Statute and Rules

MHDO's governing statute is Title 22, Chapter 1683.

The specifc rule and chapter of the Maine Rule Chapters for Independent Agencies , which MHDO falls under is Rule 90 590.

Chapters of Rule 90 590

Important Note: These are not "official" state rules in the sense that they can be used before a court. Certified copies of rule chapters are available from the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) office .

Current Adopted Rules

Chapter Title
Chapter 10 Determination of Assessments - (routine technical)
Chapter 50 Prices For Data Sets, Fees for Programming and Report Generation, Duplication Rates - (routine technical)
Chapter 100 Enforcement Procedures - (major substantive)
Chapter 120 Release of Data to the Public - (major substantive)
Chapter 125 Health Care Information That Directly Identifies an Individual - (routine technical)
Chapter 241 Uniform Reporting System for Hospital Inpatient Data Sets and Hospital Outpatient Data Sets - (routine technical)
Chapter 243 Uniform Reporting System for Health Care Claims Data Sets - (routine technical)

Revisions to Chapter 243 were adopted by the MHDO Board of Directors in December 2023 and in June 2024. The implementation date for the submitters to include these changes in their data submission to MHDO is January 1, 2025.
Listed below, for your reference are the final version of the rule and the supporting documentation including the proposed rule and the basis statement/summary of changes document.

Changes adopted in June 2024 (which incorporate the changes that were adopted in December 2023).
Changes adopted in December 2023.
Chapter 247 Uniform Reporting System for Non-Claims Based Payments and Other Supplemental Health Care Data Sets - (routine technical)

Revisions to Chapter 247 were adopted by the MHDO Board of Directors in December 2023. The implementation date for the submitters to include these changes in their data submissions to MHDO is January 1, 2025.
Listed below, for your reference are the final version of the rule, and supporting documentation including the proposed rule and the basis statement/summary of changes document.
Chapter 270 Uniform Reporting System for Health Care Quality Data Sets - (major substantive) - Recently Adopted and Effective 5/23/24
Chapter 300 Uniform Reporting System for Hospital Financial Data - (routine technical)
Chapter 570 Uniform Reporting System for Prescription Drug Price Data Sets - (major substantive)
Chapter 630 Uniform System for Reporting Baseline Information and Restructuring Occurrences For Maine Hospitals and Parent Entities - (routine technical)
Chapter 730 Interagency Reporting of Cancer-Incidence Registry and Vital Statistics Data - (routine technical)

Recently Proposed Rules

Chapter 340 - Uniform Reporting System for Reporting 340B Drug Program Data Sets

Recently Adopted Rules

Notice: It is the responsibility of the data submitter to review adopted rules in their entirety.

Rule Chapter 100: Enforcement Procedures
This rule was Finally Adopted and is effective 10/14/23
Listed below, for your reference are the proposed rule and the basis statement and summary of changes document.

Rule Chapter 270 - Uniform Reporting System for Health Care Quality Data Sets (major substantive rule)

This rule was Finally Adopted and is effective 5/23/24.
Listed below, for your reference are the proposed rule and the basis statement and summary of changes document.

Rule Chapter 570 - Uniform Reporting System for Prescription Drug Price Data Sets
This rule was finally adopted and is effective as of 7/8/23.
Listed below, for your reference are the proposed rule, basis statement and summary of changes.