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representative, chosen from a list provided by the Maine | Primary Care Association, of a federally qualified health | center. One provider member must be a pharmacist chosen | from a list provided by the Maine Pharmacy Association. | One provider member must be a mental health provider | chosen from a list provided by the Maine Association of | Mental Health Services. One provider member must | represent a home health care company. |
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| | Sec. 4. 22 MRSA §8703, sub-§3, as amended by PL 2001, c. 457, §6, is | further amended to read: |
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| | 3. Terms of office. The terms of office of board members are | determined under this subsection. |
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| A. The terms of board members appointed by the Governor are | determined as follows. |
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| (1) Initial terms are staggered. One consumer, one | employer, one 3rd-party payor and 3 providers shall | serve one-year terms. Two consumers, one employer, one | 3rd-party payor and 3 providers shall serve 2-year | terms. |
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| (2) After the initial terms, members appointed by the | Governor shall serve full 2-year 3-year terms and shall | continue to serve until their successors have been | appointed. |
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| (3) Board members may serve 3 full terms | consecutively. |
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| B. The terms of departmental board members are 2-year 3- | year terms. Departmental board members may serve an | unlimited number of terms. |
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| | Sec. 5. 22 MRSA §8704, sub-§7, as amended by PL 2003, c. 469, Pt. C, | §25, is further amended to read: |
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| | 7. Annual report. The board shall prepare and submit an | annual report on the operation of the organization and the Maine | Health Data Processing Center as authorized in Title 10, section | 681, including any activity contracted for by the organization, | and on health care trends to the Governor and the joint standing | committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over health and | human services matters no later than February 1st of each year. | The report must include an annual accounting of all revenue | received and expenditures incurred in the previous year and all | revenue and expenditures planned for the next year. The report | must include a list of persons or entities that requested data |
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