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assistance, which must provide for the sharing of information | | between the department and the superintendent and the analysis of | | that information by the superintendent as it relates to the fiscal | | integrity of the contracting entity. The department may require | | periodic reporting by the health care servicing entity as to | | activities and operations of the entity, including the entity's | | activities undertaken pursuant to commercial contracts with | | licensed insurers and health maintenance organizations. The | | department may share with the Superintendent of Insurance all | | documents filed by the health care servicing entity, including | | documents subject to confidential treatment if that information is | | treated with the same degree of confidentiality as is required of | | the department. |
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| | | Sec. 3. 22 MRSA §3762, sub-§2, ¶¶J and K, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 530, | | Pt. A, §16, are amended to read: |
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| | J. The University of Maine System; and |
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| | | K. Local service providers appropriate for TANF | participants. |
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| | | Sec. 4. 22 MRSA §3762, sub-§2, ¶L is enacted to read: |
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| | | L.__Faith-based organizations that provide social services | | as defined in Section 104 of the federal Personal | | Responsibilities and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of | | 1996, Public Law 104-193, 110 Stat. 2105, 42 USC 604a. |
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| | | Sec. 5. 22 MRSA §3782-A, sub-§2, as repealed and replaced by PL 1993, | | c. 385, §17, is amended to read: |
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| | | 2. Purchase of services. The department may contract with | | public and private agencies and individuals, including faith- | | based organizations as defined in Section 104 of the federal | | Personal Responsibilities and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act | | of 1996, Public Law 104-193, 110 Stat. 2105, 42 USC 604a, to | | deliver employment, training and other services for program | | participants consistent with the purposes of the program. |
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| | | Program funds may not be used to purchase services from an agency | | under this subsection that are available on a nonreimbursable | | basis, if those nonreimbursable services meet the needs of a | | program participant. |
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| | | This bill enacts into state law the charitable choice | | provisions of the federal Personal Responsibility and Work |
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| | | Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996. This bill authorizes | | state agencies that provide social services to contract with | | faith-based organizations as defined in Section 104 of the | | federal Personal Responsibilities and Work Opportunity | | Reconciliation Act of 1996, Public Law 104-193, 110 Stat. 2105, | | 42 USC 604a. |
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