HP0166
LD 205
Session - 126th Maine Legislature
C "A", Filing Number H-26, Sponsored by
LR 1350
Item 2
Bill Tracking, Additional Documents Chamber Status

Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the summary and inserting the following:

Sec. 1. 9 MRSA §5003, sub-§4-C  is enacted to read:

4-C Free clinic.   "Free clinic" means an incorporated nonprofit health facility that provides health care to persons at no charge.

Sec. 2. 9 MRSA §5006, sub-§1, ¶E,  as amended by PL 1989, c. 700, Pt. A, §35, is further amended to read:

E. Educational institutions, the curriculums of which in whole or in part are registered or approved by the Department of Education, either directly or by acceptance of accreditation by an accrediting body recognized by the Department of Education, and organizations operated by the student bodies of such institutions; and

Sec. 3. 9 MRSA §5006, sub-§1, ¶F,  as amended by PL 1999, c. 386, Pt. A, §15, is further amended to read:

F. Hospitals that are nonprofit and charitable . ; and

Sec. 4. 9 MRSA §5006, sub-§1, ¶G  is enacted to read:

G Free clinics.

SUMMARY

This amendment exempts free clinics from licensing requirements under the Charitable Solicitations Act and adds a definition. Like other exempt charitable organizations, free clinics will be required to annually apply for the exemption pursuant to the process in current law.

FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED
(See attached)


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