130th Maine Legislative Session
| LD | Title | Sponsor | Committee Assigned | Brief Description | Recommended MAR Action | Hearing | Actions | Information | ||
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| 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 | Voted OTP-AM | |||
| 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 | April 22nd, Public Hearing | Voted ONTP | |||
| 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 | Chapter 20 Public Law | ||
| 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 | Bill is Tabled | |||
| 99 | An Act To Increase the State Share of the Cost of Health Insurance for Retired Teachers | Rep. O'Neil | Labor & Housing | Requires State to divest itself of assets invested in the fossil fuel industry. | Letter in Opposition | Committee voted 4/16 Divided Report | ||||
| 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 | Reported out OTP-AM/ONTP on March 8th | |||
| 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 | Work Session May 21st | ||||
| 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 | Hearing March 30th at 10:00 Cross Bldg. Room 220 | ||||
| 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 | Work Session May 6th | Voted 5/6 Divided Report | |||
| 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 | Voted OTP-AM Feb. 23rd | ||||
| 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 | Work Session April 29th Voted ONTP | |||
| 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. 25th Reported Out ONTP | ||||
| 179 | An Act To Exclude Energy Efficiency Improvements from Property Tax | Rep. Kessler | Taxation | Provides property tax exemptions for energy efficiency improvements. | Monitor | March 4 Work Session Held | Tabled | |||
| 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 | March 2 Voted OTP-AM | Chapter 39 Public Law | |||
| 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 | Public Hearing Mar. 8 at 10:00 Cross Bldg. Room 208. Fiscal Note of $22.6 million annually. | Work Session April 6th Tabled | |||
| 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 | Feb. 24th Voted OTP-AM. No fiscal impact to State. | Chapter 6 Public Law | |||
| 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 | Hearing May 12th | ||||
| 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. 24th Voted Divided Report. Fiscal Note $3.9 million annually. | Voted March 10th OTP-AM/ONTP | |||
| 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 | Reported out May 10th Ref to Other | ||||
| 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 | Voted April 16th ONTP | |||
| 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 | Voted May 14th Divided Report | |||
| 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 | Public Hearing May 6th & Work Session May 18th | ||||
| 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 | Public Hearing Mar. 9 at 9:30 State House Room 127 | Reported out April 20th OTP-AM/ONTP | |||
| 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 | Public Hearing May 6th & Work Session May 18th | Work Session May18th | |||
| 341 | An Act To Address the Windfall Elimination Provision | Sen. Stewart | Labor & Housing | Concept Draft | Letter/Testimony | Work Session May 10th | Voted May 10th OTP-AM | |||
| 365 | An Act To Protect Consumers from Surprise Medical Bills | Rep. Morris | Health Coverage, Insurance & Financial Services | Concept Draft | Monitor | April 21 at 11:00 Cross Bldg. Room 220 | Voted May 10th ONTP | |||
| 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 | Work Session April 29th Voted ONTP | |||
| 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 | Mar. 8 Work Session Held Tabled | Voted May 3rd ONTP | |||
| 399 | An Act To Clarify Retirement Benefits Under the Maine Public Employees Retirement System | Rep. Grohoski | Labor & Housing | Concept Draft | Monitor | Work Session May 10th | ||||
| 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 | Public Hearing Mar. 9 at 9:30 State House Room 127 | Voted ONTP March 18th | |||
| 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) | Public Hearing Mar. 9 at 9:30 State House Room 127 | Voted ONTP March 18th | |||
| 463 | An Act To Better House Maine Residents | Rep. Sylvester | Labor & Housing | Concept Draft | Monitor | |||||
| 495 | An Act To Improve Income Tax Progressivity by Establishing New Top Individual Income Tax Rates | Rep. Osher | Taxation | Increases top bracket from 7.15% to 8.35%and adds a new bracket of 11.15% | Monitor | Public Hearing Mar. 16 at 1:00 State House Room 127 | Work Session March 23rd Tabled | |||
| 509 | An Act To Protect Teachers from a Decrease in Retirement Benefits Arising from the COVID-19 Pandemic | Rep. Dodge | Labor & Housing | Allows teacher near retirement to purchase service credit for period of income loss. | Monitor | Public Hearing March 8th | Voted May 3rd OTP-AM | |||
| 511 | An Act To Require Telephone Service Providers To Provide at No Cost to Customers Services Designed To Reduce the Number of So-called Robocalls and Automatically Dialed Telephone Calls | Rep. Dodge | Energy, Utilities & Technology | Requires telephone utilities starting 1/1/2022 to offer the service free of cost. | Monitor | Public Hearing Mar. 23 at 9:00 Cross Bldg. Room 211 | Voted April 15th OTP-AM | |||
| 517 | An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Promote the Construction of Energy-efficient Affordable Homes and Adaptive Reuse, Repair and Weatherization of Existing Homes for Low-income Seniors | Rep. Babbidge | Appropriations & Financial Affairs | Bond will be used for low income households headed by a person 55 years of age or older. | Monitor | |||||
| 530 | An Act To Consolidate Patient Bills by Directing Health Insurers To Collect Copayments and Deductibles | Senator Claxton | Health Coverage, Insurance & Financial Services | Cost-sharing amounts in health plans must be collected by carriers. The bill applies to health plans issued or renewed in this State on or after January 1, 2023. | Monitor | Public Hearing April 20th | Work Session April 29th Voted ONTP | |||
| 532 | An Act To Lower Income Taxes for Middle-income Families in Maine | Senator Baldacci | Taxation | Provides a credit to reduce income taxes by 10% for individuals filing as single and married persons filing separately with taxable income under $60,00… | Monitor | Public Hearing Mar. 16 at 1:00 State House Room 127 | Work Session March 23rd Tabled | |||
| 548 | An Act Regarding Penalties for Early Retirement for Certain Members of the Maine Public Employees Retirement System | Rep. Doore | Labor & Housing | Changes the penalty for early retirement from 6% to 2.25% | Monitor | Public Hearing April 16 at 9:00 Cross Bldg. Room 202 | Work Session April 23rd Tabled | |||
| 553 | An Act To End At-will Employment | Rep. Sylvester | Labor & Housing | Eliminated at-will employment | Monitor | Public Hearing Mar. 24 at 10:00 Cross Bldg. Room 202 | Work Session April 14th Tabled | |||
| 556 | An Act Regarding Copayment and Coinsurance Issues for Chiropractors | Rep. Doore | Health Coverage, Insurance & Financial Services | Copayment or coinsurance amount paid by a patient for services provided by a chiropractor may not exceed the copayment or coinsurance amount for services provided by a primary care provider. | Monitor | Public Hearing April 22nd | Voted May 10th ONTP | |||
| 567 | An Act To Amend the Penalty for Early Retirement for Certain Members of the Maine Public Employees Retirement System | Rep. Hanley | Labor & Housing | Same as LD 548 | Monitor | Public Hearing Mar. 8 at 10:00 Cross Bldg. Room 202, Work Session April 23rd | $5.8 million increase in UAL. Voted ONTP | |||
| 599 | An Act To Require Coverage for Certain Ultrasound Exams | Sen. Miramant | Health Coverage, Insurance & Financial Services | Requires insurance carriers to provide coverage when provider considers procedure necessary. | Monitor | Public Hearing Mar. 18 at 10:00 Cross Bldg. Room 220 | April 5th Reported Out ONTP | |||
| 620 | Resolve, To Develop A Plan for Teachers to Collect Social Security | Rep. Tuttle | Labor & Housing | Allow teachers to contribute & collect benefits under SS in addition to benefits under MainePERS. | Monitor | Voted April 14th, Divided Report | ||||
| 703 | An Act To Increase the Amount to Which a State Employee or Teacher Retiree's Cost-of-Living Adjustment is Applied from $20,000 to the Retiree's Actual Retirement Benefit | Rep. Pickett | Labor & Housing | Provides cost-of-living increases on entire retirement benefit. | Letter/Testimony in Support | Voted April 14th, Divided Report | ||||
| 708 | An Act To Increase the Homestead Exemption to $50,000 | Rep. Faulkingham | Taxation | Increases property tax exemption from $25,000 to $50,000. | Monitor | Public Hearing May 4th | Voted May 10th Divided Report | |||
| 711 | An Act To Allow Certain Police Officers To Return To Participation in MainePERS | Sen. Baldacci | Labor & Housing | Allow police officers to make a one-time election to rejoin PLD Retirement Program. | Monitor | Public Hearing Mar. 29 at 10:00 Cross Bldg. Room 202 | Voted April 5th OTP-AM | |||
| 715 | An Act To Make Certain Appropriations & Allocations & Changing Certain Provisions of Law Necessary to the Proper Operation of State Government | Rep. Pierce | Appropriations & Financial Affairs | Concept Draft | Monitor | |||||
| 738 | An Act To Provide High-Quality Health Care for All Maine Residents | Rep. Warren | Health Coverage, Insurance & Financial Services | Concept Draft | Monitor | Work Session May 18th | ||||
| 741 | An Act To Establish a Bill of Rights for Maine Residents 65 Years of Age and Older | Rep. Warren | Judiciary | Concept Draft | Monitor | April 27th Voted ONTP | ||||
| 750 | An Act To Increase Transparency of and Lower Health Care Costs | Rep. Morris | Health Coverage, Insurance & Financial Services | Concept Draft | Monitor | Public Hearing on April 21st | Voted Divided Report | |||
| 791 | An Act Regarding Telehealth Regulations | Sen. Sanborn | Health Coverage, Insurance & Financial Services | Concept Draft | Monitor | Work Session May 18th | ||||
| 849 | An Act To Make Permanent the Telehealth Reimbursement Options Passed by Emergency Measures | Rep. Mathieson | Health Coverage, Insurance & Financial Services | Makes permanent authorization and reimbursement for telehealth services at parity with reimbursement if services were delivered in-person. | Monitor | Work Session May 18th | ||||
| 887 | An Act To Require Uniform Adherence to Internal Revenue Service Guidelines by Maine Nonprofit Organizations | Rep. Stearns | Judiciary | Concept Draft | Monitor | Voted April 16th Divided Report | ||||
| 907 | An Act Concerning State Pension Funds and Climate Change | Rep. Warren | Labor & Housing | Concept Draft | Monitor | |||||
| 951 | An Act To Improve Transparency of Medical Billing | Sen. Bennett | Health Coverage, Insurance & Financial Services | Must inform patients of cost and health care entity may not bill for first time for medical service that occurred more than one year earlier. | Monitor | Public Hearing April 20th | Voted April 29th ONTP | |||
| 956 | An Act To Amend the Eligibility Criteria for Creditable Service in Armed Forces of US under the State Retirement System | Sen. Lawrence | Labor & Housing | Bill amends laws for service in specific countries and for specific times. | Monitor | Public Hearing Mar. 29 at 10:00 Cross Bldg. Room 202 | Voted April 14th | |||
| 1002 | An Act Regarding the Availability of Health Insurance Coverage for Dependents of Certain State Employees | Rep. Hepler | Labor & Housing | Allows retirees who are rehired to make election to enroll a spouse/dependents under group health plan for state employees. | Letter in Support | Public Hearing May 5th | Voted May 7th ONTP | |||
| 1007 | An Act To Increase Availability of Health Care Through Telehealth | Rep. Libby | Health Coverage, Insurance & Financial Services | Makes permanent Governor's Executive Order #35 and clarifies these services must be covered by insurance as they would be if provided in person. | Monitor | Work Session May 18th | ||||
| 1036 | An Act To Allow a State Employee To Use a Federal Military Health Insurance Program & Reenroll upon Retirement in the State's Group Health Plan | Sen. Black | Health Coverage, Insurance & Financial Services | Person remains eligible for coverage under State's group health plan as a retiree. | Letter in Support | Public Hearing April 22 at 10:00 Cross Bldg. Room 220 | Voted May 4th OTP-AM | |||
| 1041 | An Act To Include Certain Mental Health Workers under the 1998 Special Plan for Retirement | Pres. Jackson | Labor & Housing | Adds employees who provide direct care to persons in need of mental health services to plan for MainePERS members. | Monitor | Public Hearing Mar. 29 at 10:00 Cross Bldg. Room 202 | Voted April 14th Divided Report | |||
| 1045 | An Act To Support Universal Health Care | Rep. Brooks | Health Coverage, Insurance & Financial Services | Establishes Maine Health Care Plan for all residents of this state. | Monitor | Work Session May 18th | ||||
| 1071 | An Act To Reduce Property Taxes for Maine Residents | Sen. Pouliot | Taxation | Increases property tax exemption to $50,000. Same as LD 708. | Monitor | Public Hearing May 4th | Voted May 10th Divided Report | |||
| 1101 | An Act To Expand the 1998 Special Retirement Plan To Include Civilian Employees Who Work for the Dept. of Public Safety Crime Lab and Computer Crimes Unit | Sen. Diamond | Labor & Housing | Allows civilian employees to participate in the 1998 Special Plan of MainePERS with 10 years of creditable service at 55 years of age and with 25 years of service before 55 years of age. | Monitor | Hearing & Work Session April 9th | Voted April 9th OTP | |||
| 1103 | An Act To Allow a 5-year Open Enrollment in the PLD Retirement Program for Certain Law Enforcement Officers, Firefighters & Other Municipal Employees | Sen. Bailey | Labor & Housing | Provides changes to current enrollment eligibility for retirement. | Monitor | Work Session April 23rd | Voted April 23rd Divided Report | |||
| 1105 | Resolve Directing the MainePERS To Convene a Working Group To Investigate Public Pension Options | Sen. Maxmin | Labor & Housing | Convene working group including MSEA and MEA to develop new designs for public employee pensions based on SS and have comparable benefits to current defined benefit plan. | Testimony in opposition as MAR not included in the Working Group | Public Hearing April 9 at 10:00 Cross Bldg. Room 202 | Voted April 23rd Divided Report with 8 OTP/5 ONTP. | |||
| 1114 | An Act To Require the State To Meet the Mandatory 55 Percent Contribution to Schools | Sen. Miramant | Education and Cultural Affairs | Increases the target for state share percentage to 55% and repeals state contributions to the UAL attributable to teachers, retired teachers' health insurance and life insurance. | Monitor | Voted April 21st ANT. DIC. REP. | ||||
| 1144 | An Act to Amend the Law Regarding Advance Health Care Directives | Rep. Roeder | Judiciary | Relaxes rules signature rules. | Monitor | Work Session May 18th | ||||
| 1145 | An Act To Eliminate the State Income Tax on Maine Public Employees Retirement System Pensions | Rep. Warren | Taxation | Bill provides an income tax exemption for benefits not made to federal SS system. | Testify in Support | Work Session May 6th | Voted May 6th ONTP | |||
| 1151 | An Act To Lower Out-of-Pocket Prescription Medicine Costs by Requiring Health Insurers to Offer Plans with No Deductibles | Rep. Collings | Health Coverage, Insurance & Financial Services | Bill requires carriers to make available at least 50% of health plans in individual & group market segments without deductibles for Rx under those plans. | Monitor | Work Session on April 21st | Voted April 21st ONTP | |||
| 1166 | An Act To Increase the Property Tax Exemption for Veterans by 50 Percent | Rep. Dodge | Taxation | Increases by 50% property tax exemption for eligible veterans. | Monitor | Voted April 20th ONTP | ||||
| 1184 | An Act To Exempt from Taxation Certain Out-of-State Pensions | Rep. Wadsworth | Taxation | Exempts certain out-of-state pensions in order to avoid double taxation of that income. | Monitor | Public Hearing April 29th | Voted May 6th ONTP | |||
| 1196 | An Act Regarding Targets for Health Plan Investments in Primary Care & Behaviorial Health | Rep. Zager | Health Coverage, Insurance & Financial Services | This bill requires MaineCare and the State Employee Health Plan to meet same targets. | Monitor | Work Session May 4th | Tabled | |||
| 1222 | An Act To Reduce Property Taxes of Seniors in an Amount Equal to the Cost of Education | Sen. Black | Taxation | Provides a property tax exemption equal in value to amount of taxes the municipality would otherwise use to fund its public schools. | Monitor | Public Hearing May 12th | ||||
| 1227 | An Act To Provide Equity in the State Income Tax Deduction for Certain Public Employees Retirement System Pensions | Rep. Dodge | Taxation | Phases in greater parity by increasing civil service pension deduction by $5000 per year when it reaches maximum annual benefit that retiree would receive under federal SS. | Letter in Support | Work Session May 6th | Voted May 6th Divided Report | |||
| 1243 | An Act To Exempt from Taxation Certain Out-of-State Pensions | Rep. Sampson | Taxation | Exempts taxation - basically same as LD 1184 | Monitor | Public Hearing April 29th | Voted May 6th ONTP | |||
| 1266 | An Act To Improve the Value of Dental Insurance | Sen. Sanborn | Health Coverage, Insurance & Financial Services | Establishes a medical loss ratio of 80% and requires rebates when plan's loss ratio is less than the minimum. | Monitor | Work Session May 4th | Tabled | |||
| 1289 | An Act To Cut Property Taxes for Maine Residential Homeowners | Rep. Perry | Taxation | Creates new income tax rate for income exceeding $300,000 etc. and increases homestead property tax exemption. | Monitor | Work Session May 18th | ||||
| 1311 | An Act Regarding the State Employee Health Commission | Rep. Evans | State and Local Government | Makes administrative type changes such as name change, duties, votes, etc. | Monitor | Work Session May 4th | Tabled | |||
| 1341 | An Act To Protect Medicare Beneficiaries from Surprise Medical Billing | Rep. Bell | Health Coverage, Insurance & Financial Services | Prohibits balance billing Medicare beneficiaries for any amt. in excess of reasonable charge. | Monitor | Public Hearing April 15th | Voted April 29th ONTP | |||
| 1403 | An Act To Protect Maine Businesses, Nonprofits, Educational Institutions and Municipalities during the COVID-19 Pandemic | Rep. Dillingham | Judiciary | Provides a limitation against liability due to exposure to coronavirus if entities are following applicable govt standards & guidance. | Monitor | Hearing, April 30th at 9:00 Judiciary | ||||
| 1413 | An Act To Provide Equity in the State Income Tax Deduction for Certain Public Employees Retirement System Pensions | Sen. Rafferty | Taxation | Establishes income tax exemption for recipients who do not participate in federal SS program. Phases in greater parity treatment by $5000 per year until 2025, etc. Similar to LD 1227. | Letter in Support | Public Hearing May 4th | Voted May 6th Divided Report | |||
| 1427 | An Act To Encourge Family Care of Aging Adults | Rep. Hasenfus | Health & Human Services | Enable more people to qualify for long-term care services by removing requirements of written agreements and presumptions regarding purpose of paying for services and certain transfers. | Monitor | Public Hearing May 3rd | Voted May 13th ONTP | |||
| 1449 | An Act To Provide for Education Funding Reform for More Equitable State Support to Communities | Rep. Geiger | Education and Cultural Affairs | Concept Draft. Listed this bill because there are several models including having State use a standard property tax rate for funding. | Monitor | Public Hearing April 27th | Voted May 13th ONTP | |||
| 1481 | An Act To Clarify Surprise Billing Restrictions | Rep. Morris | Health Coverage, Insurance & Financial Services | Eliminates surprise medical bills. Similar to LD 46 and 365. | Monitor | Hearing on April 21st at 11:00 | Voted May 10th ONTP | |||
| 1500 | An Act To Bring Equity to Maine's Tax Law by Adjusting Certain Individual Income Tax Rates | Rep. Lookner | Taxation | Changes income tax brackets. Similar to other LDs | Monitor | Work Session May 11th | Tabled | |||
| 1524 | An Act To Amend the Maine Exclusion Amount in the Estate Tax | Rep. Collings | Taxation | Lowers exlusion amount from $5,600,000 to $2,000,000. | Monitor | Public Hearing May 13th | ||||
| 1608 | An Act To Expand the MaineCare Program To Cover All Citizens of the State | Rep. Sylvester | Health & Human Services | Establishes a single payor health care program for Maine residents. | Monitor | Work Session May 18th | ||||
| 1614 | An Act To Mandate That Certain Health Care Providers Disclose an Estimate of Charges at Time of Service | Rep. Lookner | Health Coverage, Insurance & Financial Services | Bill expands requirements to provide estimate to all patients and cost of 3rd party if any. | Monitor | Hearing May 5th at 10:00 Cross Bldg. Room 220 | Voted May 6th ONTP | |||
| 1622 | An Act To Promote Individual Retirement Savings Through A Public-Private Partnership | Sen. Vitelli | Health Coverage, Insurance & Financial Services | This bill establishes the Maine Retirement Savings Bd to establish/administer Maine Retirement Savings Program. Voluntary program to offer individual defined contribution retirement accts who do not have access to qualified retirement plan. | Letter in Support | Work Session May 18th | ||||
| 1636 | An Act To Reduce Prescription Drug Costs by Using International Pricing | Sen. Claxton | Health Coverage, Insurance & Financial Services | Creates a list of 250 Rx subject to a referenced rate. | Monitor | |||||
| 1638 | An Act To Help Seniors and Certain Persons with Disabilities Remain in Their Homes by Providing for Deferral of Property Taxes | Sen. Bailey | Taxation | Reinstates State's property tax deferral program which was in effect before 4/1/1991. | Monitor | Public Hearing May 13th at 9:00 | ||||
| 1644 | An Act To Improve the Disability Retirement Program of the Maine Public Employees Retirement System | Sen. Miramant | Labor & Housing | Amends the laws relating to disability retirement under MainePERS and makes other changes relating to structure of MainePERS. | Monitor | Work Session May 17th | ||||
| 1648 | An Act To Ensure Reasonable Access to Laboratory Testing and Imaging Services for State Employee Health Care Plan Participants | Pres. Jackson | Health Coverage, Insurance & Financial Services | Ensures that employees & retirees have access to participating providers within 100 miles of their residential address, etc. | Monitor | Public Hearing May 20th at 11:00 Cross Bldg. Room 220 |