An Act Reqarding the Reporting of Hospital and Ambulatory Surgical Center Prices Further amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the summary and inserting in its place the following: Sec. I. 22 MRSA §1718, as corrected by RR 2003, c. 1, §16, is amended by adding at the end a new paragraph to read: The Maine Health Data Organization, established in chapter 1683, sha11 adopt rules to establish criteria for the services and procedures and to standardize the manner of listing prices by hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers under this section. Rules adopted pursuant to this paragraph are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A. Sec. 2. 22 MRS A §8712, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 469, Pt. C, §29, is amended to read: Page l-LR2084(2) COMM/rrEE AMENDMENT
Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 1411
Committee Amendment CA_A_H660 (House)
Amends: 22 MRSA §1718

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ,.j}" to H.P. 975, L.D. 1411, Bi11, "An 
Act To Require Standardized Reporting of the Prices for Certain 
Health 
Care 
Services 
and 
To 
Repeal 
the 
Confidentiality 
of 
Sentinel Events" 
Amend the bi11 by striking out the title and substituting 
the following: 
, An Act Reqarding the Reporting of Hospital and Ambulatory 
Surgical Center Prices' 
Further amend the bill by striking out everything after the 
enacting clause and before the summary and inserting in its place 
the following: 
'Sec. I. 22 MRSA §1718, as corrected by RR 2003, c. 1, §16, 
is amended by adding at the end a new paragraph to read: 
The Maine Health Data Organization, established in chapter 
1683, sha11 adopt rules to establish criteria for the services 
and procedures and to standardize the manner of listing prices by 
hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers under this section. 
Rules adopted pursuant to this paragraph are routine technical 
rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A. 
Sec. 2. 22 MRS A §8712, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 469, 
Pt. C, §29, is amended to read: 
Page l-LR2084(2) 
COMM/rrEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT .. A 
.. to H.P. 975, L.D. 1411 
2. Average payments. 
At a minimum, the organization, with 
advice from the Maine Health Data Processing Center as authorized 
in Title 10, 
section 681, 
shall develop 
and produce 
annual 
reports on ~Fiee&-eaaF~ea average private-payer payments for Ese 
ls--mo-&t.--e9HUR9B services provided by health care facilities and 
health care practitioners, 
excluding emergency services. 
For 
health care facilities, the reports must include, but are not 
limited to, the average ~Fiee-eaaF~ea private-payer payments per 
service per facility and total number of services per facility.' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment changes the title and replaces the bill. 
It 
directs the Maine Health Data Organization to develop and produce 
annual reports on average private-payer payments in health care 
facilities and to health care practitioners. 
It directs the 
Maine Health Data Organization to adopt routine technical rules 
to 
establish criteria 
for 
services 
and 
procedures 
and 
to 
standardize 
the 
manner 
of 
listing prices 
by 
hospitals 
and 
ambulatory 
surgical 
centers 
pursuant 
to 
the 
Maine 
Revised 
Statutes, Title 22, section 1718. 
FISCAL :\OTE REQURED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Revised: 06/06/05 ~ae. 
LD 1411 
LR2084(02) 
An Act To Require Standardized Reporting of the Prices for Certain Health Care Services and To 
Repeal the Confidentiality of Sentinel Events 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment 'A" 
Committee: Health and Human Services 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - Other Special Revenue Funds 
Any additional costs to the Maine Health Data Organization in implementing this bill can be absorbed by the 
organization utilizing existing budgetary resources. 
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