| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §50 is enacted to read: |
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| | | Beginning January 1, 2006, prior to enacting legislation with | | requirements for mandatory action that will impose costs on | | physicians licensed in this State and health care providers | | licensed by the department, the Legislature shall require the | | department to perform a mandate review in accordance with this | | section. |
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| | | 1.__Contracting.__The department may contract for performance | | of any part of the mandate review. |
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| | | 2.__Process.__The mandate review must include review and | | evaluation of the medical efficacy of the proposed mandate and | | the costs of the proposed mandate, including, but not limited to, | | the financial impact on physicians and health care providers and | | their patients, the social costs and the effects of balancing | | social, economic and medical efficacy considerations. |
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| | | 3.__Recommendation.__The mandate review must include a | | recommendation from the department regarding the proposed mandate | | and options for changing the proposed mandate to address | | significant challenges identified in the mandate review. |
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| | | 4.__Report.__The department shall report to the joint standing | | committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over health and | | human services matters and the joint standing committee of the | | Legislature having jurisdiction over the bill proposing the | | mandate on the results of the mandate review, including the | | department's recommendation and any options included in the | | mandate review under subsection 3. |
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| | | 5.__Requirement.__Following receipt of the mandate review and | | consideration of the proposed mandate under subsection 2, the | | joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction | | over the bill proposing the mandate may report out the bill with | | any amendments from the committee.__A bill subject to the | | provisions of this section may not be enacted into law unless | | review and consideration under this section have been completed. |
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| | | This bill imposes on the Legislature a mandate review | | procedure similar to the procedure used in health insurance | | matters. The procedure applies to proposed mandates that would |
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