CHAPTER 492

H.P. 27 - L.D. 20

An Act to Extend the Authority of the Health Care

System and Health Security Board

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. PL 2001, c. 439, Pt. ZZZ, §1, sub-§1, first ¶ is amended to read:

1. Board established. The Health Care System and Health Security Board, referred to in this section as the "board," consists of 19 20 members as follows:

Sec. 2. PL 2001, c. 439, Pt. ZZZ, §1, sub-§1, ¶¶D and E are amended to read:

D. Two members of the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives who are serving in the House of Representatives at the time of their appointment with preference to members of the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over health and human services matters, the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over appropriations and financial affairs and the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over banking and insurance matters;

E. Two members of the Senate appointed by the President of the Senate who are serving in the Senate at the time of their appointment with preference to members of the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over health and human services matters, the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over