An Act To Provide Transparency Concerning Operating Expenses for Hospitals
Maine Legislature, Session 124, LD 0724
Committee Amendment CA_A_S149 (Senate)
Committee: Health and Human Services the findings and recommendations of the working

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A " to S.P. 273, L.D. 724, Bill, "An Act To 
Provide Transparency Concerning Operating Expenses for Hospitals" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'Resolve, To Create a Working Group To Provide Transparency Concerning 
Operating Expenses for Hospitals' 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the title and before the summary and 
inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. 
Convene working group. Resolved: 
That the Maine Health Data 
Organization and the Governor's Office of Health Policy and Finance shall convene a 
working group to examine and make recommendations for hospital data reporting that 
will provide transparency concerning operating expenses, including, but not limited to, 
annual operating budgets and other financial information. The working group must 
include representatives of the Maine Hospital Association, the Maine Health Data 
Organization and the Governor's Office of Health Policy and Finance and any other 
stakeholders needed to determine the appropriate data sets, schedules and format of the 
data and reports. The Maine Health Data Organization and the Governor's Office of 
Health Policy and Finance shall provide the Joint Standing Committee on Health and 
Human Services and staff advance notice of the time and place of the meetings; and be it 
further 
Sec. 2. Duties of working group. Resolved: That the working group under 
section I shall review current data being collected and identify additional data needed to 
provide transparency concerning operating expenses, including, but not limited to, annual 
operating budgets, income sources, profit-generating facilities, salary ranges by position, 
the value of transactions between hospitals and their affiliates and advel1ising. 
The 
working group shall identify all schedules, forms and methods needed for data collection 
as well as a deadline and a format for reporting the information to the Legislature; and be 
it fUl1her 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 'A " 
to S.P. 273, L.D. 724 
Sec. 3. Report recommendations. Resolved: That, by January 1,2010, the 
Maine Health Data Organization and the Governor's Office of Health Policy and Finance 
shall report to the Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human Services the findings 
and recommendations of the working group under section 1, including any necessary 
implementing legislation; and be it further 
Sec. 4. Legislation. Resolved: That, after receipt and review of the report and 
recommendations submitted pursuant to section 3, the Joint Standing Committee on 
Health and Human Services may submit legislation to the Second Regular Session of the 
124th Legislature.' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment changes the bill to a resolve and changes the title. It directs the 
Maine Health Data Organization and the Governor's Office of Health Policy and Finance 
to convene a working group, including representatives of the Maine Hospital Association, 
the Maine Health Data Organization and the Governor's Office of Health Policy and 
Finance and other stakeholders, to examine and make recommendations for hospital data 
reporting that will provide transparency concerning operating expenses, including, but not 
limited to, annual operating budgets and other financial information. The resolve requires 
the Maine Health Data Organization and the Governor's Office of Health Policy and 
Finance to submit a report to the Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human 
Services by January 1,2010. It authorizes the Joint Standing Committee on Health and 
Human Services to submit legislation to the Second Regular Session of the 124th 
Legislature. 
]FISCAL NOTE T<EQClREP 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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LD724 
LR 1587(02) 
An Act To Provide Transparency Concerning Operating Expenses for Hospitals 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment 'A" 
Committee: Health and Human Services 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - Multiple Funds 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Additional costs to the Maine Health Data Organization and Governor's Office of Health Policy and Finance can be 
absorbed within existing budgeted resources. 
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