PORTLAND, Maine (AP) _ The leader of a 16-bed residential drug treatment program is blaming its closure on insufficient state reimbursements and restrictions on the number of beds.

Maine Public reports Serenity House Executive Director Bob Dawber says the Portland program was losing about $200,000 annually amid funding caps and low reimbursement rates.

Dawber says Republican Gov. Paul LePage’s administration years ago didn’t seek federal permission allowing the program to operate 33 beds.

Crossroads Director of Development and Communications Lesley Rawlings said Maine’s failure to expand Medicaid creates challenges for treatment centers facing calls from uninsured people.

Serenity House partnered with York County Shelter Programs, which recently opened a 24-bed treatment center in Alfred funded at the county and municipal level.

Maine’s Department of Health and Human Services didn’t respond to requests for comment.