In addition, as part of the effort recommended by the Commission to Study Public Health to encourage the purchase of healthy and nutritious food by families using certain public benefit programs, the Department of Health and Human Services shall determine whether the EBT card system can obtain information regarding the fruit and vegetable purchasing behavior of individuals who are receiving public benefits through the Food Stamp Program, including the purchase of Maine-grown fruits and vegetables, and whether this information can be directly used by the Dirigo Health plan "Healthy ME Rewards" incentive program to provide incentives to individuals enrolled in the health plan that participate in the Food Stamp Program. The Commissioner of Health and Human Services shall submit a report that includes the information determined pursuant to this section by November 2, 2005 to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over insurance and financial services matters and the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over health and human services matters.

Sec. 4. Comprehensive employee health program addressing obesity. The Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of Human Resources, Division of Employee Health and Benefits shall implement a comprehensive, population-based approach to addressing obesity-related risk factors and disease management, including nutrition counseling and physical activity and health risk identification and management. Implementation should include:

1. Creating one or more full-time positions within State Government to support the development of a health improvement infrastructure;

2. Requiring flex-time policies covering all state employees to encourage and support employee health;

3. Conducting an inventory of the availability of fitness centers in locations of heavy concentrations of state employees;

4. Creating performance management objectives through which supervisors and managers support and encourage healthy lifestyles among employees they supervise; and

5. Dedicating at least 0.5% of annual health insurance premiums for all state employees to support employee health and wellness.