An Act To Create Transparency with Regard to Large Employers in the State with Workforce Members Who Receive Public Benefits
Maine Legislature, Session 127, LD 1324
Committee: Health and Human Services
Sponsors: McCABE, GOODE, HARLOW, MELARAGNO, RUSSELL, STUCKEY, GERZOFSKY
Amends: 22 MRSA §3195

Legislative Document 
No. 1324 
H.P. 902 
House of Representatives, April 14, 2015 
An Act To Create Transparency with Regard to Large Employers in 
the State with Workforce Members Who Receive Public Benefits 
Reference to the Committee on Health and Human Services suggested and ordered printed. 
ROBERT B. HUNT 
Clerk 
Presented by Representative McCABE of Skowhegan. 
Cosponsored by Representatives: GOODE of Bangor, HARLOW of Portland, MELARAGNO 
of Auburn, RUSSELL of Portland, STUCKEY of Portland, Senator: GERZOFSKY of 
Cumberland. 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1.  22 MRSA §3195 is enacted to read: 
§3195.  Employer disclosure regarding MaineCare beneficiaries 
1.  Definitions.  As used in this section, unless the context otherwise indicates, the 
following terms have the following meanings. 
A.  "MaineCare beneficiary" means a person who receives MaineCare benefits under 
this chapter or Titles XIX or XXI of the federal Social Security Act, as amended. 
2.  Report.  The department shall prepare a report that includes the following 
information for each employer in the State that has 50 or more employees who are either 
MaineCare beneficiaries or who are the spouses or custodial parents of MaineCare 
beneficiaries.  For each such employer, the report must include: 
A.  The name of the employer and the total number of employees in the State; 
B.  The number of employees who are MaineCare beneficiaries and, of that number, 
the number who are full-time employees and the number who are part-time 
employees; 
C.  The number of employees who are spouses of MaineCare beneficiaries and, of 
that number, the number who are full-time employees and the number who are part-
time employees; 
D.  The number of employees who are custodial parents of MaineCare beneficiaries 
and, of that number, the number who are full-time employees and the number who 
are part-time employees; 
E.  Information on whether the employer offers health insurance benefits to full-time 
employees, part-time employees, employees' spouses or employees' dependents; 
F.  Information on whether employees receive health insurance benefits through the 
employer when MaineCare pays some or all of the premiums for such health 
insurance benefits; and 
G.  The cost to the State of providing MaineCare benefits for the employer's 
employees and enrolled dependents listed as total cost and per capita cost. 
In preparing the report, the department shall make industry-wide comparisons by sorting 
employers into industry categories based on available information. 
3.  Information acquisition.  To aid in the preparation of the report required 
pursuant to subsection 2, the department shall implement policies and procedures to 
acquire information required by the report, including, but not limited to: 
A.  Information required at the time of the MaineCare application or verification 
process; 
B.  Information that is accumulated from a vendor contracting with the State to 
identify available insurance; and 
C.  Information that is voluntarily submitted by state employers. 
4.  Employees with multiple employers.  If the department determines that a 
MaineCare beneficiary is employed by more than one employer, the department shall 
count the beneficiary as a portion of one person for each employer for purposes of the 
report required pursuant to subsection 2. 
5.  Issuance quarterly.  The department shall submit the report required pursuant to 
subsection 2 to the Governor and the joint standing committee of the Legislature having 
jurisdiction over health and human services matters 120 days after the end of each 
calendar quarter, starting with the first calendar quarter of 2016. The report must be made 
available on the department's publicly accessible website. 
SUMMARY 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to submit a quarterly 
report to the Governor and the Legislature that includes the information for each 
employer in the State that has 50 or more employees who are either MaineCare 
beneficiaries or who are the spouses or custodial parents of MaineCare beneficiaries.  For 
each such employer, the report must include information on the numbers of employees 
who are MaineCare beneficiaries, spouses of MaineCare beneficiaries, custodial parents 
of MaineCare beneficiaries, full-time employees and part-time employees. The report 
must also include information on whether the employer offers health insurance benefits to 
full-time employees, part-time employees, employees' spouses or employees' dependents, 
and the cost to the State of providing MaineCare benefits for the employer's employees 
and enrolled dependents listed as total cost and per capita cost.