State rule change for 8,000 mentally ill Mainers stresses caregivers
Source: Bangor Daily News
AUGUSTA, Maine — Providers of mental health and adult disability services are scrambling to understand pending changes from the Department of Health and Human Services that could cut or interrupt services for thousands of consumers and change payments for service providers.
According to multiple sources in the mental health service provider sector, the issue came to light in recent weeks when adults with mental illnesses and other disabilities, who receive government-funded Medicaid services in what is known as Section 17 of the MaineCare Benefits Manual, began receiving letters from DHHS notifying them of the upcoming changes.
Section 17 covers community support services, which includes everything from case management to a range of daily living supports.
The new rule, which is set to go into effect in April, is essentially that a person needs to be diagnosed with either schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder to qualify for Section 17 services, though there are certain conditions under which a person may be eligible for a waiver.
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These are the sick fucks responsible for this...
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