F. Preliminary and final analyses of the record prepared by the staff.; and

G.__Written assessments by the Director of the Bureau of Health and the Superintendent of Insurance assessing the impact of the application on the health care system or cost of health insurance in the State.

Sec. C-8. 22 MRSA §335, sub-§7, ¶¶C and D, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 664, §2, are amended to read:

C. There is a public need for the proposed services as demonstrated by certain factors, including, but not limited to:

(1) Whether, and the extent to which, the project will substantially address specific health problems as measured by health needs in the area to be served by the project;

(2) Whether the project will have a positive impact on the health status indicators of the population to be served;

(3) Whether the services affected by the project will be accessible to all residents of the area proposed to be served; and

(4) Whether the project will provide demonstrable improvements in quality and outcome measures applicable to the services proposed in the project; and

D. The proposed services are consistent with the orderly and economic development of health facilities and health resources for the State as demonstrated by:

(1) The impact of the project on total health care expenditures after taking into account, to the extent practical, both the costs and benefits of the project