Language Review for Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services Committee Bills and Amendments
- LD 594, An Act To Promote Individual Savings Accounts through a Public-Private Partnership
- LD 1611, An Act To Support Universal Health Care (majority report)
- LD 1767, An Act To Increase the Efficiency of Certain Consumer Credit Protection Laws
- LD 30, An Act To Improve Health Care Data Analysis
- LD 1994, An Act To Promote Efficiency in Regulation of Consumer Credit Statutes
- LD 1995, An Act To Enact the Maine Insurance Data Security Act
- LD 1996, An Act Concerning the Reporting of Health Care Information to the Emergency Medical Services’ Board
- LD 2026, An Act To Revise Certain Financial Regulatory Provisions of the Maine Insurance Code
- LD 2106, An Act Regarding Prior Authorizations for Prescription Drugs
- LD 2143, An Act Regarding Travel Insurance in the Maine Insurance Code
- LD 2146 An Act To Implement the Recommendations of the Board of Dental Practice Related to the Definitions of “Supervision” and “Teledentistry””
- LD 519, An Act to An Act To Expand Adult Dental Health Insurance Coverage
- LD 1650, An Act To Strengthen Consumer Protections in Health Care
- LD 2027, An Act To Clarify Insurance Requirements under the Peer-to-peer Car Sharing Insurance Act
- LD 1434, An Act To Allow Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists To Bill for Their Services
- LD 1613, An Act Regarding Women’s Health and Economic Security
- LD 2133, An Act To Implement Recommendations for Review of the Licensing Laws for Certain Licensed Health Professionals Pursuant to the State Government Evaluation Act” (Emergency)
- Proposed Draft Amendment to LD 1764
- Final Proposed Draft Amendment to LD 30
- Proposed Draft Amendment to LD 1660
- Proposed Draft Amendment to LD 1767
- Sen. Vitelli Proposed Final Draft Amendment to LD 594
HCIFS Interim Meetings
- Monday, December 16, 2019 from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
Room 220, Cross State Office Building
- Meeting Agenda
- 2nd Session Tasks — 129th Revised
- Assessing the Costs and Impacts of a State-Level
- Maine AllCare Report – Final for Release
- Maine Christen Linke Young_Updated
- Manatt Health State Option Presentation to Maine Legislative Committee 12/16/19
- Sommers Maine Senate Committee Nov 2019 FINAL
- GA Overview Presentation December 2019 FINAL
- Tuesday, November 19, 2019 from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Room 220, Cross State Office Building
- Meeting Agenda
- Chapin White Prices Paid to Hospitals by Private Health Plans Presentation 11/19/2019
- Marilyn Bartlett Benchmarking Hospital Pricing Presentation 11/19/2019
- Michelle Robert Value-Based Purchasing Discussion Presentation 11/19/2019
- Jennifer Tolbert State Strategies for Improving Affordability of Marketplace Coverage Presentation 11/19/2019
- Monday, October 21, 2019 at 10:00 a.m.
Room 220 of the Cross Office Building (HCIFS Committee Room)
- Meeting Agenda
- BIO Follow-up on Group Size
- Health Expenditures in Maine 2014 Data
- Proposed State Individual Mandates
- Residency for Health Insurance Purposes
- Small Group 2020 Plans
- State Individual Mandates
- Testimony of Robert H. Shriver, III
- Maine Employer-sponsored Health Insurance Trends
- Maine Uninsured Rates
- USM Health Policy Analysis & Research Capacity 10/21/2019
- Health Care Financing and Cost Shifts presentation
- Additional Resources
- “Blueprint for Approval of State-Based Health Insurance Exchanges”, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- “Blueprint for Approval of State-Based Health Insurance Exchanges, FAQs”, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- “Using Public Cost Information During Low Back Pain Visits, A Qualitative Study”, Annals of Internal Medicine
- Information requested at the October 21st meeting.
- Follow Up to DHHS Update
- Information to help understand the underinsured from the Commonwealth Fund (February 2019 Issue Brief)
- Information on how often eligibility for MaineCare is reviewed: Every MaineCare member gets a yearly financial review. Some members get a yearly medical review. When you get a review form from an eligibility specialist, make sure to return it on time. If you do not, you could lose MaineCare coverage. Between reviews, tell your eligibility specialist if you have changes that may affect your MaineCare eligibility. Please report these changes within 10 days. These include a change in: Address; Income; Assets; Health insurance, including Medicare; Household members, including dependents; and Marital status. Source: MaineCare Member Handbook
- Follow Up to Muskie School Presentation
- Statutory authorization related to cooperative agreements with higher education institutions in Maine, including the University of Maine System (Title 5 Section 1825-B)
- Statutory authority for the Maine Economic Improvement Fund (Title 10 c. 107-C). Annual funding is provided to the UMS System through the biennial budget
- Journal article published in Annals of Internal Medicine based on research and data from MHDO all-payer claims database (see attached)
- Follow Up Related to State-based Health Insurance Marketplaces
- Laws enacted in New Jersey (NJ c. 141) and Pennsylvania (P.L. 294, No. 42) to enable state-based health insurance marketplace in those states
- Federal Guidance on State-based Health Insurance Marketplaces: Frequently Asked Questions and Blueprint for Approval of State-based Health Insurance Marketplaces (see attached)
- Tuesday, September 24, 2019 at 1:00 pm
Room 220 of the Cross State Office Building (HCIFS Committee Room)- Committee Materials
- Government Evaluation Reports
- Maine Board of Licensure in Medicine
- Maine State Board of Nursing
- Maine State Board of Dental Practice
- Maine Board of Osteopathic Licensure
- Maine Board of Optometry
- Proposed Draft Amendment to LD 1, “‘An Act to Protect Health Care Coverage for Maine Families”
- Orientation Materials