Sec. 1. 24 MRSA c. 19, sub-c. V is enacted to read:

SUBCHAPTER V

COMMUNITY HEALTH ACCESS PROGRAM

§2381.__Community Health Access Program

1.__Definitions.__As used in this section, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.

A.__"Benefit design" means the health care benefits package provided through the Community Health Access Program.

B.__"Community board" means the local governing board of a community health plan corporation.

C.__"Community health plan corporation excess insurance" means insurance that protects a plan offered by a community health plan corporation against higher than expected obligations at retention levels that do not have the effect of making the plan an insured plan.__The issuance of community health access program excess insurance does not constitute the business of reinsurance.

D.__"Complementary health care provider" means a health care professional, including a massage therapist, naturopath, chiropractor, physical therapist or acupuncturist, who provides care or treatment to a person that complements the care or treatment provided by a primary care physician and is credentialed by a community board.

E.__"Health quality measures" means statistical data that provides information on the quality of health care outcomes for individuals and groups with similar health problems.

F.__"Medical data collection system" means the computerized, systematic collection of individual medical data, including the cost of medical care, that when analyzed provides information on the quality and costs of health care outcomes.

G.__"Micro-employer" means an employer that has an average of 4 or fewer employees eligible for health care benefits in the 12 months preceding its enrollment in a plan offered by a community health plan corporation.