LD 1622
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(1) Licenses issued by the Commissioner of Marine
Resources, as provided in Title 12, section 6409;

 
(2) Licenses issued by the Commissioner of Inland
Fisheries and Wildlife, as provided in Title 12,
section 7077 10902, subsection 1-C 3;

 
(3) Watercraft, snowmobile and all-terrain vehicle
registrations, as provided in Title 12, section 7077
10902, subsection 1-C 3; and

 
(4) Motor vehicle licenses or permits issued by the
Secretary of State, the right to operate a motor
vehicle in this State and the right to apply for or
obtain a license or permit, as provided in Title 29-A,
section 2605.

 
Sec. 90. Effective date. That section of this Act that repeals and
replaces Public Law 2003, chapter 414, Part B, section 26 takes
effect August 31, 2004.

 
Sec. 91. PL 2003, c. 451, Pt. Z, §1, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2003, c. 507,
Pt. A, §2 and affected by §3 and amended by c. 673, Pt. K, §1, is
repealed and the following enacted in its place:

 
1.__The Chancellor of the University of Maine System, referred
to in this section as "the chancellor," and any insurance company
or 3rd-party administrator acting at the direction of the State,
referred to in this section as "the carrier," insuring or
administering the University of Maine System health plan for
employees and retirees, referred to in this section as "the
plan," shall negotiate agreements with hospitals participating in
the carrier's provider network to reduce the expense incurred by
the plan in state fiscal year 2003-04 by the amount of
$2,250,000.__It is not the intent of the Legislature to require
negotiations to reduce such expenses beyond state fiscal year
2004.__In undertaking such negotiations, the carrier is deemed at
all times to be the agent of the State of Maine and the
University of Maine System.__The chancellor and the carrier,
acting at the direction of the State, may offer or negotiate such
terms and conditions as the chancellor considers to be in the
best interest of the university to reduce the expense of the
plan, including, but not limited to, offering or negotiating
reductions in standard hospital reimbursement rates, rebates and
refunds and uniform terms relating to such reductions, rebates or
refunds.__The chancellor may not affect or seek to affect amounts
paid to hospitals relating to any other customer of the carrier.__
The hospital discount rate resulting from this specific
arrangement is not intended to affect the


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