Legislative Dashboard
132st Legislative Session - Updated December 18

Upcoming Meetings

Time	Location	Bill	Priority
Tue 1/6 1:00 PM Public Hearing	HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES - Cross Building, Room 209	LD 555 An Act To Create A Separate Department Of Child And Family Services	Low
Wed 1/7 1:00 PM Public Hearing	AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY - Cross Building, Room 214	LD 2040 An Act To Survey Food Insecurity In Maine
Wed 1/7 1:00 PM Public Hearing	AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY - Cross Building, Room 214	LD 2004 An Act To Enhance Support Of Local Nutrition Incentive Programs By Modifying The Eligibility Requirements Of The Fund To Address Food Insecurity And Provide Nutrition Incentives
Wed 1/7 1:00 PM Public Hearing	HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES - State House, Room 438	LD 1761 An Act To Prohibit Indemnification Agreements	Low
Wed 1/7 1:00 PM Public Hearing	HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES - Cross Building, Room 209	LD 1658 An Act To Preserve And Strengthen The Fund For A Healthy Maine	High
Wed 1/7 1:00 PM Public Hearing	HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES - Cross Building, Room 209	LD 1772 An Act To Implement The Recommendations Of The Blue Ribbon Commission To Design A Plan For Sustained Investment In Preventing Disease And Improving The Health Of Maine Communities
Wed 1/7 1:30 PM Public Hearing	HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES; HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES - Cross Building, Room 220	LD 1890 An Act To Facilitate The Development Of Ambulatory Surgical Facilities By Exempting Certain Facilities From The Requirement To Obtain A Certificate Of Need
Tue 1/13 1:00 PM Public Hearing	HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES - Cross Building, Room 220	LD 1990 An Act To Update The Requirements For Psychology Licensure

High Priority Legislation

Bill	Title & Summary	Status	Position
LD 105 High	An Act To Implement The Recommendations Of The Commission Regarding Foreign-trained Physicians Living In Maine To Establish A Sponsorship Program For Internationally Trained Physicians This bill establishes a sponsorship program within the Finance Authority of Maine to make grants to sponsoring institutions to provide an alternative license pathway for internationally trained physicians in the State and to expand the number of physicians practicing in areas in the State experiencing a shortage of physicians. Under the program, internationally trained physicians are provided a pathway to full and unrestricted licensure as physicians in the State as long as certain requirements are met.	Committee: HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25)	Monitor
LD 107 High	An Act To Require Health Insurance Coverage For Biomarker Testing This bill requires insurance coverage, including coverage in the MaineCare program, for biomarker testing.	Committee: HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25)	Support
LD 208 High	An Act To Eliminate The 72-hour Waiting Period On Firearm Purchases This bill repeals the requirement that a seller of firearms wait 72 hours before delivering a purchased firearm to the buyer.	Committee: JUDICIARY Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25)	Oppose
LD 260 High	Resolution, Proposing An Amendment To The Constitution Of Maine To Establish That All Maine Residents Have Equal Rights Under The Law This resolution proposes to amend the Constitution of Maine to prohibit the denial or abridgment by the State or any political subdivision of the State of equal rights based on the actual or perceived race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, physical or mental disability, ancestry or national origin of an individual.	Committee: JUDICIARY CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25)	Support
LD 335 High	An Act To Safeguard Reproductive Rights This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208. This bill proposes to safeguard reproductive rights.	Committee: JUDICIARY Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25)	TBD
LD 362 High	An Act To Authorize A General Fund Bond Issue To Replenish The Land For Maine's Future Program The funds provided by this bond issue, in the amount of $50,000,000, will be used by the Land for Maine's Future Board for the acquisition of land and interest in land for conservation; water access; wildlife or fish habitat including deer wintering areas; outdoor recreation, including hunting and fishing; working farmland preservation; and working waterfront preservation.	Committee: APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCIAL AFFAIRS CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25)	Support
LD 378 High	An Act To Strengthen The Health Care System In Maine This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208. This bill proposes to strengthen the health care system in this State.	Committee: HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25)	TBD
LD 426 High	An Act To Protect The Human Rights Of Individuals In The State This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208. This bill proposes to protect the human rights of individuals in the State.	Committee: JUDICIARY Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25)	TBD
LD 564 High	An Act To Improve The Operations Of State Government This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208. This bill proposes to make certain changes to state laws to improve the operations of State Government.	Committee: STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25)	TBD
LD 581 High	An Act To Fund The Doctors For Maine's Future Scholarship Program This bill provides ongoing funds to maintain the Doctors for Maine's Future Scholarship Program.	Committee: EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS; HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25)	Support
LD 582 High	An Act To Require Health Insurance Carriers To Provide Coverage For Blood Testing For Perfluoroalkyl And Polyfluoroalkyl Substances This bill requires carriers offering health plans in this State to provide coverage for blood testing for perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, recommended by a provider as medically necessary health care in accordance with clinical guidelines established by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. The requirements of the bill apply to health plans issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2026. The bill also includes language stating the Legislature's finding that the requirement for coverage for blood testing for perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances are not an expansion of the State's essential health benefits and do not require the State to defray costs pursuant to the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.	Committee: HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25)	Support
LD 593 High	An Act To Extend Funding For The Land For Maine's Future Program This bill provides ongoing funding for eligible expenditures and other authorized purposes under the Land for Maine's Future Trust Fund.	Committee: AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25)	Support
LD 595 High	An Act To Update Privacy Protections For Maine Consumers This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208. This bill proposes to further update certain consumer privacy laws in response to recent developments in federal and state consumer privacy laws.	Committee: JUDICIARY CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25)	TBD
LD 608 High	An Act Making Certain Supplemental Appropriations And Allocations And Changing Certain Provisions Of Law Necessary To The Proper Operations Of State Government This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208. This bill proposes to make certain supplemental appropriations and allocations and change certain provisions of the law necessary for the proper operation of State Government.	Committee: APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCIAL AFFAIRS Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25)	TBD
LD 648 High	An Act To Expand The Supervised Community Confinement Program This bill establishes an exception to the standard eligibility criteria of the Department of Corrections? supervised community confinement program by allowing a prisoner to be eligible if the prisoner is serving a term of imprisonment of at least 15 years, the prisoner has served at least 15 years of the term of imprisonment, the prisoner has continuously maintained a custody classification of medium, medium trustee status or minimum for the 5 years preceding the prisoner's consideration for the supervised community confinement program and the crime or crimes for which the prisoner is serving the term of imprisonment were committed before the prisoner attained 26 years of age.	Committee: CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY Unfinished Business Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25)	Support
LD 663 High	An Act Regarding Health Care This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208. This bill proposes to amend provisions of law related to health care.	Committee: HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25)	TBD
LD 695 High	An Act Regarding The Laws Of The State Of Maine This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208. This bill proposes to make changes regarding the laws of the State.	Committee: STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25)	TBD
LD 740 High	An Act To Establish A Comprehensive Program To Divert Youth From The Criminal Justice System And Address Their Needs This bill establishes a process allowing a law enforcement officer who has probable cause to believe that a juvenile has committed a juvenile crime, or a juvenile community corrections officer to whom a juvenile has been referred, to refer the juvenile to the Department of Health and Human Services for a juvenile needs assessment designed to identify the supports and services needed to promote child and family well-being and actions to be taken to address the medical, educational, social therapeutic or other services needed by the juvenile and the juvenile's family. The assessment must be conducted by persons with comprehensive training and must be completed within 60 days following referral of the juvenile to the department. If a juvenile needs assessment was completed for the juvenile within the 6 months prior to referral, the department must provide that report to the law enforcement officer or juvenile community corrections officer. The bill also requires that if the assessment reveals that the juvenile has complex behavioral health needs and is at risk or is already involved in multiple service systems, the department must refer the juvenile and the juvenile's family to high-fidelity wraparound care coordination services. The bill also establishes requirements for issuing petitions regarding a juvenile when that petition is being issued prior to or in conjunction with a referral for a juvenile needs assessment and following a juvenile needs assessment. The bill also establishes criteria for the use of the report and recommendations based on the juvenile needs assessment in adjudicatory hearings and stipulates that statements made by the juvenile or the juvenile's parents, guardian or legal custodian related to the juvenile needs assessment are not admissible as evidence in adjudicatory hearings. The bill also directs the Department of Health and Human Services to establish an implementation stakeholder group to assist in the implementation of the juvenile needs assessment and train relevant persons and entities on all matters related to the juvenile needs assessment. The portion of the bill establishing the implementation stakeholder group takes effect upon enactment of this legislation, and the portions of the bill establishing the juvenile needs assessment become effective January 1, 2026.	Committee: CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25)	Support
LD 754 High	An Act To Ban The Sale, Use And Possession Of Single-use Electronic Cigarettes And To Review Extended Producer Responsibility Options For All Batteries This bill prohibits the sale, use and possession of single-use electronic nicotine delivery devices, which include electronic cigarettes, electronic cigars, electronic pipes, electronic hookahs and so-called vape pens. The bill establishes penalties for such sale, use and possession that are similar to the penalties for the sale of nicotine liquid containers that are not child resistant. The bill also directs the Department of Environmental Protection to convene a stakeholder group of interested parties to review the feasibility and viability of establishing an extended producer responsibility approach to all batteries not currently covered by an extended producer responsibility requirement, including, but not limited to, batteries used in electronic cigarettes, electronic cigars, electronic pipes, electronic hookahs and so-called vape pens.	Committee: ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25)	Monitor
LD 755 High	An Act To Prevent Opioid Overdose Deaths By Allowing Municipalities To Approve The Establishment Of Overdose Prevention Centers This bill authorizes municipalities to approve overdose prevention centers at which clients may receive health screening, disease prevention and recovery support services and may self-administer previously obtained controlled substances on the premises. The bill also provides immunity from arrest, prosecution, revocation proceedings or termination proceedings for persons using, employed by or otherwise associated with an overdose prevention center when acting in accordance with the provisions of the bill. It also provides additional protections to such persons for actions in accordance with those provisions.	Committee: CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY; HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25)	Monitor
LD 766 High	An Act To Protect The Children Of Maine This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208. This bill would enact measures to protect the children of Maine.	Committee: HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25)	TBD
LD 781 High	An Act To Provide For Appropriations And Allocations This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208. This bill proposes to provide for appropriations and allocations.	Committee: APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCIAL AFFAIRS CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25)	TBD
LD 910 High	An Act To Collect Data To Better Understand The Consumer's Health Insurance Experience This bill requires a health insurance carrier, beginning in 2026, to provide a quarterly report to the Superintendent of Insurance that identifies the number of claims for that quarter that were denied, the number of claims for that quarter for which prior authorization was denied, the 5 most common reasons for a claim denial and the 5 most common reasons for a prior authorization denial. The superintendent is required to submit an annual report on that information as well as information provided to the superintendent by the United States Department of Health and Human Services regarding claim and prior authorization denials under the federal Affordable Care Act to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over health coverage, insurance and financial services matters. The committee is authorized to submit legislation related to the annual report to the session of the Legislature in which the annual report is received.	Committee: HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES Committee Docket: Work Session Held - TABLED (11/6)	Support
LD 961 High	An Act To Address Maine's Health Care Workforce Shortage And Improve Access To Care This bill repeals the provision of law requiring that a certified nurse practitioner who qualifies as an advanced practice registered nurse must practice for at least 24 months under the supervision of a physician or supervising nurse practitioner or be employed by a clinic or hospital that has a medical director who is a licensed physician. The bill also eliminates the supervising nurse practitioner designation, which is no longer needed.	Committee: HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES Committee Docket: Voted - OTP-AM (11/6)	Oppose
LD 1004 High	An Act To Ensure The Proper Operation Of The State This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208. This bill proposes to make changes to the laws to ensure the proper operations of the State.	Committee: STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25)	TBD
LD 1119 High	An Act Regarding Reproductive Health Care This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208. This bill proposes to amend the laws regarding reproductive health care.	Committee: HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25)	TBD
LD 1216 High	An Act To Improve Behavioral Health Crisis Services And Suicide Prevention Services This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208. This bill would improve the quality of and access to behavioral health crisis services; reduce the stigma surrounding suicide, mental health conditions and substance use disorder; provide a behavioral health crisis response that is substantially equivalent to the response already provided to individuals who require emergency physical health care in the State; strengthen the crisis response for children, youth, young persons and families; and codify the name of the 988 telephone number for the national suicide and crisis hotline.	Committee: HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25)	TBD
LD 1230 High	An Act To Abolish The 72-hour Waiting Period For A Gun Purchase This bill repeals the requirement that a seller of firearms wait 72 hours before delivering a purchased firearm to the buyer.	Committee: JUDICIARY Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25)	Oppose
LD 1277 High	An Act Regarding Controlled Substances Prescription Monitoring Activities This bill excepts testosterone from the definition of "controlled substance" in the laws governing controlled substances prescription monitoring and directs the Department of Health and Human Services to purge from the records of the Controlled Substances Prescription Monitoring Program all information concerning the prescribing and dispensing of testosterone.	Committee: HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25)	No Position
LD 1281 High	An Act To Address The Safety Of Nurses And Improve Patient Care By Enacting The Maine Quality Care Act This bill establishes the Maine Quality Care Act to ensure adequate direct care registered nurse staffing assignments in health care facilities, including hospitals, freestanding emergency departments and ambulatory surgical facilities, and critical access hospitals to provide safe and effective patient care. It establishes minimum staffing requirements for direct care registered nurses based on patient care unit and patient needs, specifies the method to calculate a health care facility's compliance with the staffing requirements, protects direct care registered nurses from retaliation and includes notice, record-keeping and enforcement requirements. The bill also directs the Department of Health and Human Services to establish a process for critical access hospitals to request flexibility regarding the minimum staffing requirements.	Committee: LABOR Unfinished Business Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25)	TBD
LD 1301 High	An Act To Prohibit The Use Of Artificial Intelligence In The Denial Of Health Insurance Claims This bill establishes requirements, beginning January 1, 2026, for health insurance carriers that use artificial intelligence to make medical review or utilization review determinations relating to the approval, denial, delay, modification or adjustment of coverage for services under a health plan. The bill requires that any denial, delay, modification or adjustment of health care services based on medical necessity be made by a clinical peer.	Committee: HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25)	Support
LD 1365 High	An Act To Allow Consumption Of Adult Use Cannabis In Locally Approved Hospitality Lounges This bill amends the Cannabis Legalization Act to authorize a municipality or other local government entity within the unorganized and deorganized areas of the State to adopt an ordinance providing licensing or other approval requirements applicable to cannabis hospitality lounges within the municipality or unorganized and deorganized area. The bill defines "cannabis hospitality lounge" as a location that is open to members of the public who are 21 years of age or older and is licensed or approved by a municipality or other local government entity within the unorganized and deorganized areas of the State where persons 21 years of age or older may consume adult use cannabis, adult use cannabis products and edible products that do not contain cannabis. A cannabis hospitality lounge is not a cannabis establishment, may operate as a cannabis hospitality lounge without the need for additional state licensing or approvals and is not subject to the oversight of the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Office of Cannabis Policy. The bill also amends the law prohibiting smoking in public places to allow the smoking of adult use cannabis or adult use cannabis products at a locally licensed or approved cannabis hospitality lounge.	Committee: VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25)	Oppose
LD 1378 High	An Act To Protect Maine Communities By Enacting The Extreme Risk Protection Order Act This initiated bill enacts the Extreme Risk Protection Order Act. Under the bill, a petition for an extreme risk protection order, which prohibits the purchase, possession or control of a dangerous weapon, may be sought if a person is suspected of posing a significant danger of causing physical injury to the person or to another person. A significant danger of causing physical injury to the person or another person is demonstrated by establishing that the person has inflicted or attempted to inflict physical injury on another person; placed another person in reasonable fear of physical injury; by action or inaction, presented a danger to persons in the person's care; or threatened or attempted suicide or has threatened or attempted serious bodily injury. The petition may be filed by a family or household member of the person or by a law enforcement agency or a law enforcement officer and must be supported by an affidavit stating the facts to support the allegations, identifying any dangerous weapons believed to be in the person's possession and stating whether the person is already the subject of an existing protection from harassment or protection from abuse order. Upon receipt of the petition and affidavit, the District Court is required to schedule a hearing, which must be held within 14 days of the filing of the petition, and provide notice of the hearing to the person who is the subject of the requested extreme risk protection order. Following the hearing, if the court finds by a preponderance of the evidence that the person poses a significant risk of causing physical injury to the person or to another person, the court must issue an order prohibiting, for up to one year, the person from purchasing, possessing or receiving a dangerous weapon, attempting to purchase, possess or receive a dangerous weapon or having custody or control of a dangerous weapon. The bill allows a court to issue an emergency extreme risk protection order without prior notice to the person who is the subject of the requested order. A hearing must be scheduled no later than 14 days after the order is issued. An extreme risk protection order may be terminated upon the request of the person who is the subject of the order if that person shows by clear and convincing evidence that the person no longer poses a significant danger of causing physical injury to the person or another person. An extreme risk protection order may be renewed for an additional period of up to one year. A person who is the subject of an extreme risk protection order must immediately surrender all dangerous weapons in that person's possession, custody or control to a law enforcement agency. The bill directs the State Court Administrator to report annually regarding data related to this legislation. It also directs the Department of Public Safety to submit a report to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over civil rights matters on the status of obtaining federal funding related to storing dangerous weapons in the custody of law enforcement agencies.	Committee: JUDICIARY Died On Adjournment, Nov 3, 2025 (11/3)
LD 1496 High	An Act To Ensure Ongoing Access To Medications And Care For Chronic Conditions By Changing Requirements For Prior Authorizations This bill requires that a prior authorization for health care services remain valid for the duration of the treatment or one year, whichever is longer. It prohibits a health care plan from requiring the renewal of a prior authorization more frequently than once every 5 years for treatment that is necessary for more than one year. It also prohibits a health care plan from restricting coverage for a health care service or a prescription that was approved under a previous health care plan within 90 days of enrollment in the new health care plan and requires a health care plan to provide at least 90 days' notice to an enrollee prior to restricting coverage of a previously approved health care service.	Committee: HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25)	Support
LD 1583 High	An Act Regarding Home Health Care And Hospice Services Ordered By A Health Care Provider Outside Of Maine This bill allows a home health care or hospice provider to deliver home health care or hospice services to a patient who resides in this State based upon an order from a health care provider from another state or jurisdiction in the United States who is licensed and prescribes services pursuant to an in-person physical examination in the jurisdiction of licensure.	Committee: HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25)	Support
LD 1658 High	An Act To Preserve And Strengthen The Fund For A Healthy Maine This bill, beginning January 5, 2026, increases the cigarette excise tax rate by 50 mills, changing the rate per pack of 20 cigarettes from $2 to $3, and the rate per cigarette from 10? to 15?. Under current law, when the cigarette tax increases, the tax on tobacco products also increases by an equivalent amount. The bill includes in the excise tax on tobacco products that equivalent increase and specifies that the definition of "tobacco products" includes products with synthetic nicotine. The bill also, beginning in fiscal year 2027-28, requires the State Tax Assessor and the State Controller to annually determine the amount of revenue from the taxes on cigarettes and tobacco products that is needed to ensure the Fund for a Healthy Maine receives at least $65,000,000 annually from all sources of revenue, including from the so-called tobacco settlement and from certain slot machine income.	01/07/26 1:00 PM in Cross Building, Room 209 - Public Hearing	Monitor
LD 1746 High	An Act To Reduce Dental Disease And Ensure Access To Essential Preventive Dental Care Among Maine Children This bill does the following. 1. It delays the requirement for oral health services to be available in all schools from January 1, 2025 to January 1, 2027 and clarifies that the requirement applies only to public schools. 2. It requires the Department of Health and Human Services to develop public-private partnerships to establish a model to provide for mobile dental services providers to provide additional preventive oral health and disease intervention services in schools based on the model in the Cumberland County School Oral Health Project. It requires the department to provide for at least one mobile dental services provider in each public health district per school year. 3. It requires the Department of Health and Human Services to provide training and education to primary care providers on minimally invasive dental disease treatment for infants and small children using guidance from the From the First Tooth program or its successor program and the American Academy of Pediatrics. Pediatricians are encouraged to use silver diamine fluoride in primary care settings to reduce dental disease and prevent cavities. 4. It makes permanent 2 previously established limited positions related to provided oral health services in public schools within the Department of Health and Human Services, Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention.	Committee: HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25)	Monitor
LD 1803 High	An Act To Amend The Laws Governing Optometric Practice This bill amends provisions of the law governing optometrists. The bill provides a more detailed explanation of what constitutes the practice of optometry. The definition of "practice of optometry" in current law does not include surgical procedures. Under the bill, certain types of ophthalmic surgeries are included in the practice of optometry and certain procedures are specifically excluded. An optometrist may only perform ophthalmic surgery if the optometrist meets credentialing requirements established by the State Board of Optometry. The bill also broadens the authority of an optometrist to dispense drugs by expanding the types of drugs an optometrist may dispense to include schedule II narcotics limited to pharmaceuticals containing specified doses of hydrocodone combined with doses of another drug and by removing language that prohibits an optometrist from administering drugs by injection or intravenously. The bill directs the board to adopt rules to further define the scope of practice of optometry and establish credentialing requirements for surgical procedures. The bill clarifies that the board, and no other board or commission in the State, has the authority to define the scope of practice of optometry and to exercise the powers of the board. The bill authorizes the board to issue advisory opinions and declaratory rulings. The bill also makes minor changes to the provisions relating to telehealth services and filling contact lense and spectacle prescriptions.	Committee: HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25)	Oppose

Low Priority Legislation

Bill	Title & Summary	Status	Position
LD 18 Low	An Act To Offset The Costs Of Client Medical Care Support Workers At Department Of Corrections Facilities And Study Correctional Service Fees And Collections This bill increases the amount the Commissioner of Corrections may charge clients of correctional and detention facilities for medical and dental fees from $5 to $25 and requires the proceeds from those fees to be used as a first priority to pay client workers who support medical care and related services for other clients.	Committee: CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25)
LD 35 Low	An Act To Strengthen Local Emergency Medical Services By Increasing The Mainecare Reimbursement Rate For Ambulance Services This bill increases for 3 years the MaineCare reimbursement rate for ambulance services to 140% of the average allowable reimbursement rate under Medicare for such services.	Committee: HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Committee Docket: Reported Out - ONTP (9/16)	Monitor
LD 145 Low	An Act Pertaining To Sales And Use Tax Exemptions For Durable Medical Equipment, Breast Pumps And Mobility-enhancing Equipment This bill provides a sales and use tax exemption on the sale of durable medical equipment and breast pumps for home use and on the sale of mobility-enhancing equipment for use in a home or motor vehicle. The provisions in the bill apply to sales occurring on or after January 1, 2026.	Committee: TAXATION CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25)
LD 182 Low	An Act To Provide Per Diem Payments For Mainecare Residents Of The Maine Veterans' Homes This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to establish reimbursement rates for Maine Veterans' Homes services covered by the MaineCare program. It requires the MaineCare program to reimburse veterans' facilities for covered services on a per resident daily rate basis that will reimburse the portion of the total MaineCare allowable cost of operating each veterans' facility attributable to the provision of services to residents who receive MaineCare benefits. It requires the department to index the rates to inflation annually and authorizes the department to contract with a 3rd party to derive or review the rates.	Committee: HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25)
LD 298 Low	An Act To Employ Mental Health Personnel Within The Maine State Police This bill creates 3 Behavioral Health Coordinator positions assigned to the state police Southern Field Troop, Central Field Troop and Troop F responsible for making decisions about the health, safety and welfare of persons in the community who have interacted with law enforcement professionals and are in need of services. The bill also creates one Behavioral Health Coordinator Supervisor position to oversee the activities of the Behavioral Health Coordinator positions and coordinate with the state police field troops.	Committee: CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25)
LD 328 Low	An Act Requiring The State To Pay A Retired State Employee's Or Retired Teacher's Premium For Medicare Part B Under Medicare Advantage This bill requires the State to pay 100% of a retired state employee's or retired teacher's premium for Medicare Part B under the Medicare Advantage plan beginning January 1, 2026.	Committee: LABOR CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25)
LD 331 Low	Resolve, Directing The Department Of Health And Human Services To Ensure Timely Reimbursement Under Mainecare Regarding Hospital Cost Reports This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to amend its rules in Chapter 101: MaineCare Benefits Manual, Chapter III, Section 45, Hospital Services, to require the department to reimburse at least 75% of the as-filed settlement pursuant to a hospital's cost reports within 90 days of receipt. It requires the department to accomplish this within existing resources.	Committee: HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25)
LD 415 Low	An Act To Support Hunger Prevention In Maine This bill provides an additional $1,000,000 each year in ongoing funding to contract with nonprofit organizations that provide statewide hunger relief services.	Committee: AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25)	Support
LD 467 Low	An Act To Require The State To Pay Medicare Part B Premiums For Certain Retired State Employees This bill provides that the State must pay 100% of certain retired state employees' shares of the premiums for Medicare Part B for retirees not eligible for benefits under the United States Social Security Act whose base annual state pension benefit on or after January 1, 2026 is projected to be less than or equal to the maximum amount of the retirement benefits that is subject to the cost-of-living adjustment.	Committee: LABOR CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25)
LD 507 Low	An Act To Authorize A General Fund Bond Issue To Fund Lifeflight Of Maine The funds provided by this bond issue, in the amount of $13,485,000, will be used to improve emergency aviation infrastructure, including hospital helipads, fuel systems, automated weather observation systems, communications systems and emergency transport, to improve the safety of and access to critical emergency medical services.	Committee: APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCIAL AFFAIRS CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25)
LD 519 Low	An Act To Remove The Requirement That Individual And Small Group Health Plans Be Offered Through A Pooled Market And To Eliminate The Provision Of Law Establishing A Pooled Market For Those Plans This bill repeals the provisions of the Maine Insurance Code that establish a pooled market for individual and small group health plans, removing the requirement that those types of plans must be offered through a pooled market. The bill also eliminates related provisions that require the Maine Guaranteed Access Reinsurance Association to operate a retrospective reinsurance program providing coverage to member insurers for all individual and small group health plans issued in any plan year in which a pooled market is operating.	Committee: HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25)
LD 540 Low	An Act To Identify The State's Unidentified Human Remains This bill requires the Chief Medical Examiner to use forensic genetic genealogy testing with the deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA, of the remains of an unidentified individual after 45 days of having possession of those remains.	Committee: HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25)
LD 549 Low	An Act To Establish A Statewide Sexual Assault Forensic Examination Kit Tracking System And Update Certain Requirements Regarding Sexual Assault Forensic Examination Kits This bill directs the Department of Public Safety to establish, operate and maintain a sexual assault forensic examination kit tracking system. The system must provide relevant information for victims, both those who choose to report to a law enforcement agency and those who choose not to report, and other approved users regarding the processing, custody, analysis and destruction of evidence. The department is required to submit an annual report beginning January 1, 2027 to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over criminal justice and public safety matters and the Governor concerning information related to the status of sexual assault forensic examination kits reported in the tracking system. The bill provides requirements for the tracking system and requires the department to adopt routine technical rules, including rules regarding participation in the tracking system, confidentiality and the operation of the tracking system. The bill directs that, by June 1, 2026, a law enforcement agency that receives, maintains, stores or preserves sexual assault forensic examination kits must complete an inventory of all kits in its possession and report its findings to the Department of Public Safety. The department must compile all agency reports and present findings of the inventory by January 1, 2027 to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over criminal justice and public safety matters and at the same time post the report on the department?s publicly accessible website. Public Law 2023, chapter 236 changed a provision in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 25 to require law enforcement agencies to store sexual assault forensic examination kits for 20 years. For consistency with that provision, this bill amends a provision in Title 24 to require law enforcement agencies to store sexual assault forensic examination kits for 20 years. The bill allows an alleged victim who has not reported an alleged offense to a law enforcement agency to request that a completed kit be transported to the Maine State Police Crime Laboratory to be processed by signing a consent form, and the results of the analysis must be kept anonymous. The bill requires that, beginning January 1, 2027, and every 5 years thereafter, all completed kits that identify an alleged victim and are being stored by a law enforcement agency must be transported to the Maine State Police Crime Laboratory and be processed on a rolling basis, beginning with kits most recently stored. The bill also requires all forensic examination kits completed on or after January 1, 2027 to be transported to the Maine State Police Crime Laboratory and be processed.	Committee: JUDICIARY CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25)
LD 555 Low	An Act To Create A Separate Department Of Child And Family Services This bill creates a new Department of Child and Family Services and transfers the functions of the Department of Health and Human Services that relate to child and family services and child welfare to the new department. The Department of Child and Family Services will have a commissioner appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Legislature as is the current Commissioner of Health and Human Services. The bill also establishes provisions for transferring functions to the new department.	01/06/26 1:00 PM in Cross Building, Room 209 - Public Hearing
LD 577 Low	An Act To Maximize Federal Funding And Protect Maine's School Meals Programs This bill establishes the Free Milk Fund in the Department of Education, which the department must use to issue grants to eligible school administrative units to reimburse the cost of providing milk at no cost to students who do not receive a lunch through a school food service program.	Committee: EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25)	TBD
LD 579 Low	An Act To Include Certain Mental Health Workers Under The 1998 Special Plan For Retirement This bill adds employees of the Department of Health and Human Services employed on October 1, 2025 or hired thereafter who provide direct care to persons in need of mental health services in a community-based or residential setting or to residents or patients of mental health institutions in this State or have responsibility for providing crisis outreach and crisis services to adults with developmental disabilities or intellectual disabilities in a community-based or residential setting to the 1998 Special Plan for certain Maine Public Employees Retirement System members.	Committee: LABOR CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25)
LD 584 Low	An Act To Make The Director Of The Office Of Cannabis Policy An Appointed Position Subject To Confirmation By The Legislature This bill provides that the Director of the Office of Cannabis Policy within the Department of Administrative and Financial Services is appointed by the Governor and that the appointment is subject to review by the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over cannabis matters and to confirmation by the Legislature. The bill also requires the Governor to appoint the Director of the Office of Cannabis Policy no later than 60 days after the effective date of this legislation.	Committee: VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25)	Support
LD 604 Low	An Act To Ensure Access To Concurrent Methadone Treatment And Intensive Outpatient Programs This bill prohibits the Department of Health and Human Services from prohibiting coverage of or otherwise restricting coverage for individuals enrolled in the MaineCare program from receiving methadone maintenance for the treatment of opioid use disorder and from concurrently participating in medically appropriate intensive outpatient programs and other outpatient services intended for the treatment of substance use disorder or behavioral health disorders. It directs the department to adopt rules implementing these requirements no later than 90 days after the effective date of the rules.	Committee: HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25)
LD 703 Low	An Act To Establish A Health Care Gap Year Program For Recent College Graduates This bill provides one-time funds for a health care gap year program that incentivizes recent college graduates to work in critical health care positions, particularly in underserved and rural communities.	Committee: LABOR CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25)	TBD
LD 875 Low	An Act To Fund Essential Services For Victims Of Domestic Violence This bill provides funding for essential services for victims of domestic violence.	Committee: HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25)
LD 876 Low	An Act To Support The Maine Service Fellows Program This bill provides ongoing funds for 20 program fellows to participate in the Maine Service Fellows Program. The bill also directs the Maine Commission for Community Service, in conjunction with the Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management, to compile a list of volunteers who are available at the request of the Governor during states of emergency to provide emergency response and support services in coordination with the Maine Emergency Management Agency.	Committee: CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY; HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25)
LD 948 Low	An Act To Reduce Administrative Burdens And Expand Access In The Laws Governing Cannabis This bill increases the current limit under the medical cannabis laws to allow a caregiver to cultivate up to 60 mature cannabis plants, up to 120 immature cannabis plants, up to 1,000 square feet of mature plant canopy and up to 2,000 square feet of immature plant canopy. The bill also amends the medical cannabis and adult use cannabis laws to extend registration and license periods from one year to 2 and updates the license renewal process for registrants and licensees without any violations of those laws in the previous year to require only the payment of the license fee or registration fee to the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Office of Cannabis Policy for a new active license to be issued.	Committee: VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25)	Support
LD 984 Low	An Act To Require State-owned Or Leased Buildings Occupied By 50 Or More Executive Branch Employees To Have At Least One Automated External Defibrillator And One Bleeding Control Kit This bill directs the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of General Services to ensure that each state building is equipped with at least one automated external defibrillator. It also directs each municipality to ensure that each municipal building is equipped with at least one automated external defibrillator.	Committee: STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25)	Oppose
LD 1009 Low	An Act To Restore Full Civil Rights To Possess Firearms To Persons Previously Convicted Of Certain Nonviolent Felony Crimes Currently, persons who have been convicted of committing or found not criminally responsible by reason of insanity of committing a crime in this State, a crime under the laws of the United States and certain crimes in other jurisdictions that are punishable by a term of imprisonment of one year or more are prohibited from owning, possessing or having under their control a firearm. This bill restores the right for some of these convicted persons to own, possess and have a firearm under their control, setting certain eligibility requirements a person must meet to have their civil rights relating to firearms restored, including a requirement that 10 years have passed since the completion of any sentence imposed on them. Eligibility for restoration of firearm rights is excluded for certain enumerated categories of crimes, including murder; any Class A crime; any Class B or C crime in violation of the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 17-A, chapter 9, 11, 12, 13, 33 or 45; robbery; assault on an officer; assault on an emergency medical services person; assault on a firefighter; aggravated sex trafficking; and sex trafficking. The bill also outlines the procedure for applying for a restoration of civil rights. A person meeting the eligibility requirements may submit a request to the Department of Public Safety to have that person's firearm rights restored. Upon receipt of a request, the department must conduct a review of the person's criminal history to ensure the person is eligible. Upon a determination that the person is eligible, the department must notify the court having jurisdiction over the crime on which the person's firearm prohibition is based, and that court must issue an order restoring the person's rights. The bill also stipulates that, in the event a person who has had the person's civil rights restored is subsequently convicted of any felony crime, defined as a crime punishable by a sentence of imprisonment of one year or more in Maine or any other jurisdiction, that person's restored rights are revoked and the person is ineligible from qualifying for a restoration of that person's rights in the future. In this occurrence, the court that issued the order restoring the person's civil rights to own, possess and have under the person's control a firearm must revoke that order.	Committee: JUDICIARY Committee Docket: Voted - Divided Report (11/14)	Monitor
LD 1123 Low	An Act To Provide Funding For Mainecare-related Services For Public Schools This bill provides ongoing funds to establish 2 Public Service Coordinator I positions to provide technical assistance and facilitate MaineCare reimbursements for local school districts.	Committee: EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25)
LD 1139 Low	An Act To Provide Funding For Essential Services For Victims Of Crimes This bill provides ongoing funding for crime victim services and requires any balance remaining at the end of a fiscal year appropriated to the Department of Health and Human Services to supplement grants under the federal victim assistance formula grant program to be carried forward to the next fiscal year for the same purpose.	Committee: HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES; JUDICIARY CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25)
LD 1220 Low	An Act To Allow Chiropractors To Treat Dogs And Equids This bill authorizes a chiropractor licensed in this State to provide chiropractic care to dogs and equids as long as the licensed chiropractor is certified to perform animal chiropractic care and meets other conditions specified in the bill.	Committee: HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25)
LD 1416 Low	An Act To Require The Department Of Health And Human Services To Immediately Take Custody Of Persons Sentenced To Mental Health Facilities That May Not Include County Or Regional Jails This bill requires that when a court commits a defendant to the Commissioner of Health and Human Services for placement in an appropriate mental health institution, that placement must be immediate and may not be in a county or regional jail.	Committee: HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25)
LD 1425 Low	An Act To Improve Access To Sustainable And Low-barrier Trauma Recovery Services This bill provides one-time funding only in fiscal years 2025-26 and 2026-27 to the Maine Resiliency Center in Lewiston to support the continuation and expansion of services for residents of the State affected by the immediate and cumulative effects of trauma through connection, information and support.	Committee: HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25)
LD 1502 Low	An Act To Update The Requirements For Health Insurance Coverage Of Prostate Cancer Screening Under current law, health insurance coverage must be provided for annual prostate cancer screening, if recommended by a physician, to men 50 years of age or older until attaining 72 years of age. This bill updates the required coverage by doing the following. 1. It expands the scope of the required screening services to include medically necessary follow-up testing as directed by a physician, including, but not limited to, urinary analysis; serum biomarker testing; and medical imaging. It retains the provision in current law that requires coverage of a digital rectal examination and a prostate-specific antigen test and provides that associated laboratory fees for those tests are also covered. 2. It requires the coverage of services for the early detection of prostate cancer, if recommended by a physician, when supported by medical and scientific evidence according to the most recently published nationally recognized clinical practice guideline. 3. It prohibits the use of any deductible, copayment, coinsurance or other cost-sharing requirement for the costs of services for the early detection of prostate cancer. The requirements of the bill apply to health plans issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2026.	Committee: HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25)
LD 1519 Low	An Act To Create A Stewardship Program For Electronic Smoking Devices And Related Products This bill requires that, on or before November 1, 2026, a producer of electronic smoking devices, individually, collectively or through a stewardship organization, must submit to the Department of Environmental Protection for review and approval a plan for the establishment of a stewardship program to manage unwanted electronic smoking devices sold by the producer at the end of the device's life. One hundred eighty days after a stewardship plan is approved by the department, a producer of electronic smoking devices may not sell or offer for sale in the State an electronic smoking device unless the producer participates, individually, collectively or through a stewardship organization, in an approved electronic smoking device stewardship program.	Committee: ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25)
LD 1530 Low	An Act To Improve The Sustainability Of Emergency Medical Services In Maine This bill provides that care that is provided at the scene of an emergency medical services event by an ambulance service or nontransporting emergency medical service is reimbursable care regardless of whether a patient is transported to another facility. This includes the administration of overdose-reversing medications that do not result in patient transport to a facility. Additionally, the bill requires reimbursement for certain services provided through community paramedicine.	Committee: HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25)
LD 1609 Low	An Act To Prevent The Participation Of Individuals And Companies Linked To Federally Recognized Criminal Organizations In The Medical And Adult Use Cannabis Programs This bill requires the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Office of Cannabis Policy to deny a license under the Cannabis Legalization Act to any person associated with organized crime as identified by state or federal law enforcement officers within the 5 years prior to application. It requires the office to deny a license to any person who operates a cannabis establishment at a physical location known to be associated with organized crime within the 5 years before the finding of the association as identified by state or federal law enforcement officers. It also requires the office to revoke, for a period of 5 years, a license currently held by a licensee if the person or the physical location of a licensed cannabis establishment is known to be associated with organized crime as identified by state or federal law enforcement officers. These requirements also apply to registrations issued under the Maine Medical Use of Cannabis Act.	Committee: VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25)
LD 1636 Low	Resolve, To Study Changing The Start Of The State Fiscal Year To October 1st This resolve establishes the Working Group to Study Changing the Start of the State Fiscal Year to study the feasibility of changing the state fiscal year from the time period covering July 1st to June 30th to the time period covering October 1st to September 30th and the implications for the State, counties, municipalities and school administrative units associated with that change.	Committee: APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCIAL AFFAIRS Committee Docket: Voted - Divided Report (12/15)
LD 1646 Low	An Act To Amend Maine's Good Samaritan Laws Regarding Suspected Drug-related Overdoses This bill updates the provisions regarding immunity from arrest, prosecution and revocation and termination proceedings when assistance has been requested for a suspected drug-related overdose to remove references to medical emergencies and expands the scope to include calls for assistance for a person exhibiting symptoms of a drug-related overdose.	Committee: CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25)
LD 1652 Low	An Act To Create A Tax Credit For Providers Of Dental Care For Mainecare Recipients This bill establishes a tax credit for licensing and malpractice insurance costs up to $5,000 for dental providers who treat MaineCare patients. The bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to amend its rule Chapter 101: MaineCare Benefits Manual, Section 25, Dental Services and Reimbursement, to reimburse all dental services at 75% of the national state Medicaid rates and to provide reimbursement for all dental case management codes. It also requires the department to create 3 positions within the office of MaineCare services dedicated to the dental programs and services provided under the MaineCare program.	Committee: TAXATION Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25)
LD 1720 Low	Resolve, Regarding Certified Nursing Assistant Examinations This bill: 1. Provides access to the Maine Public Employees Retirement System for long-term care workers including nurses, certified nursing assistants, direct care workers and housekeeping and dietary staff; 2. Provides access to the state group health plan for long-term care workers including nurses, certified nursing assistants, direct care workers and housekeeping and dietary staff; 3. Provides nursing homes and long-term care facilities with direct MaineCare reimbursement for training for staff, including a certified nursing assistant training program, a direct care worker training program and English as a second language training for a staff member who is a nonnative English speaker; 4. Provides nursing homes and long-term care facilities with direct MaineCare reimbursement for actual costs of interpreter services for staff and residents who require language assistance, including expenses for on-site interpreters, remote interpreting services and interpreter-related administrative costs; and 5. Directs the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation to provide translations of certified nursing assistant written examinations in French, Spanish, Cantonese, Mandarin and Filipino.	Committee: HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25)	Monitor
LD 1734 Low	An Act To Exempt Over-the-counter Medicines From The Sales And Use Tax This bill adds over-the-counter medicines and drugs to the sales tax exemption for medicines sold for humans on a doctor's prescription as long as the over-the-counter medicine or drug is labelled according to the requirements of the United States Food and Drug Administration. Medicines or drugs included in the new exemption include anesthetics; antacids; contraceptive supplies, drugs, devices and products approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration to prevent pregnancy; medication prepared for use in the eyes, ears or nose; opioid antagonists; products intended to be taken for coughs, colds, asthma or allergies; and steroidal medicines.	Committee: TAXATION CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25)
LD 1761 Low	An Act To Prohibit Indemnification Agreements This bill prohibits contract agreements that indemnify or hold harmless the promisee from or against any negligence, claim or liability arising out of an intentional act or omission of the promisee or promisor. Parties to a contract are not prohibited from agreeing that the promisee must be included as an additional insured in an insurance contract. The bill does not affect the validity of workers' compensation or other insurance contracts.	01/07/26 1:00 PM in State House, Room 438 - Public Hearing	Monitor
LD 1816 Low	An Act To Establish A Statewide Sexual Assault Forensic Examination Kit Tracking System And Conduct An Inventory Of Existing Forensic Examination Kits In The Possession Of Law Enforcement This bill directs the Department of Public Safety to establish, operate and maintain a sexual assault forensic examination kit tracking system for all completed kits regardless of whether the alleged offense related to the kit was reported to a law enforcement agency. The tracking system must be continuously accessible to approved users. The department is required to submit a report by January 1, 2027, and annually thereafter, to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over criminal justice and public safety matters and the Governor concerning information related to the status of sexual assault forensic examination kits reported in the tracking system. The bill provides requirements for the tracking system and requires the department to adopt routine technical rules, including rules regarding participation in the tracking system, confidentiality and the operation of the tracking system. The bill directs that, by June 1, 2026, a law enforcement agency that receives, maintains, stores or preserves sexual assault forensic examination kits must complete an inventory of all kits in its possession and report its findings to the Department of Public Safety. The department must compile all agency reports and present findings of the inventory by January 1, 2027 to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over criminal justice and public safety matters and at the same time post the report on the department's publicly accessible website. Public Law 2023, chapter 236 changed a provision in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 25 to require law enforcement agencies to store sexual assault forensic examination kits for 20 years. For consistency with that provision, this bill amends a provision in Title 24 to require law enforcement agencies to store sexual assault forensic examination kits for 20 years.	Committee: JUDICIARY CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25)	Oppose
LD 1820 Low	An Act To Simplify Regulation Of The Adult Use Cannabis Industry This bill amends the Cannabis Legalization Act and the laws governing personal adult use of cannabis by eliminating the individual identification card requirement for licensees, eliminating cannabis purchase limits, eliminating certain requirements regarding the inspection of licensed premises and eliminating certain cannabis and cannabis product labeling requirements. The bill amends certain provisions regarding cannabis delivery transactions, including allowing licensees to use the tracking system established by the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Office of Cannabis Policy to track delivery transactions and sales at specified events. The bill prohibits the Office of Cannabis Policy from requiring licensees to sign forms that require the licensees to waive certain rights protected under constitutional, statutory or common law privilege. The bill also clarifies excise tax laws as they apply to cannabis biomass.	Committee: VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25)
LD 1821 Low	An Act To Ensure Responsible Business Practices By Licensed Firearms Dealers This bill requires the Department of Public Safety to adopt rules specifying the minimum security requirements for firearm dealers including the requirement of alarm systems, record retention and site hardening. The bill also designates as a Class C crime falsifying a certification that a firearm dealer is in compliance with department minimum security rules. The bill also creates a civil violation for failure to comply with the minimum security requirements outlined in the bill. Finally, the bill requires firearm dealers and gun shows to post signs informing customers of the crime of endangering the welfare of a child, background check requirements, suicide prevention resources and firearm safety course information.	Committee: JUDICIARY Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25)

Other Legislation

Bill	Title & Summary	Status	Position
LD 496	An Act Regarding The Issuance Of Silver Alerts This bill amends the provisions of law governing the Silver Alert Program to clarify that a person reported missing from a group home, mental hospital, psychiatric ward or other facility or division of a facility providing inpatient mental health services in the State is automatically considered a missing endangered person and a Silver Alert must be issued for that person. The bill requires that Silver Alerts be issued immediately to all police departments statewide and to all hospitals, homeless shelters, soup kitchens and public libraries in the State within 24 hours. When a person who is the subject of a Silver Alert is not located, the alert must be reissued after 2 weeks and every 2 weeks thereafter.	Committee: CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25)
LD 721	Resolve, To Support The Full Implementation Of Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics In The State This resolve provides one-time funding to support the full implementation of the 5 certified community behavioral health clinics certified by the State as part of the federal certified community behavioral health clinic Medicaid demonstration program, including hiring clinical and administrative staff critical to the success of the program. The funding must support enhancement of the Department of Health and Human Services' proposed certified community behavioral health clinic rate methodology, including increasing wages for new clinical positions that require graduate-level education from 100% to 125% of the state median wage as reported by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics and increasing wages for new administrative positions from 75% to 100% of the state median wage as reported by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.	Committee: HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25)
LD 1136	An Act To Defend The Rights Of Lgbtq+ Persons In The State This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208. This bill proposes to update certain laws to protect the rights of individuals who identify as LGBTQ+.	Committee: JUDICIARY CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25)
LD 1311	An Act To Expand Maine's Health Care Workforce By Improving Educational Opportunities This bill establishes the Maine Health Care Education Training and Medical Residency Fund and appropriates $5,000,000 annually to support health care in rural and underserved communities and physician workforce development.	Committee: HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25)	Support
LD 1418	An Act To Protect Access To Reproductive Health Care, Including Fertility Treatments And Contraceptives This bill prohibits the Commissioner of Health and Human Services from adopting rules that place a ban or restriction on access to reproductive health care.	Committee: HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25)	Monitor
LD 1443	An Act To Ensure The Financial Stability Of Behavioral Health Service Providers And Housing Assistance Providers This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to continue payments to service providers, including, but not limited to, private or nonprofit behavioral health agencies, housing assistance providers and other nonprofit organizations, in good standing with the department at their previous contract rates when delays in new contract awarding, finalization or payment exceed 30 days. It also requires the department to pay administrative expenses and interest charged on lines of credit or loans accessed by a service provider when a delay in awarding, finalization or payment of a department contract requires the service provider to access the line of credit or loan.	Committee: HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25)
LD 1772	An Act To Implement The Recommendations Of The Blue Ribbon Commission To Design A Plan For Sustained Investment In Preventing Disease And Improving The Health Of Maine Communities This bill establishes the Trust for a Healthy Maine to receive money paid to the State pursuant to the tobacco settlement and from other sources and to distribute that money to state agencies or designated agents of the State to fund tobacco use prevention and addiction disease control, ensure adequate resources for other disease prevention efforts, promote public health, plan and deliver public health and prevention programs and services, support accreditation of the Department of Health and Human Services, Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention and support public health workforce development. The trust is governed by a 15-member board of trustees composed of the Director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention and 14 members appointed by the Governor.	01/07/26 1:00 PM in Cross Building, Room 209 - Public Hearing
LD 1822	An Act To Enact The Maine Online Data Privacy Act This bill enacts the Maine Online Data Privacy Act, which takes effect July 1, 2026. The Act regulates the collection, use, processing, disclosure, sale and deletion of nonpublicly available personal data by a person that conducts business in this State or that produces products or services targeted to residents of this State, referred to in the Act as a "controller," if the personal data is linked or can be reasonably linked to an identified or identifiable individual who is a resident of this State, referred to in the Act as a "consumer," or is linked or reasonably can be linked to a device that is linked or reasonably can be linked to an identified or identifiable consumer. Under the Act, a controller must limit the collection and processing of personal data to what is reasonably necessary and proportionate to provide or maintain a specific product or service requested by the consumer, except that the controller must limit the collection and processing of certain sensitive data to what is strictly necessary to provide or maintain a specific product or service requested by the consumer. Under the Act, "sensitive data" includes data revealing a consumer's race or ethnic origins, religious beliefs, mental or physical health conditions or diagnoses, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship or immigration status; genetic or biometric data; precise geolocation data; social security, driver's license or nondriver identification card numbers; specific financial or account access information; data of a minor under 18 years of age; or data concerning the consumer's status as the victim of a crime. The Act establishes that consumers have the right to confirm whether a controller is processing their data; correct inaccuracies in their personal data; require the controller to delete any portion of their personal data that the controller is not required to maintain by law; obtain a copy of their personal data in a format that can be readily transferred to another controller; obtain a list of the 3rd parties to which the controller has sold personal data; and opt out of the processing of their personal data for purposes of targeted advertising, sale or consumer profiling. The Act also prohibits a controller from selling any sensitive data; processing the personal data of a minor for purposes of targeted advertising or sale; processing personal data in a manner that discriminates against a person in violation of state or federal law; and retaliating against a consumer for exercising a consumer's rights under the Act, except that a controller may offer different prices or selection of goods in connection with a consumer's voluntary participation in a bona fide loyalty or discount program. The Act also requires a controller to provide consumers with a privacy notice specifying how a consumer may exercise the consumer's rights under the Act; the categories of personal data processed by the controller; the purposes for processing the personal data; the categories of personal data transferred to 3rd parties; and the categories of 3rd parties to whom personal data is shared. The controller must establish, implement and maintain reasonable data security practices and a retention schedule that requires the disposal of personal data by the controller either when deletion is required by law or when the data is no longer necessary for the purpose for which it was processed and retention of the data is not required by law. The controller must also require, by contract, that any person who processes a consumer's personal data on behalf of the controller treats the personal data confidentially and deletes or returns all personal data to the controller at the end of the processing, unless retention of the data is required by law. If a controller engages in a data processing activity that presents a heightened risk of harm to a consumer, including processing any data for targeted advertising, sale or profiling or any processing of sensitive data, the controller must conduct and document a data protection assessment identifying and weighing the benefits and potential risks of the processing activity. The controller may be required to disclose the data protection assessment to the Attorney General, who must keep it confidential, when the assessment is relevant to an investigation conducted by the Attorney General. The Act further prohibits any person from establishing a geofence within 1,750 feet of any in-person health care facility in the State, other than the operator of the facility, for the purpose of identifying, tracking, collecting data from or sending a notification regarding consumer health data to consumers who enter that area. The provisions of the Act do not apply to specifically enumerated persons, including the State, political subdivisions of the State and federally recognized Indian tribes in the State; nonprofit organizations; institutions of higher education; federally registered national securities associations; supervised financial organizations and service corporations; health care facilities and health care practitioners as well as their affiliates that both qualify as business associates and provide services only to covered entitites; state-licensed and authorized insurers that are in compliance with applicable Maine laws governing insurer data security and data privacy; and broadband Internet service providers to the extent those providers are subject to the data privacy requirements of the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 35-A, section 9301. In addition, the provisions of the Act do not apply to specifically enumerated types of data, including, for example: nonpublic personal information regulated under the federal Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act; protected health information under the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996; personal data regulated by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974; data processed and maintained by the controller regarding an applicant for employment or employee to the extent the data is collected and used within the context of that role; and data necessary for the controller to administer benefits. The Act also does not prohibit controllers from engaging in specifically enumerated activities, including, for example: complying with state or federal law; complying with investigations or subpoenas from federal, state or tribal governmental authorities; cooperating with federal, tribal or Maine law enforcement agencies; providing a product or service specifically requested by the consumer; protecting life and physical safety of consumers; and preventing or responding to security incidents. The Act also does not prohibit a controller from using personal data collected in a lawful manner to effectuate a product recall, identify and repair technical errors and perform internal operations that are reasonably aligned with a consumer's expectations or otherwise compatible with providing the product or service specifically requested by the consumer. Violations of the Act may be enforced exclusively by the Attorney General under the Maine Unfair Trade Practices Act. If the violation occurs on or before April 1, 2027, the Attorney General may provide a potential defendant with a notice of violation at least 60 days prior to initiating an enforcement action, during which time the potential defendant may cure the violation to avoid the enforcement action. The Act further requires the Attorney General to submit a report by February 1, 2027 to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over judiciary matters regarding the implementation and operation of the Act. The committee may report out legislation related to the report to the 133rd Legislature in 2027.	Committee: JUDICIARY Unfinished Business Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25)
LD 1835	An Act To Improve Nonemergency Mainecare Transportation This bill does the following. 1. It requires the Department of Health and Human Services to create and maintain a MaineCare nonemergency transportation dashboard, which is information posted on the department's publicly accessible website reflecting broker performance indicators and results. 2. It requires the department to track nonemergency transportation trips by region and categorize and issue a monthly report regarding all incidents involving the delivery on nonemergency transportation. 3. It establishes the nonemergency transportation ombudsman program as an independent program within the Executive Department to provide ombudsman services to MaineCare members regarding MaineCare nonemergency transportation provided by the department. 4. It requires the department to establish a nonemergency transportation advisory committee in each region to provide the department with recommendations regarding the performance of nonemergency transportation services in that region.	Committee: HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25)
LD 1843	An Act To Provide Peer Respite For Individuals With Mental Health Care Needs This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to provide peer respite services and establish a peer respite center. The center must provide 24-hour peer respite services to individuals 18 years of age or older in need of voluntary, short-term mental health services.	Committee: HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25)
LD 1847	An Act To Institute Testing And Tracking Of Medical Use Cannabis And Cannabis Products Similar To Adult Use Cannabis And Cannabis Products, Dedicate A Portion Of The Adult Use Cannabis Sales And Excise Tax To Medical Use Cannabis Programs And Create A Study Group This bill provides: 1. For the same testing and tracking provisions that are applied for adult use cannabis and adult use cannabis products to be applied for medical use cannabis and medical use cannabis products; 2. A requirement that a portion of the adult use cannabis and adult use cannabis products excise and sales tax must be used to fund public health and safety campaigns related to the sale and use of medical use cannabis and medical use cannabis products; 3. That edible adult use cannabis products that are gummies must be blister packaged; and 4. For the establishment of a study group to examine youth consumption of medical use and adult use cannabis, including a study of data related to cannabis use of people under 21 years of age in the State, science concerning the effects of the use of cannabis on youth development and overall health, strategies to improve the quality, availability and transparency of data concerning cannabis use by people under 21 years of age in the State and an approach to regularly report to the Legislature on youth consumption of cannabis.	Committee: VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25)
LD 1870	An Act To Establish A Climate Superfund Cost Recovery Program To Impose Penalties On Climate Polluters This bill establishes the Climate Superfund Cost Recovery Program within the Department of Environmental Protection. Under the program, an entity or a successor in interest to an entity that was engaged in the trade or business of extracting fossil fuel or refining crude oil between January 1, 1995 and December 31, 2024 is assessed a cost recovery demand for the entity's share of fossil fuel extraction or refinement contributing to greenhouse gas-related costs in the State. An entity is assessed a cost recovery demand only if the department determines that the entity's products were responsible for more than one billion metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions. Cost recovery payments received by the department are deposited into the Climate Superfund Cost Recovery Program Fund to provide funding for recovery of the costs to develop and implement the program and fund and for climate change adaptation projects in the State, which the department is directed to prioritize through the adoption of a resilience implementation strategy and to ensure that at least 35% of the funds are used for climate change adaptation projects that benefit low-income persons with environmental justice concerns.	Committee: ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25)
LD 1890	An Act To Facilitate The Development Of Ambulatory Surgical Facilities By Exempting Certain Facilities From The Requirement To Obtain A Certificate Of Need This bill exempts certain ambulatory surgical facilities from the requirement to obtain a certificate of need from the Department of Health and Human Services to finance or incur expenditures for a project. An ambulatory surgical facility that is owned or operated by a hospital is exempt from the requirement only if the facility is operated and paid only as an ambulatory surgical facility and does not share space with a hospital or the outpatient surgery department of a critical access hospital, even if the facility and hospital or outpatient surgery department are not open at the same time.	01/07/26 1:30 PM in Cross Building, Room 220 - Public Hearing
LD 1893	An Act To Establish An Independent Office Of The Child Advocate This bill establishes the Office of the Child Advocate as an independent agency with jurisdiction over all children's services delivered or arranged by the State. It endows the Child Advocate with authority to receive complaints, access information, investigate, publicly report, make recommendations and advise the Governor, the Legislature, administrators of state agencies and the public on the best interests of children in providing services. It repeals the provision creating the ombudsman program in the Child and Family Services and Child Protection Act but retains services formerly provided by the ombudsman to be provided by the Office of the Child Advocate. It also provides for the transfer of funding from the ombudsman program to the Office of the Child Advocate.	Committee: HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25)
LD 1923	An Act To Repurpose Long Creek Youth Development Center And Build A Community System Of Support This bill requires that, no later than January 1, 2027, the Long Creek Youth Development Center physical plant be repurposed into a secure residential treatment facility to provide services for juveniles involved in the juvenile justice system and at-risk youth, including, but not limited to, services for housing, behavioral health, education, substance use disorder prevention and treatment, wraparound case management and diversion and other services. The State must contract with community-based organizations to provide these services in conjunction with staff of the Department of Corrections. The bill also requires that, no later than January 1, 2027, the State must direct funds from the Department of Corrections' juvenile corrections and juvenile services budgets to fund community-based services for youth. The bill requires the Department of Corrections and the Department of Health and Human Services to convene a working group to study options and best practices for repurposing Long Creek Youth Development Center and reinvesting corrections funds currently designated for youth incarceration into community-based services. The working group must submit a report to the Joint Standing Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety and the Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human Services by January 15, 2026. The joint standing committees each may report out legislation based on the report to the Second Regular Session of the 132nd Legislature. The bill authorizes the Maine Governmental Facilities Authority to issue securities in an amount not to exceed $10,000,000 outstanding at any one time to pay for capital construction, repairs and improvements to the Long Creek Youth Development Center to repurpose it into a secure residential treatment facility to provide services for juveniles and to be used to establish 2 community-based residential programs, one that supports youth leaving Long Creek Youth Development Center and one that provides an alternative to commitment at Long Creek Youth Development Center. The bill requires the Department of Corrections to develop and publish each month on its publicly accessible website data regarding the number of juveniles involved in the juvenile justice system.	Committee: CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25)
LD 1932	An Act To Support Essential Support Workers And Enhance Workforce Development This bill increases the rate for the labor portion of reimbursement for services provided by essential support workers from 125% of the minimum wage to 140%. This requirement is effective January 1, 2026. The bill requires that essential support workers whose services are reimbursed under the MaineCare program or a state-funded program must be paid no less than 125% of the minimum wage. The bill requires the Maine Health Data Organization, in consultation with the Essential Support Workforce Advisory Committee and the Department of Health and Human Services, to develop a methodology for establishing a baseline report in order to be able to examine the care gap in essential support worker services paid by the MaineCare program or a similar state-funded program. The care gap is defined as the difference between approved services and the hours of services actually provided. The bill requires the Department of Administrative and Financial Services to provide a biennial report to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over health and human services matters that estimates the actual cost to the State of providing all long-term care services and forecasts costs in the future. The bill changes the membership of the Essential Support Workforce Advisory Committee to include a representative of the long-term care ombudsman program and a representative of an organization that provides personal care services in the home. The bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to convene a stakeholder group to develop the Innovations in Care and Support Technology Plan to be submitted by October 15, 2026. The purpose of the plan is to advance the use of technology to reduce the number of approved but unstaffed essential support worker hours. The bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to create a stakeholder group to assist the department in developing a 5-year plan to expand the department's worker portability and advancement initiative to establish a standardized curriculum and training program for essential support workers.	Committee: HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25)
LD 1942	An Act To Modify Taxes Applying To Adult Use Cannabis, Hemp And Hemp Products Beginning January 1, 2026, this bill imposes a sales tax of 20% on hemp and hemp products that contain tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC. It changes the percentage from 12% to 6% of the adult use cannabis sales tax and excise tax that is transferred to the Adult Use Cannabis Public Health and Safety and Municipal Opt-in Fund. It changes the method of taxation of adult use cannabis products to 10% of the average wholesale price of adult use cannabis sold by a cultivation facility licensee to other licensees. It provides that an excise tax is not imposed on the sale or transfer of adult use cannabis between cultivation facilities and products manufacturing facilities. It changes payment of the adult use cannabis excise tax to a quarterly schedule.	Committee: TAXATION Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25)
LD 1943	Resolve, To Establish A Commission To Study The Role Of Private Equity In Maine's Economy And In Key Economic Sectors This resolve establishes the Commission to Study Private Equity Firms to conduct a comprehensive study of the role of private equity firms in the State's economy, with a focus on transparency, investment practices and private equity's effects on key sectors such as energy, health care, housing and nursing homes. The commission must issue a report with its findings and recommendations to the Joint Standing Committee on Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services no later than December 3, 2025, which may include legislative proposals to address the effects of private equity firms on the State's economy and on key economic sectors, such as energy, health care, housing and nursing homes.	Committee: HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25)
LD 1948	An Act To Fund Mainecare Part A of this bill provides one-time funding for the MaineCare program in fiscal year 2024-25. Part A takes effect when approved. Part B of the bill deappropriates one-time funding provided in Public Law 2025, chapter 2, Part D for the MaineCare program. Part B takes effect June 20, 2025, which is the effective date of Public Law 2025, chapter 2, Part D.	Committee: BILLS IN THE SECOND READING; HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25)
LD 1970	An Act To Amend The Laws Regarding Consent For Hiv Testing And Disclosure Of Related Medical Information For Insurance Purposes This bill provides that an HIV test may be undertaken with a patient's general consent. The bill defines "general consent" to mean consent obtained without undue inducement or any element of compulsion, fraud, deceit, duress or any other form of constraint or coercion and that is obtained after providing instruction to a patient that, as part of a medical procedure or test, the patient may receive an HIV test and that receiving an HIV test is voluntary and the patient may choose not to submit to an HIV test. The bill also provides that disclosure of information in a medical record for the purpose of seeking insurance reimbursement for HIV testing is not precluded. The bill removes the requirement that an HIV test may be undertaken only with a patient's informed consent.	Committee: HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (6/25)
LD 1989	An Act To Increase Access To The Progressive Treatment Program Fund This bill allows mental health care providers to request reimbursement from the Department of Health and Human Services for both the initiation and renewal of progressive treatment programs, subject to available funds. Current law allows for reimbursement to private entities to initiate such programs.	Committee: HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Received by the Secretary of the Senate on December 3, 2025 and REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 (12/3)
LD 1990	An Act To Update The Requirements For Psychology Licensure This bill modifies licensure requirements for psychologists by allowing the State Board of Examiners of Psychologists to accept applications for licensure at any time after successful passage of the qualifying examination. Current law prevents the board from accepting such applications within 6 months of failure of the examination.	01/13/26 1:00 PM in Cross Building, Room 220 - Public Hearing
LD 2000	An Act To Update The Campaign Finance Laws This bill amends campaign finance laws as follows: 1. It increases the threshold amounts for financial transactions that require candidates, political action committees, ballot question committees and party committees to file 24-hour reports during the last 13 days before an election; 2. It extends the deadline for 24-hour reports so that the reports are due within 48 hours of the contribution or expenditure; 3. It increases the threshold amount that requires an independent expenditure report from spending in excess of $250 to advocate for or against a candidate to spending in excess of $1,000 per candidate; and 4. It directs the Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices to amend its rules to provide that independent expenditures made during the 60 days before an election must be disclosed in a report within 2 calendar days of the expenditure.	Committee: VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS Received by the Secretary of the Senate on December 3, 2025 and REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 (12/3)
LD 2004	An Act To Enhance Support Of Local Nutrition Incentive Programs By Modifying The Eligibility Requirements Of The Fund To Address Food Insecurity And Provide Nutrition Incentives This bill makes funds from the Fund To Address Food Insecurity and Provide Nutrition Incentives more readily available to local nutrition incentive programs by removing language that specifies federal food and nutrition assistance programs.	01/07/26 1:00 PM in Cross Building, Room 214 - Public Hearing
LD 2005	An Act Regarding Mail Order Delivery Of Prescription Drugs This bill requires pharmacy benefits managers to allow for the dispensing of a covered person's prescriptions at a network pharmacy if the prescription is delayed by more than one day after the expected delivery date provided by a mail order pharmacy or if the prescription drug arrives in an unusable condition.	Committee: HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES Received by the Secretary of the Senate on December 3, 2025 and REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 (12/3)
LD 2011	An Act To Remove The Mainecare Program From The Prescription Drug Benefit Provisions In The Maine Insurance Code This bill removes the MaineCare program from the definition of "carrier" for the purposes of the law governing health plans that provide prescription drug benefits under the Maine Insurance Code.	Committee: HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES Received by the Clerk of the House on December 3, 2025. The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401. (12/3)
LD 2017	An Act To Update Certain Statutes Governing School Nutrition This bill amends provisions of education law governing applications for free or reduced-price school meals by removing the requirement that the Department of Education contract for the development and implementation of an Internet-based application for such school meals, instead simply permitting the department to take these actions. It also changes requirements for making the application available on the department's publicly accessible website and instead permits the department to make the application available on a publicly accessible website. It also removes the requirement that a public school is solely responsible for processing that school's online applications. The bill modifies provisions governing alternative breakfast delivery service in schools by removing an exemption applying to certain school administrative units and removing the requirement that the department adopt rules related to the alternative breakfast delivery service, including rules establishing procedures to track health and academic outcomes of students and schools that participate in the service and schools' annual increase in participation in the service. The bill repeals a provision of education law governing access to food, collection of student meal debt and use of food as discipline in schools.	Committee: EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS Received by the Clerk of the House on December 3, 2025. The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401. (12/3)
LD 2019	An Act To Amend The Laws Governing Licensure Of Wholesalers And Manufacturers Under The Maine Pharmacy Act This bill modifies the initial licensure qualifications for prescription drug manufacturers and wholesalers by allowing an applicant to apply for licensure before the applicant has obtained a registration number from the appropriate federal agencies but requires that a manufacturer or wholesaler licensed in this State file the applicable registration numbers with the Maine Board of Pharmacy once the registration numbers are obtained by the manufacturer or wholesaler. The bill also provides that the board may deny a license, refuse to renew a license or impose disciplinary sanctions if the manufacturer or wholesaler fails to file the applicable registration numbers with the board once the registration numbers are obtained.	Committee: HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES Received by the Clerk of the House on December 3, 2025. The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401. (12/3)
LD 2030	An Act To Expand The Scope Of Practice Of Independent Practice Dental Hygienists This bill allows an independent practice dental hygienist to administer local anesthesia or nitrous oxide analgesia as long as the independent practice dental hygienist has the appropriate licensure authority.	Committee: HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES Received by the Clerk of the House on December 3, 2025. The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401. (12/3)
LD 2032	An Act To Amend The Extreme Risk Protection Order Procedure This bill amends the laws governing extreme risk protection orders by adding the requirement that a copy of the judicial endorsement and all attachments be provided to the court. Current law requires that a copy of the notification to the restricted person including the date of notification be provided to the court.	Committee: JUDICIARY Received by the Clerk of the House on December 3, 2025. The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401. (12/3)
LD 2040	An Act To Survey Food Insecurity In Maine This bill directs the Commissioner of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, in partnership with outside agencies or other state agencies as necessary, to institute, with input of the commissioner's advisory committee to guide the implementation of the State's strategic plan to end hunger in the State by 2030, an annual survey and regularly publish a report regarding food insecurity in the State.	01/07/26 1:00 PM in Cross Building, Room 214 - Public Hearing
LD 2046	An Act To Update Certain Duties Regarding Student Health Related To Communicable And Infectious Disease This bill clarifies the duties of school personnel, superintendents and parents with regard to reporting symptoms of communicable or infectious diseases. The bill also clarifies that the duty for school nurses to supervise and coordinate health-related activities must be carried out in accordance with the most recent school nursing practices and follow all applicable rules adopted by the State Board of Nursing. The bill also requires the guidelines on the provision of school health services and health-related activities to be based on state and national standards and updated at least every 3 years. The bill also updates the term "epinephrine autoinjector" to "epinephrine automated device.	Committee: EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS Received by the Secretary of the Senate on December 9, 2025 and REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 (12/9)
LD 2051	An Act To Ensure Access To The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program In Maine This bill provides that in the laws governing the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, the term "noncitizen legally admitted to the United States" includes, without limitation, any person who is pursuing any lawful immigration process, who has permanent residence in the United States under color of law or who was eligible to receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits as of July 3, 2025 but is no longer eligible for federally funded food assistance benefits pursuant to the federal One Big Beautiful Bill Act.	Committee: HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Received by the Clerk of the House on December 9, 2025. The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401. (12/9)