(2) To coordinate the development of a linked public and private sector information system;

(3) To emphasize data that is useful, relevant and is not duplicative of existing data;

(4) To minimize the burden on those providing data; and

(5) To preserve the reliability, accuracy and integrity of collected data while ensuring that the data is available in the public domain; and.

(6) To collect information from providers who were required to file data with the Maine Health Care Finance Commission. The organization may collect information from additional providers only when a linked information system for the electronic transmission, collection and storage of data is reasonably available to providers.

Sec. C-24. 22 MRSA §8704, sub-§1, śC, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 653, Pt. A, §2 and affected by §7, is amended to read:

C. The organization may modify the uniform reporting systems for clinical, financial, quality and restructuring data to allow for differences in the scope or type of services and in financial structure among health care facilities, providers or payors subject to this chapter.

Sec. C-25. 22 MRSA §8704, sub-§7, as amended by PL 2001, c. 457, §9, is further amended to read:

7. Annual report. The board shall prepare and submit an annual report on the operation of the organization and the Maine Health Data Processing Center as authorized in Title 10, section 681, including any activity contracted for by the organization, and on health care trends to the Governor and the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over health and human services matters no later than February 1st of each year. The report must include an annual accounting of all revenue received and expenditures incurred in the previous year and all revenue and expenditures planned for the next year. The report must include a list of persons or entities that requested data from the organization in the preceding year with a brief summary of the stated purpose of the request.