An Act To Add a Member to the Advisory Council on Health Systems Development
Maine Legislature, Session 125, LD 0757
Committee: Health and Human Services
Sponsors: BOLAND, PATRICK, BERRY, FOSSEL, GRAHAM, MOULTON, O'CONNOR, PETERSON, STEVENS
Amends: 2 MRSA §104

Legislative Document 
No. 757 
H.P. 564 
House of Representatives, March 1, 2011 
An Act To Add a Member to the Advisory Council on Health 
Systems Development 
Reference to the Committee on Health and Human Services suggested and ordered printed. 
HEATHER J.R. PRIEST 
Clerk 
Presented by Representative BOLAND of Sanford. 
Cosponsored by Senator PATRICK of Oxford and 
Representatives: BERRY of Bowdoinham, FOSSEL of Alna, GRAHAM of North Yarmouth, 
MOULTON of York, O'CONNOR of Berwick, PETERSON of Rumford, STEVENS of 
Bangor. 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1.  2 MRSA §104, sub-§1-A, as amended by PL 2009, c. 179, §1, is further 
amended to read: 
1-A.  Appointment; composition.  The Advisory Council on Health Systems 
Development, established in Title 5, section 12004-I, subsection 31-A and referred to in 
this section as "the council," consists of 20 21 members appointed pursuant to this 
subsection. 
A.  The Governor shall appoint 15 16 members with the approval of the joint 
standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over health and human 
services matters: 
(1)  Two individuals with expertise in health care delivery, one of whom 
represents hospitals; 
(2)  One individual with expertise in long-term care; 
(3)  One individual with expertise in mental health; 
(4)  One individual with expertise in public health care financing; 
(5)  One individual with expertise in private health care financing; 
(6)  One individual with expertise in health care quality; 
(7)  One individual with expertise in public health; 
(8)  Two representatives of consumers; 
(9)  One individual with expertise in the insurance industry; 
(10)  Two individuals with expertise in business, one representing a business or 
businesses with fewer than 50 employees;  
(11)  One representative of the Department of Health and Human Services, 
Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention that works collaboratively with 
other organizations to improve the health of the citizens of this State; and 
(12)  One individual with expertise in health disparities and representing the 
State's racial and ethnic minority communities.; and 
(13)  One individual with expertise in the discipline of food science. 
Prior to making appointments to the council, the Governor shall seek nominations 
from the public, from statewide associations representing hospitals, physicians and 
consumers and from individuals and organizations with expertise in health care 
delivery systems, health care financing, health care quality and public health. 
B.  Five members of the council must be members of the Legislature who serve on 
the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over health and 
human services matters or the joint standing committee of the Legislature having 
jurisdiction over insurance and financial services matters: 
(1)  Two members of the Senate, appointed by the President of the Senate, 
including one member recommended by the Senate Minority Leader; and 
(2)  Three members of the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of 
the House, including one member recommended by the House Minority Leader. 
SUMMARY 
This bill adds an individual with expertise in the discipline of food science to the 
membership of the Advisory Council on Health Systems Development.