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An Act To Expand the Definition of Health Care Facility under the Maine Health and Higher Educational Facilities Authority Act
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §2053, sub-§3-A,  as amended by PL 2005, c. 407, §1, is further amended to read:
 
3-A. Health care facility.   "Health care facility" means a nursing home that is, or will be upon completion, licensed under chapter 405; a residential care facility that is, or will be upon completion, licensed under chapter 1663; a continuing care retirement community that is, or will be upon completion, licensed under Title 24-A, chapter 73; an assisted living facility that is, or will be upon completion, licensed under chapter 1664; a hospital; a nonprofit statewide health information network incorporated in the State for the purpose of exchanging health care information among licensed providers in the State; a community mental health facility; a scene response air ambulance licensed under Title 32, chapter 2-B and the rules adopted thereunder; or a community health center.
 
SUMMARY
This bill incorporates health information networks into the definition of "health care facility" so that infrastructure needs of health care facilities are part of the Maine Health and Higher Educational Facilities Authority Act.