An Act To Increase Access to Information Regarding Health Care Facility and Practitioner Payments
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §8712, sub-§2, as amended by PL 2009, c. 613, §8, is further amended to read:
2. Payments. The organization shall create a publicly accessible interactive website that presents reports related to payments for services rendered by health care facility facilities and practitioner payments for services rendered practitioners to residents of the State. The services presented must include, but not be limited to, imaging, preventative health, radiology and surgical services and other services that are predominantly elective and may be provided to a large number of patients who do not have health insurance or are underinsured. The website must also be constructed to display prices paid by individual commercial health insurance companies, 3rd-party administrators and, unless prohibited by federal law, governmental payors. Beginning October 1, 2012, price information posted on the website must be posted semiannually, must display the date of posting and, when posted, must be current to within 12 months of the date of submission of the information.
Effective 90 days following adjournment of the 125th Legislature, Second Regular Session, unless otherwise indicated.