CHAPTER 394

S.P. 620 - L.D. 1673

An Act To Implement Certain Recommendations of the

Commission To Study Maine's Community Hospitals

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

Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §8005 is enacted to read:

§8005.__Governor's Office of Health Policy and Finance

Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the provisions of this subchapter and subchapters 2 and 2-A apply to rulemaking by the Governor's Office of Health Policy and Finance or its successor agency.

Sec. 2. 22 MRSA §8709, sub-§1-A is enacted to read:

1-A.__Hospitals; standardized accounting template.__When filing the financial information required under subsection 1, a hospital also shall file information using the standardized accounting template published in the report of the Commission to Study Maine's Community Hospitals in February 2005.__The hospital shall file this information using an electronic version of the template provided to the hospital by the organization.__If in succeeding years the template needs to be modified, the board shall adopt rules specifying the filing requirements.__Rules adopted pursuant to this subsection are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.

Sec. 3. 24-A MRSA §6908, sub-§12 is enacted to read:

12.__Legislative jurisdiction.__Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, legislative jurisdiction for oversight of Dirigo Health is governed by the Joint Rules of the