§6914.__Intragovernmental transfer

Starting July 1, 2004, Dirigo Health shall transfer funds, as necessary, to a special dedicated, nonlapsing revenue account administered by the agency of State Government that administers MaineCare for the purpose of providing a state match for federal Medicaid dollars. Dirigo Health shall annually set the amount of contribution.__The transfer may not include money collected as a savings payment offset pursuant to section 6913.

§6915.__Dirigo Health Fund

The Dirigo Health Fund is created as a dedicated fund for the deposit of any funds advanced for initial operating expenses, payments made by employers and individuals, any savings offset payments made pursuant to section 6913 and any funds received from any public or private source.__The fund may not lapse, but must be carried forward to carry out the purposes of this chapter.

SUBCHAPTER 2

HEALTH CARE QUALITY

§6951.__Maine Quality Forum

The Maine Quality Forum, referred to in this subchapter as "the forum," is established within Dirigo Health.__The forum is governed by the board with advice from the Maine Quality Forum Advisory Council pursuant to section 6952.__The forum must be funded, at least in part, through the savings offset payments made pursuant to section 6913. Except as provided in section 6907, subsection 2, information obtained by the forum is a public record as provided by Title 1, chapter 13, subchapter 1.__The forum shall perform the following duties.

1.__Research dissemination.__The forum shall collect and disseminate research regarding health care quality, evidence- based medicine and patient safety to promote best practices.

2.__Quality and performance measures.__The forum shall adopt a set of measures to evaluate and compare health care quality and provider performance. The measures must be adopted with guidance from the advisory council pursuant to section 6952. The quality measures adopted by the forum must be the basis for the rules for