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of estimating the number of covered persons of an insurer if the | specific number is unknown. |
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| | 4.__Failure to pay recovery payment.__The superintendent may | suspend or revoke, after notice and hearing, the certificate of | authority to transact insurance in this State of any insurer or | reinsurer that fails to pay a recovery payment.__As an | alternative, the superintendent may levy a penalty on any insurer | or reinsurer that fails to pay a recovery payment when due.__In | addition, the superintendent may use any power granted to the | superintendent by this Title to collect any unpaid recovery | payments. |
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| | 5.__Excess payments.__Dirigo Health may return unused payments | in accordance with a formula established by the board. |
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| §6951.__Maine Quality Forum |
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| | The Maine Quality Forum, referred to in this subchapter as | "the forum," is established within Dirigo Health.__The forum is | governed by the board with advice from an advisory council | pursuant to section 6952.__The forum must be funded, at least in | part, through the recovery against insurers established in | section 6920 and may seek and receive grants and contracts to | advance its work. |
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| §6952.__Advisory council appointment; composition |
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| | The Maine Quality Forum Advisory Council, referred to in this | subchapter as "the advisory council," is a 15-member body | established by Title 5, section 12004-I, subsection 31-A.__The | Governor shall appoint the following members with the approval of | the joint standing committee of the Legislature having | jurisdiction over health affairs: |
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| | 1.__Providers. Five members representing providers, including | one allopathic physician, one osteopathic physician, one | registered nurse, one representative of hospitals and one mental | health provider; |
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| | 2.__Consumers.__Four members representing consumers, including | one employee who receives health care through a commercially | insured product, one representative of organized labor, one | representative of a consumer health advocacy group and one | representative of the uninsured or MaineCare recipients; |
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