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any accompanying legislation to the Legislature and to the | department. |
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| | Sec. 3. 22 MRSA §8704, sub-§12 is enacted to read: |
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| | 12.__Outcomes and clinical pathways.__The board shall | collaborate with other agencies, professional associations and | entities working in the field of health care data, | utilization, cost and quality to evaluate outcomes and | clinical pathways and to provide information to the public as | a result of that collaboration. |
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| | Sec. 4. 22 MRSA §8707, sub-§6 is enacted to read: |
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| | 6.__Easy access to information.__The board shall release | health data to the public in a format that is easy and | convenient for the public to access and understand and post | that data on the Internet. |
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| | Sec. 5. 22 MRSA §8708, sub-§7, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 653, Pt. A, | §2 and affected by §7, is amended to read: |
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| | 7. Authority to obtain information. Nothing in this | section may be construed to limit the board's authority to | obtain information that it considers necessary to carry out | its duties. Beginning January 1, 2004, the board shall | require the submission of data from all health care payors, | carriers, 3rd-party administrators and providers in order to | obtain information regarding total health care system | utilization, costs and revenues. |
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| | This bill expands the data collection duties of the Maine | Health Data Organization in order to foster understanding of | the total health care system. It requires the organization to | release information to the public in a user-friendly manner. | It requires the organization to work to evaluate outcomes and | clinical pathways. It requires a new State Health Planning | Commission to develop a new statewide health plan by November | 1, 2003 and every 2 years thereafter and to report to the | Legislature and the Department of Human Services once every 2 | years. |
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