Sec. 2. 5 MRSA §22002, sub-§8, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 439, Pt. T, §5, is repealed.

Sec. 3. 5 MRSA §22009, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 439, Pt. T, §5, is amended to read:

2. Confidential. All information provided by a claimant or a claimant's family is confidential until the claim is submitted to the compensation panel. Once the claim is submitted to the compensation panel, the claim following information is a public record.:

A.__The claimant's name;

B.__The claimant's eligibility for compensation;

C.__The amount of the compensation award, if any; and

D.__A summary of the compensation panel's rationale in deciding eligibility and the compensation award amount.

All other information supporting or corroborating the claim continues to be confidential and may be released by the authority to only the Attorney General, the Governor and the chairs of the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over the authority.__The information remains confidential and the Attorney General, the Governor and chairs of the committee may not release it.

Sec. 4. 5 MRSA §22025, sub-§§4 and 5, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 439, Pt. T, §5, are repealed and the following enacted in their place:

4.__Appeal on record and appeal documents.__In considering an appeal, the appeal board, except as otherwise provided in this section, shall consider only the record of the proceedings before the compensation panel, including any documents or testimony presented to the panel.__The appeal board may also consider any oral or written arguments that the claimant may wish to make in support of the claim.

5.__Standard of review.__The appeal board may either affirm or increase a compensation award of the compensation panel, but may not reduce an award.__The appeal board may overrule a decision of the compensation panel only if the appeal board determines the decision of the compensation panel is arbitrary and capricious, inconsistent with the statute or inconsistent with the policies adopted by the authority.