November 1, 2017

WEEKLY NOTICES OF STATE RULEMAKING
Public Input for Proposed and Adopted Rules

Notices are published each Wednesday to alert the public regarding state agency rulemaking. You may obtain a copy of any rule by notifying the agency contact person. You may also comment on the rule, and/or attend the public hearing. If no hearing is scheduled, you may request one -- the agency may then schedule a hearing, and must do so if 5 or more persons request it. If you are disabled or need special services to attend a hearing, please notify the agency contact person at least 7 days prior to it. Petitions: you can petition an agency to adopt, amend, or repeal any rule; the agency must provide you with petition forms, and must respond to your petition within 60 days. The agency must enter rulemaking if the petition is signed by 150 or more registered voters, and may begin rulemaking if there are fewer. You can also petition the Legislature to review a rule; the Executive Director of the Legislative Council (115 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333, phone (207) 287-1615) will provide you with the necessary petition forms. The appropriate legislative committee will review a rule upon receipt of a petition from 100 or more registered voters, or from "...any person who may be directly, substantially and adversely affected by the application of a rule..." (Title 5 Section 11112). World-Wide Web: Copies of the weekly notices and the full texts of adopted rule chapters may be found on the internet at: http://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/rules. There is also a list of rulemaking liaisons, who are single points of contact for each agency.

PROPOSALS

AGENCY: 01-015 – Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry (DACF), Maine Milk Commission (MMC)
CHAPTER NUMBER AND TITLE: Ch. 3, Schedule of Minimum Prices, Order #12-17
PROPOSED RULE NUMBER: 2017-P155
BRIEF SUMMARY: The principal reason for this rule is the need to respond to Federal Order changes and to certain other conditions affecting prevailing Class I, II and III milk prices in Southern New England in accordance with 7 MRS  §2954
PUBLIC HEARING: November 22, 2017, Wednesday, starting at 4:00 p.m., Room 118, Department of Agriculture, Conservation & Forestry, Marquardt Building, Hospital Street, Augusta, Maine
COMMENT DEADLINE: November 22, 2017
CONTACT PERSON FOR THIS FILING / SMALL BUSINESS IMPACT INFORMATION / MMC RULEMAKING LIAISON: Tim Drake, Maine Milk Commission, 28 State House Station, Augusta ME 04333. Telephone: (207) 287-7521. Email: Tim.Drake@Maine.gov .
FINANCIAL IMPACT ON MUNICIPALITIES OR COUNTIES: None
STATUTORY AUTHORITY FOR THIS RULE: 5 MRS  §8054; 7 MRS  §2954
SUBSTANTIVE STATE OR FEDERAL LAW BEING IMPLEMENTED (if different):
MMC WEBSITE: http://www.maine.gov/dacf/milkcommission/index.shtml .
DACF RULEMAKING LIAISON: Mari.Wells@Maine.gov .

ADOPTIONS

AGENCY: 01-015 – Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry (DACF), Maine Milk Commission (MMC)
CHAPTER NUMBER AND TITLE: Ch. 3, Schedule of Minimum Prices, Order #11-17
ADOPTED RULE NUMBER: 2017-165 (Emergency)
CONCISE SUMMARY: Minimum November 2017 Class I price is $19.66/cwt. plus $1.58/cwt. for Producer Margins, an over-order premium of $1.04/cwt as being prevailing in Southern New England and $1.40/cwt. handling fee for a total of $23.88/cwt. that includes a $0.20/cwt. Federal promotion fee.
Minimum prices can be found at: http://www.maine.gov/dacf/milkcommission/index.shtml .
EFFECTIVE DATE: October 29, 2017
CONTACT PERSON FOR THIS FILING / MMC RULEMAKING LIAISON: Tim Drake, Maine Milk Commission, 28 State House Station, Augusta ME 04333. Telephone: (207) 287-7521. Email: Tim.Drake@Maine.gov .
MMC WEBSITE: http://www.maine.gov/dacf/milkcommission/index.shtml .
DACF RULEMAKING LIAISON: Mari.Wells@Maine.gov .

AGENCY: 90-590 - Maine Health Data Organization (MHDO)
CHAPTER NUMBER AND TITLE: Ch. 241, Uniform Reporting System for Hospital Inpatient Data Sets and Hospital Outpatient Data Sets
ADOPTED RULE NUMBER: 2017-166
CONCISE SUMMARY: These changes contain clarifications, additions and deletions that will improve the content and value of the MHDO hospital encounter data for authorized data users. MHDO is aware of the challenges created for the hospitals when changes are made to the MHDO file layout. Therefore, we have minimized the disruption of the changes in the layout by ensuring that most of the changes occur at the end of a record type. Lastly, several of the changes align with updates to the national standards and the MHDO’s new data submission portal.
Copies of these rules can be reviewed and printed from the MHDO website at http://mhdo.maine.gov/rules.htm or, to receive a paper copy call (207) 287-6722.
This rule is not expected to have any adverse economic impact on small businesses.
EFFECTIVE DATE: October 31, 2017
CONTACT PERSON: Karynlee Harrington, Acting Executive Director, Maine Health Data Organization, 151 Capitol Street - 102 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0102. Telephone: (207) 287-6722. Email: Karynlee.Harrington@Maine.gov .
MHDO WEBSITE: http://mhdo.maine.gov/ .
MRDO RULEMAKING LIAISON: Debra.J.Dodge@Maine.gov .

AGENCY: 18-553 - Department of Administrative and Financial Services (DAFS), Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery Operations (BABLO) / Maine State Liquor and Lottery Commission
CHAPTER NUMBER AND TITLE: Ch. 30, Hot Lotto Rules
ADOPTED RULE NUMBER: 2017-167 (Repeal)
CONCISE SUMMARY: The Hot Lotto draw game is ending on the last drawing on October 28, 2017.
EFFECTIVE DATE: November 6, 2017
AGENCY CONTACT PERSON / BABLO RULEMAKING LIAISON: Timothy R. Poulin, Deputy Director, Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery Operations, 8 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0008. Telephone: (207) 287-6750. Fax: (207) 287-6769. Email: Tim.Poulin@Maine.gov .
BABLO WEBSITE: http://www.maine.gov/dafs/bablo/ .