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Amend the amendment by striking out all of the 2nd paragraph after the title (page 1, lines 14 to 17 in amendment) and inserting in its place the following:
’Further amend the bill by striking out all of section 5.’
 
SUMMARY
This amendment strikes the language that allows the Workers’ Compensation Board to assess civil penalties not to exceed $10,000 on the Maine Insurance Guaranty Association for engaging in a pattern of questionable claims-handling techniques or repeated unreasonably contested claims.
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