| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §13070-J, sub-§1, ¶F is enacted to read: |
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| | | F.__"Health benefit plan" means a plan that: |
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| | | (1)__Includes comprehensive coverage for the following | | benefits: |
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| | | (a)__Inpatient and outpatient hospital services; |
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| | | (b)__Physicians' surgical and medical services; |
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| | | (c)__Laboratory and radiological services; |
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| | | (d)__Well-child care and immunizations; and |
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| | | (e)__Mental health and pharmaceutical expenses; |
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| | | (2)__Affords health coverage that has an actuarial | | value no less than 80% of the actuarial value of health | | coverage that is provided to employees of the State.__ | | For purposes of this subparagraph, "actuarial value" | | means the expected cost of a benefit based on common | | assumptions as to relevant variables such as morbidity, | | mortality, persistency and interest.__When comparing | | the actuarial value of one group of benefits to | | another, both actuarial values must be based on the | | same assumptions; |
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| | | (3)__Imposes on the employee copayment and deductible | | costs that have an aggregate actuarial value that does | | not exceed 10% of the actuarial value of all benefits | | afforded by the plan; and |
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| | | (4)__Makes comparable health coverage available to the | | employee's spouse and dependent children. |
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| | | Sec. 2. 5 MRSA §13070-P is enacted to read: |
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| | | §13070-P.__Conditions for certain economic development incentives |
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| | | 1.__Definitions.__As used in this section, unless the context | | otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following | | meanings. |
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| | | A.__"Conditional economic development incentive" means an | | economic development incentive, the value of which exceeds | | $10,000 in one year, that is described in section 13070-J, | | subsection 1, paragraph D under: |
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