(1) The site website must include a search feature allowing users to obtain information on specific issues of interest.

(2) The site website must protect information that is personal or confidential.

Sec. 5. Rules; effective date. The Department of Health and Human Services shall amend its rules governing reimbursement, contracting, grants, payments, cost reports and audits with respect to providers of health and community services to ensure that all of the requirements of this Act are applied to all audits completed on or after the effective date of this Act. Unless the law requiring the department to adopt or amend these rules indicates otherwise, rules adopted pursuant to this section are routine technical rules as defined in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A. The department shall complete its rulemaking pursuant to this section no later than December 15, 2006. From the effective date of this Act until the date the rule amendments adopted pursuant to this section take effect, the department shall apply the requirements and principles established in this Act to all audits conducted under its existing rules. In the event of any conflict between those rules and this Act, the provisions of this Act supersede the rules.

Sec. 6. Studies and reports; timing of audits; technical assistance; cost reimbursement. The Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Audit for MaineCare and Social Services shall complete the following studies and reports.

1. Timing of audits. The Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Audit for MaineCare and Social Services shall review its procedures and criteria for audit activity for the purpose of identifying means of improving the timeliness of its audit determinations, with the goals of issuing an audit report or examination report within 12 months of the filing of a cost