CHAPTER 122

H.P. 1035 - L.D. 1472

An Act To Amend the Laws Governing the Rural Medical

Access Program

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

Sec. 1. 24-A MRSA §6303, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 1989, c. 931, §5, is amended to read:

3. Self-insured. "Self-insured" means any physician, hospital or physician's employer insured against the physician's professional negligence or the hospital's professional liability through any entity other than an insurer as defined in subsection 1. For purposes of this chapter, a physician, hospital or physician's employer that does not purchase insurance is considered self-insured.

Sec. 2. 24-A MRSA §6304, first ¶, as enacted by PL 1989, c. 931, §5, is amended to read:

To provide funds for the Rural Medical Access Program, insurers may collect pursuant to this chapter assessments from physicians, licensed and practicing medicine in this State and hospitals and physician's employers located in the State.

Sec. 3. 24-A MRSA §6304, sub-§4, as amended by PL 1993, c. 600, Pt. B, §§21 and 22 and PL 2003, c. 689, Pt. B, §6, is further amended to read:

4. Determination of assessments paid. After review of the records provided by the Board of Licensure in Medicine, the Board of Osteopathic Licensure and the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Licensure and Certification, and the assessment receipts of the malpractice insurers, the