Health and Human Services

ME - Senator Ned Claxton (U)

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Chair

ME - Senator Marianne Moore (U)

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Member

ME - Representative Michele Meyer (D)

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Chair

ME - Representative Margaret Craven (D)

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Member

ME - Representative Abigail W. Griffin (R)

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Member

ME - Representative Kathy Irene Javner (R)

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Member

ME - Representative Michael H. Lemelin (R)

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Member

ME - Representative Colleen M. Madigan (D)

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Member

ME - Representative Anne C. Perry (D)

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Member

ME - Representative Holly B. Stover (D)

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Member

ME - Representative Samuel Lewis Zager (D)

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Member

ME - LD17 Resolve, To Provide Rural Nonmedical Transportation Services to the Elderly and Adults with Disabilities Receiving Home and Community Benefits under the MaineCare Program

ME - LD24 An Act Regarding Certificates of Birth, Marriage and Death

ME - LD38 An Act To Clarify the Timing of an Appeal of a Finding Regarding Involuntary Mental Health Treatment at a Designated Nonstate Mental Health Institution

ME - LD47 An Act To Fund the State's Free Health Clinics

ME - LD48 Resolve, To Require the Department of Health and Human Services To Request a Waiver Relating to Support Services and To Provide Funds To Prevent Homelessness

ME - LD62 An Act To Promote Cost-effectiveness in the MaineCare Program and Improve the Oral Health of Maine Adults and Children

ME - LD72 An Act To Improve Dental Health for Maine Children and Adults with Low Incomes

ME - LD74 Resolve, To Ensure Appropriate Personal Needs Allowances for Persons Residing in Long-term Care Facilities

ME - LD78 An Act To Protect Children from Extreme Poverty by Preserving Children's Access to Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Benefits

ME - LD81 An Act To Ensure the Safety of Children Experiencing Homelessness by Extending Shelter Placement Periods

ME - LD85 An Act Concerning MaineCare Coverage for Donor Breast Milk

ME - LD93 An Act To Improve Maine's Quality Rating System for Child Care Services

ME - LD98 An Act To Clarify Maine's Statutes Related to the Licensing of Child Care Providers

ME - LD118 An Act To Address Maine's Shortage of Behavioral Health Services for Minors

ME - LD121 An Act To Require a Background Check for High-risk Health Care Providers under the MaineCare Program

ME - LD129 Resolve, To Protect Consumers of Public Drinking Water by Establishing Maximum Contaminant Levels for Certain Substances and Contaminants

ME - LD164 An Act To Establish Maximum Contaminant Levels under the State's Drinking Water Rules for Certain Perflouroalkyl and Polyflouroalkyl Substances

ME - LD166 An Act To Allow Participants in the Qualified Medicare Beneficiary Program To Qualify for MaineCare Transportation Services

ME - LD196 Resolve, To Ensure Access to Community Mental Health Services

ME - LD197 Resolve, To Ensure That Community Mental Health Service Providers Can Access Pandemic Stimulus Funds

ME - LD250 An Act To Assist Nursing Homes in the Management of Facility Beds

ME - LD265 An Act To Provide Women Access to Affordable Postpartum Care

ME - LD269 An Act To Prohibit Smoking in Bus Shelters

ME - LD283 Resolve, To Address Inequities for Certain Direct Care Workers

ME - LD287 An Act To Require Electronic Benefits Transfer Cards To Be Printed with the Beneficiary's Photograph

ME - LD297 An Act To Define the Term "Behavioral Health"

ME - LD302 An Act To Eliminate the Working Cars for Working Families Program

ME - LD330 An Act To Prevent Accidental Overdoses by Establishing a Protocol for Prescription Drug Recovery

ME - LD335 An Act To Clarify Requirements for Criminal History Record Checks Pursuant to the Federal Family First Prevention Services Act

ME - LD343 An Act To Set Aside Funds from Federal Block Grants for Certain Communities

ME - LD357 An Act To Repeal the Working Cars for Working Families Program

ME - LD360 Resolve, To Reduce Barriers to Recovery from Addiction by Expanding Eligibility for Targeted Case Management Services

ME - LD372 An Act To Provide Maine Children Access to Affordable Health Care

ME - LD376 Resolve, To Increase Certain Chiropractic Reimbursement Rates under the MaineCare Program

ME - LD396 An Act To Require the Department of Health and Human Services To Provide Assistance with Applications for Basic Necessities To Prevent Children Being Removed from Parental Custody

ME - LD423 An Act To Improve Access to Bariatric Care in Nursing Homes

ME - LD432 Resolve, To Improve Behavioral Health Care for Children

ME - LD450 An Act To Promote the Education of Patients by Primary Care and Urgent Care Physicians Regarding the Bone Marrow Transplant List

ME - LD461 An Act To Allow the Reduction of a MaineCare Lien

ME - LD475 Resolve, To Create the Frequent Users System Engagement Collaborative

ME - LD485 An Act To Continue Funding for Home-delivered Meals for Homebound Seniors and To Address Growing Demand

ME - LD488 Resolve, To Expand Recovery Community Organizations throughout Maine

ME - LD496 An Act To Clear Waiting Lists for and Ensure Timely Access to Mental Health Services for Maine Children

ME - LD497 An Act To Strengthen Supports for Families and Children through a Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention and Early Intervention Program

ME - LD499 An Act To Eliminate the Waiting Lists for Older and Disabled Residents Who Are Eligible To Receive Home-based Care

ME - LD503 Resolve, To Help Children in Therapeutic Foster Care Move toward Adoption

ME - LD510 Resolve, To Reduce Stigma Regarding Substance Use Disorder by Requiring the Use of Respectful Language in the MaineCare Benefits Manual and Other Department of Health and Human Services Publications

ME - LD512 An Act To Provide Intensive Case Managers to Counties That Do Not Have County Jails or Regional Jails

ME - LD529 An Act To Restore the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention Cystic Fibrosis Assistance Program

ME - LD533 An Act To Expand the Statewide Voluntary Early Childhood Consultation Program

ME - LD559 An Act To Improve the Rights and Basic Protections of Persons with Acquired Brain Injuries

ME - LD577 Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Chapter 6: Crisis Prevention and Intervention Services, a Major Substantive Rule of the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Aging and Disability Services

ME - LD578 Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Portions of Chapter 113: Regulations Governing the Licensing and Functioning of Assisted Housing Programs: Infection Prevention and Control, a Major Substantive Rule of the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Licensing and Certification

ME - LD582 An Act To Support the Fidelity and Sustainability of Assertive Community Treatment

ME - LD590 An Act To Require MaineCare Coverage for Ostomy Equipment

ME - LD592 An Act To Ensure Access to Outpatient Mental Health Services by Increasing Reimbursement for Outpatient Therapists

ME - LD595 Resolve, To Ensure That Access to Oral and Facial Ambulatory Surgical Centers in Maine Remains Viable

ME - LD632 An Act To Facilitate the Conversion of Children's Private Nonmedical Institutions to Qualified Residential Treatment Programs as Required by Federal Law

ME - LD637 Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Portions of Chapter 21: Rules for the Provision of Room and Board Payments for Residential Programs Serving Children, a Major Substantive Rule of the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Child and Family Services

ME - LD652 An Act To Include an Emergency Reimbursement Rate Review Process in Rate Setting by the Department of Health and Human Services

ME - LD674 An Act To Support Early Intervention and Treatment of Psychotic Disorders

ME - LD684 Resolve, To Amend MaineCare Reimbursement Provisions Governing Supplemental Payments to Nursing Facilities with High MaineCare Use

ME - LD698 An Act To Provide Stable Funding and Support for Child Care Providers

ME - LD699 An Act To Create a Kinship Care Navigator Program within the Department of Health and Human Services

ME - LD716 An Act To Enhance and Improve the Maine Developmental Services Oversight and Advisory Board and To Establish the Aging and Disability Mortality Review Panel

ME - LD718 An Act To Improve the Health of Maine Residents by Closing Coverage Gaps in the MaineCare Program and the Children's Health Insurance Program

ME - LD727 Resolve, To Ensure the Health and Wellness of Older Residents of the State

ME - LD792 An Act To Make Technical Changes to the Eligibility Provisions of the Higher Opportunity for Pathways to Employment Program

ME - LD799 An Act To Amend the Procedures for Veterinarians in the Controlled Substances Prescription Monitoring Program

ME - LD739 An Act Regarding Credible Allegations of Fraud by MaineCare Providers

ME - LD760 An Act To Clarify the Disclosure of Records under the Child and Family Services and Child Protection Act

ME - LD762 An Act To Clarify the Response to Truancy under the Child and Family Services and Child Protection Act

ME - LD783 An Act Regarding the Membership of the Sexual Assault Forensic Examiner Advisory Board

ME - LD784 An Act To Amend the Law Governing Approval Authority over and Oversight of Certified Nursing Assistant Educational Programs

ME - LD789 An Act To Expand Administration of Lifesaving Opioid Medication

ME - LD837 An Act To Ensure That Definitions in the Child and Family Services and Child Protection Act Comply with State and Federal Law

ME - LD843 An Act To Create a Pathway to Housing Stability for Homeless Young People and Those at Risk of Entering and Those Exiting Corrections Systems

ME - LD854 An Act To Ensure Continued School-based Services for Children with Disabilities

ME - LD878 Resolve, To Increase MaineCare Reimbursement Rates for Services Provided by Direct Care Workers

ME - LD888 An Act To Ensure Ongoing Services for Victims of Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence

ME - LD910 An Act To Amend the General Assistance Laws Governing Reimbursement

ME - LD934 An Act To Create a Family and Juvenile Mediation Program within the Department of Health and Human Services

ME - LD962 An Act To Appropriate Funds To Eliminate Waiting Lists for Home and Community-based Services for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities, Autism, Brain Injury and Other Related Conditions

ME - LD964 An Act To Expand Access to Certified Substance Use Disorder Recovery Residence Services

ME - LD968 Resolve, To Expand Mental Health Crisis Intervention Mobile Response Services

ME - LD972 An Act To Establish the Rare Disease Advisory Council

ME - LD979 An Act To Expand Maine's School-based Health Centers

ME - LD996 An Act To Improve Dental Health Access for Maine Children and Adults with Low Incomes

ME - LD1001 An Act To Ensure Parents' Access to Their Minor and Adult Children with Special Needs

ME - LD1009 Resolve, To Create a Health Care Ombudsman Position To Serve in Maine's County Jails

ME - LD1064 An Act To Advance Palliative Care Utilization in the State

ME - LD1069 An Act To Provide Program Solvency, Clarity, Consistency and Flexibility in Routine Public Health Licensing Activities

ME - LD1074 An Act To Permit the Conduct of Open Air Cremation at Designated Scattering Sites

ME - LD1076 An Act To Support the Operations of Youth Shelters in Maine

ME - LD1077 Resolve, To Promote Equity in COVID-19 Immunizations

ME - LD1080 Resolve, Directing the Department of Health and Human Services To Update the Rights of Recipients of Mental Health Services

ME - LD1090 Resolve, To Equitably Fund Legal Fees for Progressive Treatment Programs

ME - LD1091 An Act To Improve the Long-term Outcomes for Youth Transitioning from State Care by Raising the Upper Age Limit for Voluntary Support Eligibility

ME - LD1112 Resolve, To Classify Employee Health Insurance as a Fixed Cost for MaineCare Reimbursement in Nursing Homes

ME - LD1113 Resolve, To Direct the Permanent Commission on the Status of Racial, Indigenous and Maine Tribal Populations To Study and Propose Solutions to Disparities in Access to Prenatal Care in the State

ME - LD1135 An Act Regarding Substance Use Disorder Treatment Services and Increasing Reimbursement Rates for Those Services

ME - LD1139 An Act To Authorize and Regulate Visitation of Essential Caregivers at Long-term Care Facilities

ME - LD1147 Resolve, To Enhance Access to Medication Management for Individuals with Serious and Persistent Mental Illness

ME - LD1148 Resolve, To Increase Broadband Access in Private Nonmedical Institutions

ME - LD1157 An Act To Ensure MaineCare Reimbursement Rates for Home and Community-based Services for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities or Autism Are Adjusted in Accordance with Increases in State and Municipal Minimum Wage

ME - LD1173 Resolve, To Develop a Plan To Treat in Maine Those Children with Behavioral Health Needs Currently Treated Outside the State

ME - LD1177 An Act To Increase Access to Intranasal Naloxone Hydrochloride for Syringe Services Programs

ME - LD1197 Resolve, To Require Continued MaineCare Reimbursement to Nursing Facilities for Bed Hold Days during Hospitalizations and Therapeutic Leaves of Absence

ME - LD1204 An Act To Address the Shortage of Direct Care Workers for Children with Disabilities in Maine

ME - LD1234 An Act To Allow Lemonade Stands and Other Food and Nonalcoholic Beverage Sales by Minors

ME - LD1241 An Act To Establish More Transparency, Due Process, Education and Understanding between the Department of Health and Human Services and Certain Maine Businesses

ME - LD1252 An Act To Improve Family Day Care Providers by Increasing the Number of Children Allowed To Be Cared For without Obtaining Certification

ME - LD1262 Resolve, Directing the Department of Health and Human Services To Develop a Comprehensive Statewide Strategic Plan To Serve Maine People with Behavioral Health Needs throughout Their Lifespans

ME - LD1263 An Act To Create a Separate Department of Child and Family Services

ME - LD1267 Resolve, To Provide Medicaid Rate Increases for Professionals Working with Individuals with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities

ME - LD1282 An Act To Prevent Underage Tobacco and Nicotine Access and Use

ME - LD1301 An Act To Support Transitional Housing for Persons Experiencing Abuse, Dangerous Living Conditions, Economic Insecurity Due to Divorce or Separation, Chronic Homelessness, Substance Use Disorder or Mental Disorders

ME - LD1302 Resolve, To Change the Educational Requirements of Certain Behavioral Health Professionals

ME - LD1305 An Act To Streamline Requests for Housing Assistance

ME - LD1324 Resolve, Directing the Department of Health and Human Services To Conduct an Assessment of Human Trafficking in the State

ME - LD1325 An Act To Provide Relief from Audit Requirements for Certain Health Care Facilities during a State of Emergency

ME - LD1333 An Act Concerning the Dispensation of Naloxone Hydrochloride by Emergency Medical Services Providers

ME - LD1344 An Act To Clarify the Authority of the Department of Health and Human Services during a Public Health Emergency

ME - LD1360 An Act To Provide Services to Maine's Most Vulnerable Citizens by Eliminating the Waiting Lists for Certain MaineCare Services

ME - LD1385 An Act To Provide for Timely Placement with Respect to Violent Patients in Hospital Emergency Rooms

ME - LD1386 Resolve, To Improve Access to Bariatric Care

ME - LD1388 An Act To Require Testing of Public Drinking Water Supplies for Toxic Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances and To Establish Maximum Contaminant Levels

ME - LD1392 An Act Directing the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention To Release Annually Public Health Data Regarding Certain Fatalities and Hospitalizations

ME - LD1424 Resolve, To Change the Educational Requirements of Behavioral Health Professionals Providing Services for Children

ME - LD1427 An Act To Encourage Family Care of Aging Adults

ME - LD1428 An Act To Increase the Availability of Nasal Naloxone in Community Settings

ME - LD1437 An Act To Reduce Poisoning from Radon, Arsenic and Other Air or Water Pollutants by Expanding Education, Testing and Mitigation Regarding Those Pollutants

ME - LD1460 An Act To Revise the Department of Health and Human Services Rehabilitation and Reunification Process

ME - LD1469 Resolve, To Give Direct Service Providers Hazard Pay and To Pay Additional COVID-19 Pandemic Costs

ME - LD1470 Resolve, Regarding Reimbursement for Providing Inpatient Care to Individuals with Acute Mental Health Care Needs

ME - LD1477 Resolve, Directing the Department of Health and Human Services To Collaborate with the Long-term Care Ombudsman Program To Convene a Stakeholder Group To Make Recommendations for In-home Rehabilitation Services

ME - LD1487 Resolve, Directing the Department of Health and Human Services To Seek a Waiver for Additional Medication-assisted Treatment for Certain Persons with Substance Use Disorder up to 30 Days Prior to Their Release from Incarceration

ME - LD1490 An Act To Improve Home and Community-based Services for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities, Autism, Brain Injury and Other Related Conditions