Sec. 1. 24-A MRSA §601, sub-§20, as amended by PL 1993, c. 637, §13, is further amended to read:

20. Preferred provider arrangement administrator. Preferred provider organization arrangement administrator fees are:

A. Original registration

issuance fee $100; and

B. Annual renewal fee $100.

Sec. 2. 24-A MRSA §1901, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1997, c. 457, §28, is further amended by adding at the end a new blocked paragraph to read:

Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, "administrator" includes any administrator of a preferred provider organization required to register under this chapter pursuant to section 2674-A.

Sec. 3. 24-A MRSA §2670, as enacted by PL 1985, c. 704, §4, is amended to read:

§2670. Short title

This chapter may be cited as the "Preferred Provider Arrangement Act of 1986."

Sec. 4. 24-A MRSA §2671, as amended by PL 1995, c. 332, Pt. P, §1, is further amended to read:

§2671. Definitions

As used in this chapter, unless the context indicates otherwise, the following terms have the following meanings.

1. "Administrator" means any person, partnership or corporation, other than an insurer, health maintenance organization or nonprofit health service organization a carrier, that arranges, contracts with or administers contracts with a provider in which beneficiaries are provided an incentive to use the services of that a preferred provider arrangement.

1-A.__"Capitation" means a method of payment for health services in which the health care practitioner, institutional provider or downstream risk entity is paid in whole or part a fixed dollar amount for each person served, without regard to