Resolve, Directing the Department of Health and Human Services To Report on Certain MaineCare Practices
Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 0229
Committee Amendment CA_A_S64 (Senate)
Committee: Insurance and Financial Services and the Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human Services regarding the Private Health Insurance Premium Program,

COMMITTEE 
AMENDMENT "A" to S.P. 82, L.D. 
229, 
"Resolve, 
Directing the Department of Health and Human Services To Report 
on Certain MaineCare Practices" 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the title 
and before the summary and inserting in its place the following: 
'Sec. 1. Report on certain MaineCare practices. Resolved: 
That 
by January 15, 2006 the Department of Health and Human Services 
shall 
provide 
a 
report 
to 
the 
Joint Standing 
Committee 
on 
Insurance and Financial Services and the Joint Standing Committee 
on 
Health 
and 
Human 
Services 
regarding 
the 
Private Health 
Insurance Premium Program, referred to in this resolve as "the 
program," under the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 22, section 18; 
and be it further 
Sec. 2. Required information. Resolved: 
That 
the 
report 
required by section 1 must include the following information: 
1. 
Information regarding the purchase of insurance under 
the program for perso',js enrolled in MaineCare, 
including the 
total number of persons enrolled in the program and the type of 
insurance purchased, whether individual or group; 
2. 
The total payments made for health care services under 
the program; 
3. 
The total premiums paid under the program and to which 
health insurance carriers those premiums were paid: and 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
;: 
It!' 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT .. A· to S.P. 82, L.D. 229 
4. 
The total savings achieved by the program. 
Health 
insurance 
carriers 
providing 
coverage 
under 
the 
program shall cooperate with the Department of Health and Human 
Services in the collection of data necessary for the report 
required by this resolve; and be it further 
Sec. 3. Authorization to report out legislation. Resolved: That the 
Joint Standing Committee on Insurance and Financial Services and 
the Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human Services may 
report out legislation related to the report required by this 
resolve to the Second Regular Session of the l22nd Legislature.' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment replaces the resolve. It eliminates the role 
of the 
Department of Professional and Financial Regulation, 
Bureau 
of 
Insurance 
in 
the 
required 
report, 
adds 
specific 
information that must be included in the report and requires that 
the Department of Health and Human Services provide the report to 
both the Joint Standing Committee on Insurance and Financial 
Services and the Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human 
Services. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 02/24/05 ,;:!v,aC 
LD229 
LR0814(02) 
Resolve, Directing the Department of Health and Human Services To Report on Certain MaineCare 
Practices 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment A 
Committee: Insurance and Financial Services 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - General Fund 
Any additional costs to the Department of Health and Human Services in implementing this bill can be absorbed by 
the department utilizing existing resmITces. 
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