HARRIMAN v. COMMISSIONER, DHS


595 A.2d 1053 (1991)

Christine HARRIMAN v. COMMISSIONER, DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided August 12, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack Comart (orally), Pine Tree Legal Assistance, Inc., Augusta, for appellant.

James E. Mitchell, Jim Mitchell and Jed Davis, P.A., Augusta, amicus curiae.

Marina E. Thibeau (orally), Sue A. Jerome, Asst. Attys. Gen., Augusta, for appellee.

Before McKUSICK, C.J., and ROBERTS, WATHEN, GLASSMAN, CLIFFORD and COLLINS, JJ.


McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

To respond to a question of state law certified to us by the United States District Court for the District of Maine (Hornby, J.), we here consider whether the Maine Department of Human Services (DHS) is correctly administering the Maine Medicaid statute, 22 M.R.S.A. §§ 3172-3191 (1980 & Pamph.1990). Specifically, we are asked whether DHS is correct in construing the statute not...

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