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 .

Chapter	Title
Chapter 10	Determination of Assessments
Chapter 50	Prices For Data Sets, Fees for Programming and Report Generation, Duplication Rates
Chapter 100	Enforcement Procedures Recently Provisionally Adopted 12/1/22
Chapter 120	Release of Data to the Public - Recently Adopted
Chapter 125	Health Care Information That Directly Identifies an Individual
Chapter 241	Uniform Reporting System for Hospital Inpatient Data Sets and Hospital Outpatient Data Sets - Recently Adopted
Chapter 243	Uniform Reporting System for Health Care Claims Data Sets - Recently Adopted
Chapter 247	Uniform Reporting System for Non-Claims Based Payments and Other Supplemental Health Care Data Sets - Recently Adopted
Chapter 270	Uniform Reporting System for Health Care Quality Data Sets - Replaces previous rule in its entirety 6/22/19 (see Recently Adopted section below for more information).
Chapter 300	Uniform Reporting System for Hospital Financial Data
Chapter 570	Uniform Reporting System for Prescription Drug Price Data Sets - Recently Provisionally Adopted 12/1/22
Chapter 630	Uniform System for Reporting Baseline Information and Restructuring Occurrences For Maine Hospitals and Parent Entities
Chapter 730	Interagency Reporting of Cancer-Incidence Registry and Vital Statistics Data - Recently Adopted

Recently Proposed Rules

Rule Chapter 100: Enforcement Procedures
This rule was Provisionally Adopted 12/1/22. It will not be final until the legislature reviews and approves this rule for final adoption.

• Proposed Rule Chapter 100
• Basis Statement & Summary of Changes for Proposed Rule Chapter 100

Rule Chapter 570 - Uniform Reporting System for Prescription Drug Price Data Sets
This rule was Provisionally Adopted 12/1/22. It will not be final until the legislature reviews and approves this rule for final adoption.

• Proposed Rule Chapter 570
• Basis Statement & Summary of Changes for Proposed Rule Chapter 570

Recently Adopted Rules

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

Rule Chapter 247 - Uniform Reporting System for Non-Claims Based Payments and Other Supplemental Health Care Data Sets was adopted and is effective as of December 20, 2022.
Listed below, for your reference are the proposed rule and the basis statement.

• Proposed Rule Chapter 247
• Basis Statement & Summary of Changes for Proposed Rule Chapter 247

Rule Chapter 120: Release of Data to the Public was adopted and is effective as of May 28, 2022.
Listed below, for your reference are the proposed rule and the basis statement.

• Provisionally Adopted Rule Chapter 120
• Basis Statement, Comments and Responses

Rule Chapter 730 - Interagency Reporting of Cancer-Incidence Registry and Vital Statistics Data was adopted and is effective as of December 14, 2021.
Listed below, for your reference are the proposed rule and the basis statement.

• Proposed Rule Chapter 730
• Basis Statement for Proposed Rule Chapter 730

Rule Chapter 241: Uniform Reporting System for Hospital Inpatient Data Sets and Hospital Outpatient Data Sets is effective 11/15/21.
Listed below, for your reference are the proposed rule changes, summary of changes, public comments and agency responses, and the previous rule.

• Proposed Rule Chapter 241
• Final Basis Statement/Summary of Changes for Proposed Rule Chapter 241
• Previously Effective Chapter 241 for reference

Rule Chapter 243 - Uniform Reporting System for Health Care Claims Data Sets is effective 11/15/21.
Listed below, for your reference are the proposed rule changes, summary of changes, public comments and agency responses, and the previous rule.

• Proposed Rule Chapter 243
• Final Basis Statement/Summary of Changes for Proposed Rule Chapter 243
• Previously Effective Chapter 243 for reference

Rule Chapter 570 - Uniform Reporting System for Prescription Drug Price Data Sets is effective 12/10/21
Listed below, for your reference are the proposed rule, public comments and agency responses.

• Provisionally Adopted Proposed Rule Chapter 570
• Chapter 570 Final Basis Statement and Comments and Responses

Rule Chapter 100 - Enforcement Procedures is effective July 3, 2020.
Listed below, for your reference are the proposed rule changes and summary of changes.

• Proposed Rule Chapter 100
• Basis Statement Comment and Response Document

Rule Chapter 300 - Uniform Reporting System for Hospital Financial Data is effective 3/16/20.

Listed below, for your reference are the proposed rule changes and summary of changes.

• Proposed Rule Chapter 300 - Uniform Reporting System for Hospital Financial Data
• Rule Chapter 300 Basis Statement, Comments & Responses

Rule Chapter 10 - Determination of Assessments is effective February 4, 2020

Listed below, for your reference are the proposed rule changes and summary of changes.

• Proposed Rule Chapter 10 - Determination of Assessments
• Chapter 10 Summary of Changes

Chapter 270 - Uniform Reporting System for Health Care Quality Data Sets was amended.
Below are the effective dates for the different sections.

• June 22, 2019 – Sections 1-2(A) (HAI 1-5), 2(C)-2(D), 2(F)-9
• January 1, 2020 – Sections 2(A) (HAI 6), 2(B)
• July 1, 2020 – Section 2(E)

Listed below, for your reference are the proposed rule changes, summary of changes and the previous rule.

• Proposed Changes to Chapter 270*- Uniform Reporting System for Health Care Quality Data Sets
• Public Comments - No public comments were received at the public hearing or by the comment period deadline 9/17/18 at 5:00 pm.
• Chapter 270 Summary of Changes
• Previous Rule Chapter 270 which was effective 6/1/16

*Note that it is the responsibility of the data submitter to review adopted rules in their entirety.