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PUBLIC LAWS OF MAINE
First Regular Session of the 121st

PART B

     Sec. B-1. 2 MRSA c. 5 is enacted to read:

CHAPTER 5
STATE HEALTH PLANNING

§101. Duties of Governor

     1. Governor. The Governor or the Governor's designee shall:

The Governor shall provide the reports specified in paragraphs B and C to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over appropriations and financial affairs, the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over health and human services matters and the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over insurance and financial services matters.
§102. Capital investment fund

     1. Purpose. The capital investment fund is a limit for resources allocated annually under the certificate of need program described in Title 22, chapter 103-A.

     2. Process; criteria. The process for determining the capital investment fund amount must be set forth in rules and may include the formation of an ad hoc expert panel to advise the Governor. The process must include the division of the total capital investment fund amount into nonhospital and hospital components, must establish large and small capital investment fund amounts within each component and must be based on 3rd-year capital and operating expenses of projects under the certificate of need program. The process must take into account the following:

     3. Nonhospital capital expenditures. For the first 3 years of the plan, the nonhospital component of the capital investment fund must be at least 12.5% of the total.

This subsection is repealed July 1, 2007.
§103. State Health Plan

     1. Purpose. The plan issued pursuant to section 101, subsection 1, paragraph A must set forth a comprehensive, coordinated approach to the development of health care facilities and resources in the State based on statewide cost, quality and access goals and strategies to ensure access to affordable health care, maintain a rational system of health care and promote the development of the health care workforce.

     2. Input. In developing the plan, the Governor shall, at a minimum, seek input from the Advisory Council on Health Systems Development, pursuant to section 104; the Maine Quality Forum and the Maine Quality Forum Advisory Council, pursuant to Title 24-A, chapter 87, subchapter 2; a statewide health performance council; and other agencies and organizations.

     3. Requirements. The plan must:

     4. Uses of plan. The plan must be used in determining the capital investment fund amount pursuant to section 102 and must guide the issuance of certificates of need by the State and the health care lending decisions of the Maine Health and Higher Education Facilities Authority. A certificate of need or public financing that affects health care costs may not be provided unless it meets goals and budgets explicitly outlined in the plan.

§104.   Advisory Council on Health Systems Development

     1. Appointment; composition. The Advisory Council on Health Systems Development, established in Title 5, section 12004-I, subsection 31-A and referred to in this section as "the council," consists of the following 11 members appointed by the Governor with approval of the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over health and human services matters:

Prior to making appointments to the council, the Governor shall seek nominations from the public, from statewide associations representing hospitals, physicians and consumers and from individuals and organizations with expertise in health care delivery systems, health care financing, health care quality and public health.

     2. Term. Members of the council serve 5-year terms except for initial appointees. Initial appointees must include 3 members appointed to 3-year terms, 4 members appointed to 4-year terms and 4 members appointed to 5-year terms. A member may not serve more than 2 consecutive terms.

     3. Compensation. Members of the council are entitled to compensation according to the provisions of Title 5, chapter 379.

     4. Quorum. A quorum is a majority of the members of the council.

     5. Chair. The council shall annually choose one of its members to serve as chair for a one-year term.

     6. Meetings. The council shall meet at least 4 times a year at regular intervals and may meet at other times at the call of the chair or the Governor. Meetings of the council are public proceedings as provided by Title 1, chapter 13, subchapter 1.

     7. Duties. The council shall advise the Governor in developing the plan by:

     8. Staff support. The Governor's office shall provide staff support to the council. The Department of Human Services, Bureau of Health, the Maine Health Data Organization and other agencies of State Government as necessary and appropriate shall provide additional staff support or assistance to the council.

     9. Data. The council shall solicit data and information from both the public and private sectors to help inform the council's work.

§105. Rulemaking

     The Governor shall adopt rules for the implementation of this chapter. Rules adopted pursuant to this chapter are major substantive rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.

     Sec. B-2. 5 MRSA §12004-I, sub-§31-A is enacted to read:

31-A. Health Care

Advisory Council on Health Systems Development

Expenses Only

2 MRSA §104

     Sec. B-3. 22 MRSA §253, as amended by PL 2001, c. 354, §3, is repealed.

     Sec. B-4. 22 MRSA §1709, as enacted by PL 1965, c. 231, §3, is repealed.

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