Richard M. Brown, chief executive officer of Charlotte White Center, testifies against the Section 17 rule changes during a public hearing before the Legislature's Health and Human Services Committee on Friday in the Cross State Office Building in Augusta.
Sen. Eric Brakey, R Auburn, left, speaks at a hearing of the Health and Human Services Committee on Friday in the Cross State Office Building in Augusta.
Stefanie Nadeau, the director of MaineCare Services, talks about Section 17 rule changes during a hearing before the Health and Human Services Committee on Friday in the Cross State Office Building in Augusta.
A crowd waits before the Health and Human Services Committee hearing gets underway on Friday in the Cross State Office Building in Augusta.
Sen. Kathy Breen, D Falmouth, testifies against Section 17 rule changes during a public hearing before the Health and Human Services Committee on Friday in the Cross State Office Building in Augusta.
A crowd waits before the Health and Human Services Committee hearing gets underway on Friday in the Cross State Office Building in Augusta.
Stefanie Nadeau, the director of MaineCare Services, talks about Section 17 rule changes during a hearing before the Health and Human Services Committee on Friday in the Cross State Office Building in Augusta.
Stefanie Nadeau, the director of MaineCare Services, talks about Section 17 rule changes during a hearing before the Health and Human Services Committee on Friday in the Cross State Office Building in Augusta.
Eric McVay, of Hampden, testifies against Section 17 rule changes during a public hearing before the Health and Human Services Committee on Friday in the Cross State Office Building in Augusta.
Tiffany Murchison testifies during a hearing before the Health and Human Services committee on Friday in the Cross State Office Building in Augusta.
Alicia Hafford, of Augusta, testifies during a Health and Human Services Committee hearing on Friday in the Cross State Office Building in Augusta.
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