Resolve, To Promote Chronic Disease Prevention and Care Act To
Maine Legislature, Session 123, LD 0723
Committee Amendment CA_A_H215 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ,,~ " to H.P. 544, L.D. 723, Bill, "An 
Integrate Chronic Disease Prevention and Care into the MaineCare Program" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'Resolve, To Promote Chronic Disease Prevention and Care' 
Act To 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the title and before the summary and 
inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. Care model of chronic disease prevention and care. Resolved: 
That the Department of Health and Human Services and the Advisory Council on Health 
Systems Development shall report to the Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human 
Services by January 31, 2008 on the issues detailed in this resolve. 
To the extent 
possible, the report must identify public and private resources currently devoted to the 
promotion of effective prevention and care for chronic diseases, any resource needs to 
further promote effective prevention and care and strategies to promote the coordination 
of public and private resources. The report may also include any recommendations for 
legislation to further promote effective prevention and care for chronic diseases. The 
issues to be addressed in the report must include the following: 
1. The identification and a description of chronic diseases, including, but not limited 
to, diabetes, cancer, heart and lung disease and depression; 
2. Whether prevention is an effective means to reduce the impact of chronic diseases; 
3. A description of the care model of chronic disease prevention and care, which 
includes regular interactions among patients, their families and their formal caregivers, 
with a focus on maintaining the health of the individual patient with a chronic disease; 
4. A description of a pilot program for effective management of care of high-cost 
MaineCare members and the integration into that pilot program of chronic disease 
prevention and care; and 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMIITEE AMENDMENT " ~" to H.P. 544, L.D. 723 
5. 
The use of the State Health Plan, which is released every 2 years by the 
Governor's office, with guidance from the Advisory Council on Health Systems 
Development, as a primary approach to making Maine the healthiest state in the nation.' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment replaces the bill with a resolve that requires the Department of 
Health and Human Services and the Advisory Council on Health Systems Development 
to report to the Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human Services by January 15, 
2008 on the promotion of chronic disease prevention and care. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 04/06/07 ;tvac.. 
LD723 
LR 169(02) 
An Act To Integrate Chronic Disease Prevention and Care into the MaineCare Program 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment ,A " 
Committee: Health and Human Services 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - General Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
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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