Allows placement of hospitalized patients in nursing facilities outside a 60-mile radius of their home.
This bill removes the requirement for a MaineCare member to be placed in a nursing facility within 60 miles of their home when being discharged from a hospital. It also removes the need to identify a placement in a nursing facility or residential care facility when filing a petition for emergency guardianship for a patient delayed from discharge. The Department of Health and Human Services is directed to establish a 30-day processing standard for MaineCare applications for hospitalized patients awaiting nursing facility placement.
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