| Sec. 1. Rules. Resolved: That the Department of Human Services |
| shall adopt rules by January 1, 2004 that establish a program |
| that will allow the department to accept and transmit |
| electronically prior authorization requests for services under |
| the MaineCare program. Rules adopted pursuant to this resolve |
| are routine technical rules as defined in the Maine Revised |
| Statutes, Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A. |