CHAPTER 264
H.P. 329 - L.D. 421
An Act To Include a Representative of Mental Health Providers on the Board of Directors of the Maine Health Data Organization
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §8703, sub-§2, ¶A, as amended by PL 2001, c. 457, §5, is further amended to read:
A. The Governor shall appoint 18 board members in accordance with the following requirements. Appointments by the Governor are not subject to review or confirmation.
(1) Four members must represent consumers. For the purposes of this section, "consumer" means a person who is not affiliated with or employed by a 3rd-party payor, a provider or an association representing those providers or those 3rd-party payors.
(2) Three members must represent employers. One member must be chosen from a list provided by a health management coalition in this State.
(3) Two members must represent 3rd-party payors.
(4) Nine members must represent providers. Two provider members must represent hospitals chosen from a list of at least 5 current hospital representatives provided by the Maine Hospital Association. Two provider members must be physicians or representatives of physicians chosen from a list of at least 5 nominees provided jointly by the Maine Medical Association and the Maine Osteopathic Association. One provider member must be a chiropractor chosen from a list provided by a statewide chiropractic association. One provider member must be a representative, chosen from a list provided by the Maine Ambulatory Care Coalition Primary Care Association, of a federally qualified health center. One provider member must be a pharmacist chosen from a list provided by the Maine Pharmacy Association. One provider member must be a mental health provider chosen from a list provided by the Maine Association of Mental Health Services. Two One provider members member must be representatives of other health care providers, at least one of whom is a current representative of represent a home health care company.
Effective September 13, 2003, unless otherwise indicated.
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