Resolve, Directing the Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability To Perform a Performance Evaluation and Cost-benefit Analysis of the Dirigo Health Program
Maine Legislature, Session 124, LD 1003
Committee: Insurance and Financial Services
Sponsors: LEWIN, NASS, AUSTIN, BEAULIEU, BICKFORD, BROWNE, BURNS, CHASE, CLARK, COTTA, CRAY, CROCKETT, CURTIS, CUSHING, DAVIS, FLOOD, FOSSEL, GIFFORD, HAMPER, HANLEY, HARVELL, JOHNSON, JOY, MILLETT, PINKHAM, PRESCOTT, RICHARDSON, ROBINSON, SARTY, SAVIELLO, STRANO BURGESS, TARDY, THIBODEAU, THOMAS, WEAVER, GOOLEYofFranklin, MILLS, RECTOR, ROSEN, SMITH

l;egislative Document 
No. 1003 
H.P.691 
House of Representatives, March 12; 2009 
Resolve, Directing the Office of Program Evaluation and 
Government Accountability To Perform a Performance Evaluation 
and Cost-benefit Analysis of the Dirigo Health Program 
Reference to the Committee on Insurance and Financial Services suggested and ordered 
printed. 
Presented by Representative LEWIN of Eliot. 
Cosponsored by Senator NASS of York and 
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MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
Representatives: AUSTIN of Gray, BEAULIEU of Auburn, BICKFORD of Auburn, 
BROWNE of Vassalboro, BURNS of Whiting, CEBRA ofNaph:!s, CHASE of Wells, CLARK 
of Easton, COTTA of China, CRAY of Palmyra, CROCKETT of Bethel, CURTIS of Madison, 
CUSHING of Hampden, DAVIS of Sangerville, FLOOD of Winthrop, FOSSEL of Alna, 
GIFFORD of Lincoln, HAMPER of Oxford, HANLEY of Gardiner, HARVELL of 
Farmington, JOHNSON of Greenville, JOY of Crystal, McFADDEN ofDenilysville, 
McKANE of Newcastle, MILLETT of Waterford, NASS of Acton, PINKHAM of Lexington " 
Township, PRESCOTT of Topsham, RICHARDSON of Carmel, RICHARDSON of Warren, 
ROBINSON of Raymond, SARTY of Denmark, SAVIELLO of Wilton, STRANO BURGESS 
of Cumberland, TARDY of Newport, THIBODEAU of Winterport', THOMAS of Ripley, . 
TILTON of Harrington, WEAVER of York, Senators: GOOLEYofFranklin, McC.oRMICI\ 
of Kennebec, MILLS of Somerset, RECTOR of Knox, ROSEN of Hancock, SMITH of 
Piscataquis. 
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Sec. 1. Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability to 
perform a performance evaluation and cost-benefit analysis of Dirigo Health 
Program. 
Resolved: 
That the Office of Program Evaluation and Government 
ACc;c)lJntability shaH Jlerfonn a Jlerfonnance evaluation and cost-benefit analysis of the 
. Dirigo Health Program, referred to in this resolve as "the Jlfogram," including the cost of 
Jlrivatizing the program; and be it further 
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Sec. 2. Scope of evaluation. Resolved: That the scoJle of the evaluation and 
analysis must be from the inceJltion of the Jlrogram to the Jlresent and include: 
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1. A line-item survey of: 
lOA. The original legislative document; 
B. All amendments; 
C.AlI Jlolicies develoJled and imJllemented; and 
D. All rulemaking; 
2. All eXJlenses including: 
A. Office sJlace, including sUJlJllies and furnishings; 
B. All staffmg, including Jlersbnnel on loan from another state agency; 
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C. All salaries and benefits; 
D. All Jlersonnel eXJlenses including travel; . 
E. All incentives; 
F. All Jlroviders of studies and services to the Jlrogram;and 
G. All legal eXJlenses; 
3. An estimate of the cost of Jlrovi~ing coverage to the 2,600 to 2,800 Jlreviously 
uninsured single Jlersons, married couJlles and ~~rried coi.tJlI~s-wlth clllldren; . . 
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4. An estimate of the state funds that would be saved by Jlrivatizing the Jlrogram; 
5. The cost of insurance Jlroviders from outside the State; 
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Whether a Jlolicyholder should be resJlonsible for the policyholder's own 
interaction with a Jlrovider; and 
7. COJlayments; and be it further 
Sec. 3. 
Report. 
Resolved: 
That the Office of Program Evaluation and 
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Government Accountability shall .submit a reJlort that includes its findings and 
recommendations, including suggested legislation, to the Joint Standing Committee on 
Health and Human SerVices no later than December 2, 2009. 
The joint standing 
committee is authorized to subriiit legislation related to this reJlort to the Second Regular 
Session of the 124th Legislature at the time of submission of the reJlort: 
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SUMMARY 
TIlls resolve directs the Office of Program Evaluation and Government 
Accountability to conduct a perfonnance evaluation and cost-benefit analysis of the 
Dirigo Health Program from its inception to the present, including studying all 
legislation, policies, rulemaking, expenses; estimates of the cost of covering the 
. uninsured and of privatizing the program, costs of insurance providers from out of the 
State, interactions of policyholders with providers and copayments. Tills resolve requires 
a report to be subnliUed to the Joint Standing ComnliUee on Health and Human Services 
by December 2,2009.