| An Act Regarding Prescription Drug Information |
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §1711-E is enacted to read: |
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| §1711-E.__Requirements for prescription drug information |
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| | 1.__Definitions.__As used in this section, unless the context | otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following | meanings. |
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| A.__"Carrier" has the same meaning as in Title 24-A, section | 4301-A, subsection 3. |
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| B. "Electronic transmission intermediary" means an entity | that provides the infrastructure that connects the computer | systems or other electronic devices used by health care | practitioners, health care facilities and pharmacy benefit | managers to carriers and agents and contractors of those | carriers and agents in order to facilitate the secure | transmission of an individual's prescription drug order, | refill, authorization request, claim, payment or other | prescription drug information. |
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| C.__"Health care facility" has the same meanings as in | section 1711-C, subsection 1, paragraph D. |
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