CHAPTER 659

S.P. 730 - L.D. 1884

An Act To Strengthen the Enforcement Provisions of the Maine

Health Data Organization

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

Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §8705, as amended by PL 2003, c. 452, Pt. K, §§28 and 29 and affected by Pt. X, §2, is repealed.

Sec. 2. 22 MRSA §8705-A is enacted to read:

§8705-A. Enforcement

The board shall adopt rules to ensure that payors and providers file data as required by section 8704, subsection 1; that users that obtain health data and information from the organization safeguard the identification of patients and health care practitioners as required by section 8707, subsections 1 and 3; and that payors and providers pay all assessments as required by section 8706, subsection 2.

1.__Definitions.__As used in this section, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following definitions of "intentionally" and "knowingly" apply to this section.

A.__A person acts intentionally with respect to a result of that person's conduct when it is that person's conscious object to produce such a result.

B.__A person acts knowingly with respect to a result of that person's conduct when the person is aware that it is practically certain that that person's conduct will cause such a result.