| | | Sec. 5. Expedited bid process. The Department of Administrative and | | Financial Services shall create an expedited process for | | consideration and approval of bids for pilot projects related to | | state employee health. |
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| | | Sec. 6. Healthy food and beverage options at state cafeterias, snack bars and vending | | machines. The Department of Labor, Bureau of Rehabilitation | | Services, Division of the Blind and Visually Impaired shall: |
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| | | 1. Implement recommendations of food choice committees to | | include healthy food and beverage options at cafeterias, snack | | bars and vending machines under the division's purview. These | | food choice committees shall consider providing price incentives | | for purchase of healthy foods and beverages; |
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| | | 2. Develop a system for tracking food purchases at cafeterias | | and snack bars and in vending machines under the division's | | purview; |
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| | | 3. Perform nutritional analysis on all major-selling food | | items and post caloric and nutritional information at cafeterias | | and snack bars under the division's purview; and |
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| | | 4. Include in the food choice committee for any executive | | department that uses a cafeteria or snack bar under the | | division's purview a wellness coordinator from that department. |
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| | | Sec. 7. Investigation of insurance cost savings. The State Employee Health | | Commission, established pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, | | Title 5, section 285-A, shall direct any insurance carrier | | providing health insurance coverage to state employees, retirees | | or MaineCare participants to investigate the cost savings of | | including the following services as part of that coverage, and if | | cost savings are shown, shall strongly recommend implementation | | of these services: body-mass index assessment; intensive | | counseling and behavioral interventions for any employee with a | | body-mass index of at least 30 kilograms per square meter; and | | evidence-based interventions for any employee with a body-mass | | index of at least 25 kilograms per square meter who is 45 years | | of age or older and has been diagnosed with prediabetes. |
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| | | Sec. 8. Encouragement of insurance incentives. The Department of | | Professional and Financial Regulation, Bureau of Insurance shall | | compose and distribute a letter to all carriers, as that term is | | defined in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 24-A, section 4301- | | A, subsection 3, encouraging those carriers to provide incentives | | for their insureds to engage in the following services: body- | | mass index assessment; intensive counseling and |
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