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131st MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2023
Legislative Document No. 446S.P. 201 In Senate, February 2, 2023
Resolve, to Update Allowable Limits on Mortuary Trusts for the
Purposes of MaineCare Eligibility
Reference to the Committee on Health and Human Services suggested and ordered printed.
DAREK M. GRANT
Secretary of the Senate
Presented by Senator BALDACCI of Penobscot. Page 1 - 131LR1230(01)1
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3 That the Department of Health and
4 Human Services shall amend its rule Chapter 332: MaineCare Eligibility Manual, Part 16
5 to increase the amount of a prepaid burial contract from $12,000 to $18,000 that is
6 considered unavailable for use as an asset in determining eligibility for MaineCare and
7 further provide that the amount of a prepaid burial contract considered unavailable for use
8 as an asset in determining eligibility for MaineCare must be increased on January 1, 2025,
9 and every year thereafter, by the same percentage as the percentage increase of the
10 Consumer Price Index for the preceding year. For purposes of this section, "Consumer
11 Price Index" has the same meaning as in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 17001,
12 subsection 9.
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14 This resolve requires the Department of Health and Human Services to amend its
15 MaineCare rules to increase the amount of a prepaid burial contract, also known as a
16 mortuary trust, unavailable for use as an asset in determining eligibility for MaineCare from
17 $12,000 to $18,000 and increase that amount yearly by the same percentage as the
18 percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for the preceding year.
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