Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §12004-I, sub-§38, as amended by PL 1997, c. 689, Pt. A, §1 and affected by Pt. C, §2, is repealed.

Sec. 2. 22 MRSA §253, sub-§3, as amended by PL 1997, c. 689, Pt. A, §2 and affected by Pt. C, §2, is further amended to read:

3. Public hearings. Prior to adopting the state health plan and in reviewing the state health plan, the department shall conduct public hearings in different regions of the State on the proposed state health plan. Interested persons must be given the opportunity to submit oral and written testimony. Not less than 30 days before each hearing, the department shall publish in a newspaper of general circulation in the region the time and place of the hearing, the place where interested persons may review the plan in advance of the hearing and the place to which and period during which written comment may be directed to the department. Prior to adopting the state health plan and in reviewing the state health plan, the department shall provide copies to and shall meet and consult with the Certificate of Need Advisory Committee as provided in section 306-B, subsection 2, paragraph A.

Sec. 3. 22 MRSA c. 103, as amended, is repealed.

Sec. 4. 22 MRSA §1714-A, sub-§4, śC, as amended by PL 1991, c. 568, §2, is further amended to read:

C. The department shall provide in a letter written notice of the requirements of this section to the transferee in a letter acknowledging receipt of a request for a certificate of need or waiver of the certificate of need for in the case of a nursing home or hospital transfer or in response to a request for an application for a license to operate a boarding home.

Sec. 5. 22 MRSA §2061, sub-§2, as amended by PL 1993, c. 390, §24, is further amended to read:

2. Review. Each project for a health care facility has been reviewed and approved to the extent required by the agency of the State that serves as the Designated Planning Agency of the State or by the Department of Human Services in accordance with the provisions of the Maine Certificate of Need Act of 1978, as amended, or, in the case of a project for a hospital, has been reviewed and approved by the Maine Health Care Finance Commission to the extent required by chapter 107;