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• Introduced by Rep. Christopher R. Barstow (D) on March 8, 2007, this bill authorizes county commissioners to set up regional public health coordinating councils based on county boundaries. County commissioners may appoint members to the councils, or authorize municipal officers to do so, and must include representatives of the counties, municipalities and the local health community. If county commissioners do not choose to set up councils, then a caucus of municipal officers from at least one-third of the municipalities in a region may do so. If neither county commissioners nor municipal officers set up a council, then the Director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention within the Department of Health and Human Services shall do so. The councils are responsible for conducting a health needs assessment of the region, developing a health plan for the region and providing annual reports to the county commissioners. The councils are authorized to seek funding sources through grants and may enter into contracts with the State or health-related organizations.
  • Referred to the Health and Human Services Committee on March 8, 2007.
• Passed in the House by voice vote on March 8, 2007.
• Received in the Senate on March 8, 2007.
• Failed in the Senate by voice vote on May 22, 2007, the senate/or house decided against further actions and the bill is dead.