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E. Any documents submitted by any person for the purpose of | being made making those documents part of the record regarding | | any application for a certificate of need or for the purpose | | of influencing the outcome of any analyses or decisions | | regarding an application for certificate of need, except | | documents that have been submitted anonymously. Such source- | | identified documents automatically become part of the record | upon receipt by the department; and |
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| | | F. Preliminary and final analyses of the record prepared by | the staff.; and |
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| | | G.__Written assessments by the Director of the Bureau of | | Health and the Superintendent of Insurance assessing the | | impact of the application on the health care system or cost | | of health insurance in the State. |
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| | | Sec. C-8. 22 MRSA §335, sub-§7, ¶¶C and D, as enacted by PL 2001, c. | | 664, §2, are amended to read: |
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| | | C. There is a public need for the proposed services as | | demonstrated by certain factors, including, but not limited | | to: |
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| | | (1) Whether, and the extent to which, the project will | | substantially address specific health problems as | | measured by health needs in the area to be served by | | the project; |
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| | | (2) Whether the project will have a positive impact on | | the health status indicators of the population to be | | served; |
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| | | (3) Whether the services affected by the project will | | be accessible to all residents of the area proposed to | | be served; and |
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| | | (4) Whether the project will provide demonstrable | | improvements in quality and outcome measures applicable | to the services proposed in the project; and |
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| | | D. The proposed services are consistent with the orderly | | and economic development of health facilities and health | | resources for the State as demonstrated by: |
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| | | (1) The impact of the project on total health care | | expenditures after taking into account, to the extent | | practical, both the costs and benefits of the project |
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