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An Act To Amend the Jurisdiction of Certain Reviews Conducted Pursuant to the State Government Evaluation Act
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 3 MRSA §959, sub-§1, ¶C, as amended by PL 2013, c. 588, Pt. E, §1 and affected by §2 and amended by PL 2015, c. 429, §23, is further amended to read:
 
C. The joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over business, research and economic development matters shall use the following list as a guideline for scheduling reviews:
 
(1) Maine Development Foundation in 2021;
 
(5) Department of Professional and Financial Regulation, in conjunction with the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over insurance and financial services matters, in 2015;
 
(19) Department of Economic and Community Development in 2021;
 
(23) Maine State Housing Authority in 2015;
 
(32) Finance Authority of Maine in 2017; and
 
(36) Board of Dental Practice in 2019;
 
(37) Board of Osteopathic Licensure in 2019;
 
(38) Board of Licensure in Medicine in 2019;
 
(41) State Board of Nursing in 2019;
 
(42) State Board of Optometry in 2019; and
 
(45) State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers in 2019.
Sec. 2.  3 MRSA §959, sub-§1, ¶R  is enacted to read:
 
R.  The joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over professional licensing of health care professions matters shall use the following list as a guideline for scheduling reviews:
 
(1) Board of Dental Practice in 2019;
 
(2) Board of Osteopathic Licensure in 2019;
 
(3) Board of Licensure in Medicine in 2019;
 
(4) State Board of Nursing in 2019; and
 
(5) State Board of Optometry in 2019.
 
SUMMARY
This bill changes the responsibility for reviews pursuant to the State Government Evaluation Act of boards responsible for the licensing of health care professions from the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over business, research and economic development matters to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over professional licensing of health care professions matters.