ME LD2125

Requires the Department of Health and Human Services to establish an emergency rate determination process for children's residential care services under MaineCare within 90 days

Appropriates $1,000,000 in one-time General Fund money for fiscal year 2025-26 to create an emergency stabilization fund for children's residential care facility providers at risk of closing facilities or beds

Designated as emergency legislation, taking effect immediately upon approval rather than after the standard 90-day waiting period

Responds to a shortage of in-state child residential care providers that has forced children to be placed out-of-state or to remain in hospital emergency departments

Follows a 2025 DHHS report identifying financial, staffing, and resource challenges contributing to the lack of child residential care capacity