CHAPTER 264

H.P. 329 - L.D. 421

An Act To Include a Representative of Mental Health

Providers on the Board of Directors of the Maine Health Data

Organization

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §8703, sub-§2, ķA, as amended by PL 2001, c. 457, §5, is further amended to read:

A. The Governor shall appoint 18 board members in accordance with the following requirements. Appointments by the Governor are not subject to review or confirmation.

(1) Four members must represent consumers. For the purposes of this section, "consumer" means a person who is not affiliated with or employed by a 3rd-party payor, a provider or an association representing those providers or those 3rd-party payors.

(2) Three members must represent employers. One member must be chosen from a list provided by a health management coalition in this State.

(3) Two members must represent 3rd-party payors.

(4) Nine members must represent providers. Two provider members must represent hospitals chosen from a list of at least 5 current hospital representatives provided by the Maine Hospital Association. Two provider members must be physicians or representatives