Sec. 6. 22 MRSA §8706, sub-§2, ¶B, as repealed and replaced by PL 1997, c. 525, §3, is amended to read:

B. Reasonable user fees must be charged on a sliding scale for the right to access and use the health data and information available from the organization. Fees may be charged for services provided to the department on a contractual basis. Fees must be waived for the Bureau of Insurance. Fees may be reduced or waived for users that demonstrate a plan to use the data or information in research of general value to the public health or inability to pay the scheduled fees, as provided by rules adopted by the board.

Sec. 7. 22 MRSA §8711, sub-§2, as amended by PL 1999, c. 353, §16, is repealed.

Emergency clause. In view of the emergency cited in the preamble, this Act takes effect when approved.

Effective May 31, 2005.