[§326-1.5]  Patients living in the
community; policy on services.  It is the policy of the State that all
persons who were institutionalized for segregation by order of the department
of health because of Hansen's disease and who live in the community shall be
accorded adequate health care and other medical treatment and services for the
remainder of their lives as provided under sections 326-1 and 326-13, as long
as they reside in the State; provided that the department of health shall be
the payor of last resort for medical treatment and services not related to the
treatment and care of Hansen's disease. [L 1992, c 156, §2]