum distance between a patient's home and the nursing facility if the maximum distance is not more than 60 miles; except that the distance restriction may not be applied to a Maine Veterans' Home. [1993, c. 205, §1 (RPR).]

SECTION HISTORY

1991, c. 780, §R2 (NEW). 1993, c. 205, §1 (RPR).