Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services

ME - Senator Heather Sanborn (U)

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Chair

ME - Representative Denise A. Tepler (D)

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Chair

ME - Representative Poppy Arford (D)

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Member

ME - Representative Mark John Blier (R)

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Member

ME - Representative Heidi E. Brooks (D)

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Member

ME - Representative Richard A. Evans (D)

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Member

ME - Representative Kristi Michele Mathieson (D)

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Member

ME - Representative Gina M. Melaragno (D)

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Member

ME - Representative Joshua Morris (R)

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Member

ME - Representative Tracy L. Quint (R)

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Member

ME - LD1 An Act To Establish the COVID-19 Patient Bill of Rights

ME - LD4 An Act To Amend the Maine Pharmacy Act

ME - LD5 An Act Concerning the Reporting of Health Care Information or Records to the Emergency Medical Services' Board

ME - LD6 An Act To Revise Certain Financial Regulatory Provisions of the Maine Insurance Code

ME - LD25 An Act To Modify the Qualifications for Resident Dentist Licensure

ME - LD26 An Act To Allow a Dentist To Administer Botulinum Toxin and Dermal Fillers

ME - LD31 An Act To Adopt the Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact

ME - LD41 Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Portions of Chapter 570: Uniform Reporting System for Prescription Drug Price Data Sets, a Major Substantive Rule of the Maine Health Data Organization

ME - LD46 An Act To Further Protect Consumers from Surprise Medical Bills

ME - LD51 An Act To Enact the Maine Insurance Data Security Act

ME - LD56 An Act To Prohibit Insurers and Third-party Payors from Adjusting Their Fee Schedules for In-network Providers Unless the Adjustments Apply to All Specialties

ME - LD60 An Act To Clarify the Minimum Amount of Emergency Refills of Insulin

ME - LD76 An Act To Amend the Dental Practice Act To Define "Supervision" and Authorize Teledentistry

ME - LD120 An Act To Lower Health Care Costs through the Establishment of the Office of Affordable Health Care

ME - LD122 An Act To Protect Home Ownership

ME - LD160 An Act To Allow Insurance Producers To Refer to Third Parties for Credit Card and Debit Card Payments

ME - LD167 An Act To Limit Late Medical Billing to 6 Months

ME - LD172 An Act To Improve Prescription Information Access

ME - LD178 An Act To Reduce Waste of Prescription Medications

ME - LD224 An Act To Modify Requirements for Multiple-party Accounts, Limited Purpose Financial Institutions and Mergers

ME - LD254 An Act To Allow Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists To Bill for Their Services

ME - LD274 Resolve, Directing the Maine Health Data Organization To Determine the Best Methods and Definitions To Use in Collecting Data To Better Understand Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Provision of Health Care in Maine

ME - LD295 An Act To Repeal Restrictions That Prohibit Certain Advanced Practice Registered Nurses from Providing Essential Health Care Services

ME - LD299 An Act To Provide Clarity in the Laws Governing the Profession of Counseling

ME - LD300 An Act Regarding Early Closures by Financial Institutions

ME - LD323 An Act Regarding Insurance Coverage for Telehealth Services

ME - LD333 An Act Regarding Telehealth

ME - LD352 An Act To Maintain the Integrity of the Individual and Small Group Health Insurance Markets

ME - LD365 An Act To Protect Consumers from Surprise Medical Bills

ME - LD367 An Act To Require Timely Billing for Health Care Services

ME - LD368 An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Proof of Financial Responsibility with Respect to Motor Vehicles

ME - LD424 An Act To Restore Short-term Health Insurance

ME - LD441 An Act To Expand Adult Dental Health Insurance Coverage

ME - LD443 An Act To Ensure Choices in Health Insurance Markets

ME - LD482 An Act Regarding Pet Insurance

ME - LD504 Resolve, Regarding Certification for Certain Mental Health Rehabilitation Technicians

ME - LD522 An Act To Cap Interest Rates for Consumer Debt

ME - LD523 An Act Regarding Prior Authorizations for Prescription Drugs

ME - LD530 An Act To Consolidate Patient Bills by Directing Health Insurers To Collect Copayments and Deductibles

ME - LD540 An Act To Promote Safety and Protect Consumers Using Peer-to-peer Car Sharing Programs

ME - LD541 An Act To Improve Health Care Data Analysis

ME - LD556 An Act Regarding Copayment and Coinsurance Issues for Chiropractors

ME - LD599 An Act To Require Coverage for Certain Ultrasound Exams

ME - LD600 An Act To Require Insurance Coverage for Certified Midwife Services

ME - LD603 An Act Regarding the Practice of Pharmacy

ME - LD615 An Act To Remove the Advanced Cardiac Life Support Certification Requirement for Dental Therapists

ME - LD617 An Act Concerning Prior Authorizations for Prescription Drugs

ME - LD631 An Act To Provide Funding for Maine's Health Insurance Consumer Assistance Program

ME - LD649 An Act To Expand and Promote Telehealth Services

ME - LD653 An Act To Provide Maine Residents Losing Employer-based Health Coverage with Information about Other Coverage

ME - LD665 An Act To Promote Better Dental Care for Cancer Survivors

ME - LD673 An Act To Create the Insulin Safety Net Program

ME - LD675 An Act To Protect Maine Consumers from Unsupported Price Increases on Prescription Medicines by Creating an Independent Review Process

ME - LD686 An Act To Increase Prescription Drug Pricing Transparency

ME - LD694 An Act Concerning Business Interruption Insurance

ME - LD713 An Act To Allow the Purchase of Health Insurance across State Lines

ME - LD791 An Act Regarding Telehealth Regulations

ME - LD794 An Act To Maintain Maine's System of Therapeutic Foster Care for Children through the Creation of a Nonprofit Risk Indemnification Trust

ME - LD800 An Act To Amend Credit and Debit Card Surcharges Imposed by Governmental Entities

ME - LD738 An Act To Provide High-quality Health Care for All Maine Residents

ME - LD749 An Act To Establish a Council on Health Systems Development

ME - LD750 An Act To Increase Transparency of and Lower Health Care Costs

ME - LD751 An Act To Allow Employers To Shop for Competitive Health Plan Options

ME - LD752 An Act To Increase Patients' Access to Quality Doctors

ME - LD790 An Act Clarifying Patient Consent for Certain Medical Examinations

ME - LD849 An Act To Make Permanent the Telehealth Reimbursement Options Passed by Emergency Measures

ME - LD863 An Act To Have Maine Join the Interstate Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact To Improve Telehealth Options for Psychologists and Their Patients

ME - LD867 An Act To Prohibit Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccinations for 5 Years To Allow for Safety Testing and Investigations into Reproductive Harm

ME - LD922 An Act To Help Cancer Patients with Fertility Preservation

ME - LD927 An Act To Increase the Availability of Health Care Services by Eliminating the Certificate of Need for All Health Care Services

ME - LD931 An Act To Increase Hospital Bed Capacity by Eliminating the Certificate of Need for Outside Hospital Beds

ME - LD932 An Act To Increase Hospital Capacity by Eliminating the Certificate of Need for Hospital Beds

ME - LD935 An Act To Increase the Ability of Health Care Facilities To Respond to Health Needs by Eliminating the Certificate of Need for Health Care Facilities

ME - LD945 An Act Regarding Notice by Health Insurance Carriers of Policy Changes

ME - LD951 An Act To Improve Transparency of Medical Billing

ME - LD984 An Act To Allow Procurement of Surplus Lines Insurance for Commercial Forestry and Construction Equipment

ME - LD998 An Act To Amend the Continuing Education Requirement for Pharmacists

ME - LD1000 An Act To Change Licensure Requirements for Foreign-trained Dentists

ME - LD1003 An Act To Improve Outcomes for Persons with Limb Loss

ME - LD1004 An Act To Ensure Access to Health Care Equipment by Eliminating the Certificate of Need for Major Medical Equipment

ME - LD1007 An Act To Increase Availability of Health Care through Telehealth

ME - LD1011 An Act To Include Excluded Individuals on Insurance Cards

ME - LD1036 An Act To Allow a State Employee To Use a Federal Military Health Insurance Program and Reenroll upon Retirement in the State's Group Health Plan

ME - LD1045 An Act To Support Universal Health Care

ME - LD1063 An Act To Allow a Qualifying Religious Organization To Self-insure for Automobile Insurance

ME - LD1085 An Act Relating to the Use of Genetic Information for Insurance Purposes

ME - LD1115 An Act To Improve Access to HIV Prevention Medications

ME - LD1117 An Act To Prevent Excessive Prices for Prescription Drugs

ME - LD1119 An Act To Limit Credit Card Fees by Requiring Monthly Credit Card Billing

ME - LD1120 An Act To Allow Dentists To Receive Continuing Education Credits for Uncompensated Volunteer Work

ME - LD1141 An Act To Amend the Service Contracts Act To Include Motor Vehicle Theft Protection Programs and Warranties

ME - LD1150 An Act To Eliminate Insurance Rating Based on Age, Geographic Location or Smoking History and To Reduce Rate Variability Due to Group Size

ME - LD1151 An Act To Lower Out-of-pocket Prescription Medicine Costs by Requiring Health Insurers To Offer Plans with No Deductibles

ME - LD1176 An Act To Improve Fairness in Auto Insurance Claims

ME - LD1194 An Act To Reduce Health Care Worker Shortages

ME - LD1196 An Act Regarding Targets for Health Plan Investments in Primary Care and Behavioral Health

ME - LD1258 An Act To Implement the Recommendations of the Stakeholder Group Convened by the Emergency Medical Services' Board Related to Reimbursement Rates for Ambulance Services by Health Insurance Carriers and To Improve Participation of Ambulance Service Providers in Carrier Networks

ME - LD1266 An Act To Improve the Value of Dental Insurance

ME - LD1268 An Act To Provide Greater Access to Treatment for Serious Mental Illness by Prohibiting an Insurance Carrier from Requiring Prior Authorization or Step Therapy Protocol

ME - LD1281 An Act To Prohibit Discriminatory Practices in Certain Health Insurance Policies

ME - LD1293 An Act To Improve Access to Certain Injectable Medications for Treatment of Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorder

ME - LD1317 An Act To Regulate Insurance Carrier Concurrent, Prepayment and Postpayment Review

ME - LD1320 An Act To Allow Maine Shareholders of Banks and Members and Corporators of Credit Unions To Hold Virtual Meetings

ME - LD1311 An Act Regarding the State Employee Health Commission

ME - LD1331 An Act To Make Individual and Small Group Health Insurance More Affordable in Certain High-premium Counties

ME - LD1341 An Act To Protect Medicare Beneficiaries from Surprise Medical Billing

ME - LD1347 An Act To Clarify That Commercial Service Contracts Are Excluded from the Service Contracts Act

ME - LD1349 An Act To Increase Transparency in Dental Billing

ME - LD1353 An Act To Require the Public Posting of the Costs of Medical Procedures, Services, Medications and Equipment Delivered in Hospitals and the Reporting of Those Costs upon Request

ME - LD1357 An Act To Require Private Insurance Coverage for Postpartum Care

ME - LD1361 An Act To Amend Telehealth Laws Regarding Out-of-state Telehealth Provisions

ME - LD1390 An Act To Maximize Health Care Coverage for the Uninsured through Easy Enrollment in the MaineCare Program or in a Qualified Health Plan in the Marketplace

ME - LD1420 An Act To Adopt the Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing Program Model Act

ME - LD1450 An Act To Provide Fairness in Communications from Pharmacy Benefits Managers

ME - LD1457 An Act To Improve Access to Dental Hygiene by Authorizing Dental Hygienists To Perform Dental Hygiene Diagnosis

ME - LD1463 An Act To Make Health Care Coverage More Affordable for Working Families and Small Businesses

ME - LD1466 An Act To Improve the Efficiency of Certain Consumer Credit Protection Laws

ME - LD1481 An Act To Clarify Surprise Billing Restrictions

ME - LD1494 An Act To Create Limited Lines Self-storage Insurance

ME - LD1531 An Act To Provide Affordable Behavioral Health Services to Individuals under 26 Years of Age

ME - LD1544 An Act Regarding Credit and Debit Card Merchant Fees

ME - LD1561 An Act To Amend the Maine Fair Debt Collection Practices Act

ME - LD1539 An Act To Provide Access to Fertility Care

ME - LD1563 An Act Regarding Travel Insurance in the Maine Insurance Code

ME - LD1614 An Act To Mandate That Certain Health Care Providers Disclose an Estimate of Charges at Time of Service

ME - LD1576 Resolve, To Establish and Fund a Medical Professionals Health Program from Health Care Provider License Fees

ME - LD1584 An Act To Make Donated Medicines Available to Maine Patients at an Affordable Cost

ME - LD1622 An Act To Promote Individual Retirement Savings through a Public-Private Partnership

ME - LD1627 An Act To Enhance Behavioral Health Services To Better Protect Maine Residents

ME - LD1628 An Act To Exempt Nonprofit Agricultural Membership Organizations from Insurance Requirements

ME - LD1629 An Act Regarding the Qualifications for Licensure as a Physician or Surgeon

ME - LD1636 An Act To Reduce Prescription Drug Costs by Using International Pricing

ME - LD1645 An Act To Establish Protections for Private Student Loan Borrowers and a Registry of Lenders

ME - LD1646 An Act To Amend the Occupational Therapy Licensing Statutes

ME - LD1648 An Act To Ensure Reasonable Access to Laboratory Testing and Imaging Services for State Employee Health Care Plan Participants

ME - LD1660 An Act To Modify Dental Licensure Requirements To Consider Credentialed Individuals from Other Jurisdictions

ME - LD1661 An Act To Protect the Insurable Interest of Homeowners in Multifamily Residences

ME - LD1681 An Act Regarding Telehealth Services for Certain Licensees of the Office of Professional and Occupational Regulation and Certain Licensees Affiliated with the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation

ME - LD1706 An Act To Require Appropriate Coverage of and Cost-sharing for Generic Drugs and Biosimilars

ME - LD1725 An Act To Clarify the Deferral of the Pooled Market and Link Small Employer Clear Choice to Pooling in the Made for Maine Health Coverage Act

ME - LD1752 An Act To Provide Insurance Coverage for a Beneficiary on a Transfer on Death Deed

ME - LD1776 An Act To Allow Pharmacists To Dispense an Emergency Supply of Chronic Maintenance Drugs

ME - LD1778 An Act To Improve Health Care Affordability and Increase Options for Comprehensive Coverage for Individuals and Small Businesses in Maine

ME - LD1783 An Act To Require Health Insurance Carriers and Pharmacy Benefits Managers To Appropriately Account for Cost-sharing Amounts Paid on Behalf of Insureds

ME - LD1798 An Act To Ensure Health Insurance Coverage for Certain Adults with Disabilities

ME - LD1815 An Act To Revise Certain Financial Regulatory Provisions of the Maine Insurance Code To Be Consistent with Model Laws from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners

ME - LD1822 An Act To Improve Access to Behavioral Health Services by Prohibiting Cost Sharing by Insurers

ME - LD1836 An Act To Amend Maine's Financial Institution Merger Statutes and Modernize Certain Sections of Title 9-B

ME - LD1837 An Act To Clarify the Appeals Process for Decisions Related to the Maine Health Insurance Marketplace

ME - LD1842 Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Portions of Chapter 120: Release of Data to the Public, a Major Substantive Rule of the Maine Health Data Organization

ME - LD1855 An Act Regarding Point-of-dispensing Sites for Immunizations against COVID-19

ME - LD1858 An Act Regarding Delegating Authority for Services Performed by Emergency Medical Services Personnel in Health Care Facilities

ME - LD1882 Resolve, Directing the Department of Health and Human Services To Review the Requirements for Certification of Micropigmentation Practitioners

ME - LD1887 An Act To Establish the Securities Restitution Assistance Fund for Victims of Securities Violations

ME - LD1910 An Act To Improve Children's Mental Health by Requiring Insurance Coverage for Certain Mental Health Treatment

ME - LD1920 An Act To Enact the Interstate Counseling Compact To Address Inequities in Access to Clinical Counseling Services and Increase Maine's Provider Workforce

ME - LD1938 An Act To Prohibit Discriminatory Practices Related to the 340B Drug Pricing Program

ME - LD1954 An Act To Ensure Access to Prescription Contraceptives

ME - LD1956 An Act To Update the Consumer Credit Laws Related to Legal Funding Practices

ME - LD1973 An Act To Support Frontline Health Care Workers by Waiving Professional Licensing Fees

ME - LD1982 An Act To Protect Consumers' Privacy by Giving Them Greater Control of Their Data and To Establish Consumer Protections Regarding Small Dollar Loans

ME - LD2004 An Act To Ensure Fairness of Representation in Insurance Disputes