CHAPTER 327

S.P. 300 - L.D. 892

An Act To Ensure an Adequate Supply of a Skilled Health

Care Workforce

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §256, as enacted by PL 1989, c. 579, §3, is repealed.

Sec. 2. 22 MRSA §§256-A and 256-B are enacted to read:

§256-A. Health care occupations report

Beginning in 2006, the Department of Labor, in conjunction with the Office of Health Data and Program Management's Office of Data, Research and Vital Statistics, shall compile and annually update a health care occupations report to be completed and presented to the health workforce forum established in section 257 by September 15th.__The report must be posted on a publicly accessible site on the Internet maintained by the Department of Labor and provide the following information:

1.__Listing.__A listing of all health care occupations licensed, registered or certified under the authority of the boards listed in section 256-B, including:

A.__A brief description of each occupation;

B.__Minimum education requirements;