| | | *Sec. D-21. Calculation and transfer. Notwithstanding any other provision | | of law, the State Budget Officer shall calculate the amount of | | savings in Part B, section 1 for fiscal year 2003-04 that applies | | against each Highway Fund account for all departments and | | agencies from savings in the cost of health insurance from | | hospital rate adjustments and shall transfer the calculated | | amounts by financial order upon the approval of the Governor. | | These transfers are considered adjustments to allocations in | fiscal yearsand 2004-05 | | shall provide the joint standing committee of the Legislature | | having jurisdiction over appropriations and financial affairs a | | report of the transferred amounts no later than January 15, 2005. |
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| | | Sec. K-2. PL 2003, c. 20, Pt. FFF, §1 is amended to read: |
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| | | 1. The Commissioner of Administrative and Financial Services, | | referred to in this section as "the commissioner," and any | | insurance company or 3rd-party administrator, referred to in this | | section as "the carrier," insuring or administering the state | | employee health plan, referred to in this section as "the plan," | | shall jointly negotiate agreements with hospitals participating | | in the carrier's provider network to reduce the expense incurred | | by the plan in state fiscal year 2003-04 by the amount of | $18,020,851 and in state fiscal year 2004-05 by the amount of | $19,728,208 | | be deemed at all times to be the agent of the State. The | | commissioner and the carrier acting at the direction of the | | commissioner may offer or demand such terms and conditions as the | | commissioner considers to be in the best interest of the State to | | reduce the expense of the state employee health plan, including, | | but not limited to, offering or demanding reductions in standard | | hospital reimbursement rates, rebates and refunds and uniform | | terms relating to such reductions, rebates or refunds. The | | commissioner may not affect or seek to affect amounts paid to | | hospitals relating to any other customer of the carrier. |
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| | | Sec. K-3. PL 2003, c. 451, Pt. Z, §1 is amended to read: |
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| | | 1. The Chancellor of the University of Maine System, referred | | to in this section as "the chancellor," and any insurance company | | or 3rd-party administrator acting at the direction of the State, | | referred to in this section as "the carrier," insuring or | | administering the University of Maine System health plan for | | employees and retirees, referred to in this section as "the | | plan," shall negotiate agreements with hospitals participating in | | the carrier's provider network to reduce the expense incurred by | | the plan in state fiscal year 2003-04 by the amount of $2,250,000 | and in state fiscal year 2004-05 by the amount of $2,250,000 | | is not the intent of the |
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