Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §8702, sub-§4, as amended by PL 2001, c. 596, Pt. B, §21 and affected by §25, is further amended to read:

4. Health care facility. "Health care facility" means a public or private, proprietary or not-for-profit entity or institution providing health services, including, but not limited to, a radiological facility licensed under chapter 160, a health care facility licensed under chapter 405 or certified under chapter 405-D, a federally qualified health center or rural health clinic certified by the Division of Licensing and Certification within the Department of Human Services, a home health care provider licensed under chapter 419, a residential care facility licensed under chapter 1664, a hospice provider licensed under chapter 1681, a community rehabilitation program licensed under Title 20-A, chapter 701, a state institution as defined under Title 34-B, chapter 1 and a mental health facility licensed under Title 34-B, chapter 1. "Health care facility" does not include a facility that provides only ambulatory care services, including, but not limited to, day surgery, colonoscopy or other diagnostic and therapeutic services, and that is not owned by or affiliated with a licensed hospital.

Sec. 2. 22 MRSA §8702, sub-§9, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 653, Pt. A, §2 and affected by §7, is amended to read:

9. Provider. "Provider" means a health care facility, health care practitioner, health product manufacturer, health product vendor or pharmacy.

SUMMARY

This bill exempts health care practitioners and free- standing ambulatory care facilities from reporting requirements of the Maine Health Data Organization.