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providers of services and pharmaceuticals; developing | | budgets with hospitals and institutional providers; | | administration of revenues of the plan; employment of | | necessary staff to implement the plan; development of | | plans and funding for training and assistance of health | | care workers displaced by the State's moving to a single- | | payer health care plan; addressing the unique issues | | related to the delivery of a single-payer health care | | plan among the State's border communities and the impact | | on providers and residents of those communities; and | | conducting public hearings annually or more frequently | | regarding resource allocation, revenues and services; |
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| | | B. The board shall examine funding for the single-payer | | plan from a combination of sources, including payments from | | government sources, including federal, state and other | | governmental health care and aid programs; payments from | | workers' compensation, pension and health insurance employee | | benefit plans; payments from state, county and municipal | | governmental units for coverage; payments from tobacco | | settlement funds; and payment from any taxes or fees based | | on the results of the feasibility study prepared under | | contract with the board in December 2002; |
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| | | C. The board shall stress prevention of disease and | | maintenance of health in developing proposals to implement | | the single-payer plan and shall attempt to retain and | | strengthen existing health care facilities whenever possible | | in developing those proposals; and |
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| | | D. The board shall evaluate current health care reform | | efforts, including but not limited to Dirigo Health, and may | | examine any other issues or gather information as necessary | | to fulfill its purpose and duties; and be it further |
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| | | Sec. 6. Staff assistance. Resolved: That upon approval of the | | Legislative Council, the Office of Policy and Legal Analysis may | | provide necessary staffing services to the board. The board may | | also contract with and retain staffing and technical assistance | | from a health policy organization; and be it further |
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| | | Sec. 7. Funding. Resolved: That the board may seek and accept | | outside funding through the public or private sector to advance | | its work and support its activities. Any unexpended funds | | allocated to the board as of November 1, 2004 must be carried | | forward for use by the board and may not lapse. Funds may not be | | appropriated from the General Fund to support any activity of the | | board, nor may expenses exceed available funding; and be it | | further |
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