Resolve, To Collect Information about Employer-based Health Coverage Further amend the bill by striking out everything after the title and before the summary and inserting in its place the following: Sec. 1. Data collection. Resolved: That the Department of Labor shall conduct a one-time survey project to collect and analyze information from a statistically valid sample of employers in the State for the purposes of determining: 1. The status, offering and use of employer-sponsored health coverage in the State; 2. What types of employer-sponsored health coverage are being offered and how the premiums are shared between employers and employees; 3. How health care needs are being met for employees and their families who are not enrolled in or do not have access to employer-sponsored coverage; and 4. How the State's data for subsections 1 to 3 compare with data available from other states. Page I-LR2794(2) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 1927
Committee Amendment CA_A_S580 (Senate)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to S.P. 727, L.D. 1927, Bill, "An 
Act To Prevent State Taxpayers from Subsidizing Large Employers" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting 
the following: 
'Resolve, 
To 
Collect 
Information 
about 
Employer-based Health 
Coverage' 
Further amend the bill by striking out everything after the 
title and before the summary and inserting in its place the 
following: 
'Sec. 1. Data collection. Resolved: That the Department of Labor 
shall conduct a one-time survey project to collect and analyze 
information from a statistically valid sample of employers in the 
State for the purposes of determining: 
1. 
The 
status, 
offering 
and 
use 
of 
employer-sponsored 
health coverage in the State; 
2. 
What 
types of employer-sponsored health coverage are 
being offered and how the premiums are shared between employers 
and employees; 
3. 
How health care needs are being met for employees and 
their families who are not enrolled in or do not have access to 
employer-sponsored coverage; and 
4. 
How the State's data for subsections 1 to 3 compare with 
data available from other states. 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to S.P. 727, L.D. 1927 
The Department of Labor shall consult with employers and 
employer 
groups 
and persons 
knowledgeable 
about health care, 
health coverage, health policy and employee benefits in designing 
the survey. 
The department may seek and accept outside funding 
for the costs of data collection and analysis. 
Subject to confidentiality and other requirements of state 
and federal law, 
the Department of Health and Human Services 
shall provide information from its databases to the Department of 
Labor to the extent necessary for the collection of relevant 
information for the survey. 
Information collected and generated 
for 
the 
survey 
by 
the 
Department 
of 
Labor 
that 
directly 
identifies employers is confidential and may not be disclosed by 
the Department of Labor. 
An employer shall respond to a request made for the survey 
under this section from the Department of Labor within 45 days of 
receipt of the request. 
By February 1, 2007, the Department of Labor shall submit a 
report of its findings to the joint standing committee of the 
Legislature having jurisdiction over health and human services 
matters 
and the 
joint standing committee of 
the Legislature 
having jurisdiction over insurance and financial affairs and the 
Board of Directors of Dirigo Health. 
The report must provide 
information in aggregate form and may not identify employers by 
name: and be it further 
Sec. 2. 
Appropriations and allocations. 
Resolved: 
following appropriations and allocations are made. 
LABOR, DEPARTMENT OF 
Employment Security Services 
That 
the 
Initiative: 
Provides 
funds 
Information Services for the 
associated with the one-time 
coverage. 
to 
the Division of 
Labor Market 
data collection and analysis costs 
survey of employer-sponsored health 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
2005-06 
$0 
$0 
SUMMARY 
This 
resolve. 
amendment 
replaces 
the 
The 
amendment 
directs 
bill 
and 
changes 
the 
Department 
of 
2006-07 
$5,000 
$5,000' 
it to 
Labor 
a 
to 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
~ .• ~. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ·A .. to S. P. 727, L. D. 1927 
conduct 
a 
one-time 
survey 
project 
to 
collect 
and 
analyze 
information on employer-sponsored health coverage. 
The amendment 
protects 
the 
confidentiality 
of 
information 
that 
directly 
identifies employers that is collected and generated for 
the 
survey by the Department of Labor and requires a report to the 
joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction 
over 
health 
and 
human 
services 
matters, 
the 
joint standing 
committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over insurance 
and financial affairs and the Board of Directors of Dirigo Health 
that presents the information in aggregate form and does not 
identify employers by name. 
The amendment also adds an appropriations and allocations 
section. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 04/04/06 fraC'-
LD 1927 
LR 2794(02) 
An Act To Prevent State Taxpayers from Subsidizing Large Employers 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment A " 
Committee: Health and Human Services 
Net Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
Appropriations/Allocations 
General Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
2005-06 
$0 
$0 
2006-07 
$5,000 
$5,000 
Projections 
2007-08 
$0 
$0 
Projections 
2008-09 
$0 
$0 
This bill includes a one-time General Fund appropriation of $5,000 in fiscal year 2006-07 for the Employment 
Security Services program within the Department of Labor for the data collection and analysis costs associated with 
the one-time survey of employer-sponsored health coverage. 
Any additional costs to the Department of Health and Human Services in implementing this bill can be absorbed by 
the department utilizing existing budgeted resources. 
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