(3) The likelihood that more effective, more accessible or less costly alternative technologies or methods of service delivery may become available.; and

Sec. C-12. 22 MRSA §335, sub-§7, ¶E is enacted to read:

E.__The project meets the criteria set forth in subsection 1.

Sec. C-13. 22 MRSA §338, sub-§1, ¶¶A and B, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 664, §2, are amended to read:

A. New medical technologies and the impact of those technologies on the health care delivery system in the State; and

B. Unmet need for health care services in the State.; and

Sec. C-14. 22 MRSA §338, sub-§1, ¶C is enacted to read:

C.__The quality of health care.

Sec. C-15. 22 MRSA §1718 is enacted to read:

§1718.__Consumer information

Each hospital or ambulatory surgical center licensed under chapter 405 shall maintain a price list of the most common inpatient services and outpatient procedures provided by the licensee.

A.__For inpatient services, the price list must include a per diem bed charge and an average charge for all ancillary charges for the 15 most common nonemergent services involving inpatient stays.__If the per diem bed charge includes all ancillary charges for a procedure, no further information is required.

B.__For outpatient nonemergent procedures for which an individual would not incur a bed charge, the price list must include average charges for the 20 most common surgical and diagnostic procedures, excluding laboratory services.

C.__For emergency services, the price list must include average charges for facility and physician services according to the level of emergency services provided by the