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PUBLIC LAWS OF MAINE
First Special Session of the 118th

CHAPTER 337
S.P. 529 - L.D. 1634

An Act to Provide Information to Consumers of Health Care

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

     Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §1831 is enacted to read:

§1831. Patient referrals

     1. Provision of information. In order to provide for informed patient or resident decisions, a hospital or nursing facility shall provide lists of licensed providers of care and services for all patients or residents prior to discharge for whom home health care or nursing care is needed.

     2. Rulemaking. The department shall establish by rule guidelines necessary to carry out the purposes of this section. Rules adopted under this section are routine technical rules pursuant to Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter II-A.

Effective September 19, 1997, unless otherwise indicated.

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