H.__Field of licensure, registration or certification;

I.__Specialty credential, if any;

J.__Whether the person plans to be working in health care 5 years from now;

K.__Basic and advanced education, degree earned and state where educated;

L.__Number of hours hired to work in the person's primary position per week, average hours worked per week, preferred number of hours per week and number of hours providing direct care per week;

M.__In addition to the person's primary position, number of hours worked per week for other health care employers, if any; and

N.__If not working in a health care occupation, the reasons: issues of wages or benefits, inability to find position desired, pursuit of education opportunities, pursuit of other career opportunity, retirement or some other specified reason.

3.__Submission of surveys.__All surveys conducted pursuant to subsection 1 must be submitted to the Office of Health Data and Program Management's Office of Data, Research and Vital Statistics for analysis, and survey data from which personally identifiable information has been eliminated must be publicly available.

4.__Rulemaking.__Rules adopted to implement this section are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.

Sec. 3. 22 MRSA §257, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 653, Pt. C, §2 and affected by §3, is amended to read:

§257. Health workforce forum

The department shall convene at least once annually a health workforce forum to review the report developed under section 256 and discuss health care workforce issues. The forum must include representatives of health professionals, licensing boards and,