(2) The availability of state funds to cover any increase in state costs associated with utilization of the project's services; and

(3) The likelihood that more effective, more accessible or less costly alternative technologies or methods of service delivery may become available.; and

Sec. C-9. 22 MRSA §335, sub-§7, ¶E is enacted to read:

E.__The project meets the criteria set forth in subsection 1.

Sec. C-10. 22 MRSA §338, sub-§1, ¶¶A and B, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 664, §2, are amended to read:

A. New medical technologies and the impact of those technologies on the health care delivery system in the State; and

B. Unmet need for health care services in the State.; and

Sec. C-11. 22 MRSA §338, sub-§1, ¶C is enacted to read:

C.__The quality of health care.

Sec. C-12. 22 MRSA §1718 is enacted to read:

§1718.__Consumer information

The department shall adopt rules that are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A establishing reasonable guidelines for policies to be adopted and implemented by hospitals with respect to the provision of notice to the public of the average charges and average payment accepted from payors other than Medicare and MaineCare for the most common inpatient procedures and services offered and the most common outpatient procedures and services offered, average daily room and board charges and average payment accepted for medical or surgical beds and the average charges and payment accepted for basic emergency department visits.

Sec. C-13. 22 MRSA §1890 is enacted to read:

§1890.__Plan for Hospitals for Maine's Future.

1.__Plan.__The Governor annually shall issue the Plan for Hospitals for Maine's Future, referred to in this section as "the