An Act To Facilitate the Maine Quality Forum
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 24-A MRSA §6903, sub-§13-A is enacted to read:
13-A. Practitioner-specific quality data.
"Practitioner-specific quality data" means material in electronic or paper format that provides information about the professional performance of a health care practitioner licensed to provide health care in the State. "Practitioner-specific quality data" includes, but is not limited to, records, reports, working papers, drafts, analyses, e-mail, interoffice and intraoffice memoranda and other data collected, used, produced or maintained by the Maine Quality Forum, established in section 6951, for the purposes of measuring a health care practitioner's professional performance against consensus best practices and local and national patterns of health care.
Sec. 2. 24-A MRSA §6907, first ¶, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 469, Pt. A, §8, is amended to read:
Except as provided in subsections 1 and , 2 and 3, information obtained by Dirigo Health under this chapter is a public record within the meaning of Title 1, chapter 13, subchapter 1.
Sec. 3. 24-A MRSA §6907, sub-§3 is enacted to read:
3. Practitioner-specific quality data.
The confidentiality of practitioner-specific quality data is determined according to this subsection. A.
Practitioner-specific quality data is confidential and may not be disclosed by the Maine Quality Forum prior to a determination of accuracy and completeness made under paragraph B.
B.
Practitioner-specific quality data is not confidential after a determination of its accuracy and completeness is made by the Director of the Maine Quality Forum or a designee.
