AUGUSTA, Maine - The Legislature's Health and Human Services Committee has voted to review the LePage administration's decision to change eligibility for mental health services under MaineCare.
"We have heard from literally hundreds of people, primarily consumers, who are in a panic that this is going to have an impact on their ability to access services," says the committee's co-chair, Rep. Drew Gattine, a Westbrook Democrat.
Those against the change in eligibility petitioned the committee to undertake the review. Petitioning a committee is a highly unusual move, but it's the second time it's happened this session. Gattine says it indicates that consumers feel that the Department of Health and Human Services has turned its back on them.
A public hearing on the issue will be scheduled.
