130th Maine Legislative Session
| LD | Title | Sponsor | Committee Assigned | Brief Description | Recommended MAR Action | Hearing | Actions | Information | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37 | An Act To Amend Laws Concerning Retired County & Municipal Law Enforcement Officers & Municipal Firefighters Health Insurance Program | Sen. Libby | Labor & Housing | Bill removes condition to enroll no later than 5 yrs after hire. Changes % of gross wages for contributions and removes requirement of 60 months contributions by enrollees. | Monitor | Feb. 3, 10:00 Cross Bldg. Room 202 | Voted OTP-AM | ||
| 46 | An Act To Further Protect Consumers from Surprise Medical Bills | Rep. Tepler | Health Coverage, Insurance & Financial Services | It addresses the amount a carrier must reimburse and out-of-network provider under certain circumstances. | Monitor | Feb 9, 11:00 Cross Bldg. Room 220 | |||
| 56 | An Act To Prohibit Insurers & 3rd Party Payors from Adjusting Fee Schedules for In-Network Providers Unless Adjustments Apply to All Specialities | Rep. Doore | Health Coverage, Insurance & Financial Services | Prohibits carrier from making change in reimbursement rates unless the changes are applied in same manner to all participating providers. | Monitor | Feb. 4, 10:00 Cross Bldg. Room 220 | |||
| 60 | An Act To Clarify the Minimum Amount of Emergency Refills of Insulin | Rep. Tepler | Health Coverage, Insurance & Financial Services | Bill requires the insulin dispensed be in a quantity that is at least a 30 day supply. | Monitor | Feb 9, 11:00 Cross Bldg. Room 220 | Voted OTP-AM | ||
| 84 | An Act To Increase the State Share of the Cost of Health Insurance for Retired Teachers | Rep. Faulkingham; Cosponsored by Sen. Woodsome | Education and Cultural Affairs | Requires State to pay 55% of retired teacher's share of premium after 6/30/2021. | Letter/Testimony | Feb. 17, 1:00 Cross Bldg Room 208 | |||
| 111 | An Act To Allow Career Educators to Retire Without Penalty | Rep. Tuell | Labor & Housing | Allows teachers & school admin. in service after 35 years to retire & collect benefits without penalty. Requires reemployed teacher, etc. pay the same employee contribution rate to retirement system as if filled by employee who is not retired. | Letter | Feb 3, 10:00 Cross Bldg Room 202 | |||
| 117 | An Act To Preserve the Health Care of University of Maine System Retirees | Rep. Millett | Labor & Housing | Proposes to enact measures designed to preseerve the health care of retirees. | Letter | ||||
| 120 | An Act To Lower Health Care Costs through the Establishment of Office of Affordable Health Care | Pres. Jackson | Health Coverage, Insurance & Financial Services | Charged with analyzing data from MHDO & Maine Quality Forum to make recommendations to improve cost efficient provision of high quality health care to residents of this State. | Monitor | ||||
| 136 | An Act To Increase the Maximum Pension Deduction for State Income Tax | Rep. Hanley | Taxation | Increases maximum annual income tax pension deduction for nonmilitary retirement pensions from $10,000 to $35,000 over 5 yr period beginning with 2021 tax year. | Testimony | ||||
| 161 | An Act Making Unified Appropriations & Allocations for Expenditures of State Govt, Highway Fund & Other Funds & Changing Certain Provisions of Law Necessary to Proper Operations of State Govt for Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2021, June 30, 2022 & June 30, 2023. | Rep. Martin | Transportation | Concept Draft | Monitor | ||||
| 162 | An Act To Make Supplemental Allocations from Highway Fund & Other Funds for Expenditures of State Govt & to Change Certain Provisions of Law Necessary to Proper Operations of State Govt for Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2021 | Rep. Martin | Transportation | Concept Draft | Monitor | ||||
| 167 | An Act To Limit Late Medical Billing to 6 Months | Sen. Pouliot | Health Coverage, Insurance & Financial Services | Prohibits charging for health care services if billing statement not provided within 6 months of date care received. | Monitor | Feb. 11, 10:00 Cross Bldg. Room 220 | |||
| 178 | An Act To Reduce Waste of Prescription Medications | Rep. Cuddy | Health Coverage, Insurance & Financial Services | May not prescribe or dispense more than a 30-day supply of Rx that has not been prescribed before. | Monitor | Feb. 11, 10:00 Cross Bldg. Room 220 | |||
| 179 | An Act To Exclude Energy Efficiency Improvements from Property Tax | Rep. Kessler | Taxation | Provides property tax exemptions for energy efficiency improvements. | Monitor | ||||
| 220 | An Act To Make Supplemental Appropriations and Allocations for the Expenditures of State Government and To Change Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2021 | Rep. Pierce Governor's Bill | Appropriations & Financial Affairs | Monitor | |||||
| 221 | An Act Making Unified Appropriations and Allocations for the Expenditures of State Government, General Fund and Other Funds and Changing Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2021, June 30, 2022 and June 30, 2023 | Rep. Pierce Governor's Bill | Appropriations & Financial Affairs | Monitor | |||||
| 240 | An Act Making Certain Appropriations and Allocations and Changing Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government | Sen. Breen | Appropriations & Financial Affairs | Concept Draft | Monitor | ||||
| 254 | An Act To Allow Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists To Bill for Their Services | Rep. Perry | Health Coverage, Insurance & Financial Services | Mandate requiring health insurance carriers to allow nurse anesthetists to bill for services. | Monitor | Feb. 18, 10:00 Cross Bldg. Room 220 | |||
| 270 | An Act To Amend the Regional Adjustment Index To Ensure School Districts Do Not Receive Less than the State Average for Teacher Salaries | Sen. Stewart cosponsored by Woodsome | Education and Cultural Affairs | Education Commissioner may not make an adjustment that decreases a school administrative unit's allocation for teacher and other school-level staff salary costs. | Monitor | ||||
| 275 | An Act To Amend the Retirement Laws Pertaining to Certain Educational Technicians | Rep. Cuddy | Labor & Housing | Provides provides an exception to mandatory membership in the State Employee and Teacher Retirement Program for employees filling certain educational technician positions | Monitor | ||||
| 276 | An Act To Improve and Update Maine's Tax Laws | Rep. Berry | Taxation | Concept Draft | Monitor | ||||
| 290 | An Act To Stabilize Property Taxes for Individuals 65 Years of Age or Older Who Own a Homestead for at Least 10 Years | Sen. Stewart | Taxation | Requires municipality to maintain property tax on homestead at the amount billed in year prior to application for stabilization. | Letter/Testimony | ||||
| 293 | An Act To Increase State's Share of Cost of Health Insurance for Retired Teachers | Rep. Collings | Education and Cultural Affairs | Requires State to pay 55% of retired teacher's share of premium after 6/30/2021. | Letter/Testimony | Feb. 17, 1:00 Cross Bldg Room 208 | |||
| 296 | An Act To Provide a Tax Credit for Family Caregivers | Rep. Cloutier | Taxation | Provides refundable income tax credit of $2000 for certified family caregivers. | Monitor | ||||
| 304 | An Act To Make Certain Supplemental Approps and Allocations and Changing Certain Provisions of Law Necessary to Proper Operations of State Govt | Sen. Breen | Appropriations & Financial Affairs | Concept Draft | Monitor | ||||
| 317 | An Act To Create Equality in Retirement for Forest Rangers with that of Employees of State Conservation Law Enforcement Agencies | Rep. Doore | Labor & Housing | Allows them to retire after 25 years of service similar to law enforcement officers. | Monitor | Feb. 24, 10:00 Cross Bldg Room 202 | |||
| 319 | An Act To Promote Socially Responsible Investing by MainePERS by Prohibiting Investment in Fossil Fuel Industry or For-profit Prisons | Rep. Brennan | Labor & Housing | Prohibits Board of Trustees from investing assets in stocks or securities within fossil fuel industry or prisons for profit. | Letter | Feb. 24, 10:00 Cross Bldg Room 202 | |||
| 323 | An Act Regarding Insurance Coverage for Telehealth Services | Rep. Perry | Health Coverage, Insurance & Financial Services | Health care services provided through telephone communication are considered telehealth services requiring carrier to cover these services. | Monitor | ||||
| 328 | An Act To Fully Fund and Restore State-Municipal Revenue Sharing | Rep. Harnett | Taxation | Increases state-municipal revenue sharing from 3.75% to 5%. | Monitor | ||||
| 333 | An Act Regarding Telehealth | Rep. Hymanson | Health Coverage, Insurance & Financial Services | Changes provisions governing health insurance coverage of telehealth services for plans on or after 1/1/2022. | Monitor | ||||
| 341 | An Act To Address the Windfall Elimination Provision | Sen. Stewart | Labor & Housing | Concept Draft | Letter/Testimony | ||||
| 365 | An Act To Protect Consumers from Surprise Medical Bills | Rep. Morris | Health Coverage, Insurance & Financial Services | Concept Draft | Monitor | ||||
| 367 | An Act To Require Timely Billing for Health Care Services | Sen. Claxton | Health Coverage, Insurance & Financial Services | Prohibits charging for health care services if billing statement not provided within 6 months of date care received. | Monitor (basically same language as LD 167) | Feb. 11, 10:00 Cross Bldg. Room 220 | |||
| 371 | An Act To Make Adjustments to General Fund Appropriations Related to Supplemental Budget | Sen. Breen | Appropriations & Financial Affairs | Concept Draft | Monitor | ||||
| 392 | An Act To Amend the Tax Laws | Rep. Terry | Taxation | Concept Draft | Monitor | ||||
| 397 | An Act To Recalculate Retirement Benefits for Certain State Employees Adversely Affected by Merit Pay Freezes | Rep. Pickett | Labor & Housing | Allows members who retired on or after 6/30/15 to pay contributions to include in retirement benefit calculations, etc. | Letter in Support | Feb. 24, 10:00 Cross Bldg Room 202 | |||
| 399 | An Act To Clarify Retirement Benefits Under the Maine Public Employees Retirement System | Rep. Grohoski | Labor & Housing | Concept Draft | Monitor | ||||
| 403 | An Act To Assist Service Center Communities by Adjusting State-Municipal Revenue Sharing | Rep. Madigan | Taxation | Sets percentage of state-municipal revenue sharing at 4.25% | Monitor | ||||
| 409 | An Act To Provide Funding To Restore Fully State-Municipal Revenue Sharing | Rep. Riseman | Taxation | Increases state-municipal revenue sharing from 3.75% to 5%. | Monitor (basically same language as LD 328) | ||||
| 463 | An Act To Better House Maine Residents | Rep. Sylvester | Labor & Housing | Concept Draft | Monitor |