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An Act To Ensure Proper Health Information Management
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1.  22 MRSA §1832  is enacted to read:
§ 1832. Health information management
Beginning January 1, 2012, a hospital licensed under this chapter shall employ directly or under contract a director of health information management who is certified as a professional health information manager by a national association of health information managers.
 
SUMMARY
This bill requires a hospital, beginning January 1, 2012, to employ a certified director of health information management.