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LR 2137
Item 1

 
(2)__The director of the Governor's Office of Health
Policy and Finance or the director of a successor agency;
and

 
(3)__The Commissioner of Administrative and Financial
Services or the commissioner's designee.

 
2.__Qualifications of voting members.__Voting members of the
board:

 
A.__Must have knowledge and experience in one or more of the
following areas:

 
(1)__Health care purchasing;

 
(2)__Health insurance;

 
(3)__MaineCare;

 
(4)__Health policy and law;

 
(5)__State management and budget; or

 
(6)__Health care financing; and

 
B.__May not be:

 
(1)__A representative or employee of an insurance
carrier;

 
(2)__A representative or employee of a health care
provider; or

 
(3)__Affiliated with a health or health-related
organization regulated by State Government.

 
3.__Terms of office.__Voting members serve 3-year terms.__
Voting members may serve up to 2 consecutive terms.__Of the
initial appointees, one serves an initial term of one year, 2
serve initial terms of 2 years and 2 serve initial terms of 3
years.__The Governor shall fill any vacancy for an unexpired term
in accordance with subsections 1 and 2.__Members reaching the end
of their terms may serve until replacements are named.

 
4.__Chair.__The Governor shall appoint one of the voting
members as the chair of the board.

 
5.__Quorum.__Three voting members of the board constitute a
quorum.


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