2.__Input.__In developing the plan, the Governor shall, at a minimum, seek input from the Advisory Council on Health Systems Development, pursuant to section 104; the Maine Quality Forum and the Maine Quality Forum Advisory Council, pursuant to Title 24-A, chapter 87, subchapter 2; a statewide health performance council; and other agencies and organizations.

3.__Requirements.__The plan must:

A.__Assess health care cost, quality and access in the State;

B.__Develop benchmarks to measure cost, quality and access goals and report on progress toward meeting those goals;

C.__Establish and set annual priorities among health care cost, quality and access goals;

D.__Prioritize the capital investment needs of the health care system in the State within the capital investment fund, established under section 102;

E.__Outline strategies to:

(1)__Promote health systems change;

(2)__Address the factors influencing health care cost increases; and

(3) Address the major threats to public health and safety in the State, including, but not limited to, lung disease, diabetes, cancer and heart disease; and

F.__Provide recommendations to help purchasers and providers make decisions that improve public health and build an affordable, high-quality health care system.

4.__Uses of plan. The plan must be used in determining the capital investment fund amount pursuant to section 102 and must guide the issuance of certificates of need by the State and the health care lending decisions of the Maine Health and Higher Education Facilities Authority.__A certificate of need or public financing that affects health care costs may not be provided unless it meets goals and budgets explicitly outlined in the plan.