Representative Gregory Swallow

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Representative Gregory Swallow [Republican]
Houlton ~ District 144

Towns in District: Amity, Bancroft, Benedicta Township, Cary, Glenwood, Haynesville, Hodgdon, Houlton, Macwahoc, Orient, Reed, Weston, Molunkus Township, Silver Ridge Township, Block 4293 of Tract 952900 and South Aroostook

Would be term limited: 2026
Campaign funding in 2018 Election: Traditional

Joint Committees:
♦ Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services

✉ Gregory.Swallow@legislature.maine.gov
☎ 1-800-423-2900

✉ 6 Alfred Street
Houlton, Maine 04730

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Representative Swallow did not serve in the 128th Maine legislature - no scorecards available.

Has not sponsored any legislation as of last update of this site.

LD 350	An Act To Exempt Head Start School Buses from Snow Tire Restrictions	Status: Referred to Transportation Committee, Amended by Committee amendment H-24, Enacted, Signed into law April 11, 2019
LD 350 This bill exempts school buses operated by Head Start programs from the date restrictions on the use of studded snow tires. Amendment H-24 This amendment exempts all school buses from the date restrictions on the use of studded snow tires, instead of creating a specific exemption for school buses operated by Head Start programs as in the bill. This amendment also changes the title to reflect the contents of the bill. LD 350 Chaptered Law LD 350 Chaptered Law fiscal note

LD 368	An Act To Redefine Geographic Association for Multiple-employer Welfare Arrangements	Status: Referred to Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services Committee, Amended by Committee amendment S-49, Enacted, Signed into law May 8, 2019
LD 368 This bill replaces the requirement that a multiple-employer welfare arrangement based on geographic association must be established by an association with a principal office in a location within a 40-mile radius of the principal place of business of eligible employers with a requirement that the arrangement must be established by an association with a principal office located in the State. Amendment S-49 This amendment replaces the bill. The amendment repeals the provision authorizing a multiple-employer welfare arrangement based on geographic association and removes cross-references to that provision. The amendment authorizes a multiple-employer welfare arrangement by an association with employer members representing multiple trades, industries or professions. The amendment also restores the ability of the Superintendent of Insurance to authorize a separate community rate for fully insured association health plans for multiple employers. LD 368 Chaptered Law LD 368 Chaptered Law fiscal note

LD 465	An Act To Eliminate the Service Provider Tax on Services Covered by Medicaid	Status: Referred to Taxation Committee, Dead, Joint rule 310.3, April 16, 2019
LD 465 This bill repeals portions of the service provider tax that apply to services that are covered by the federal Medicaid program.

LD 672	An Act To Allow Local Flexibility in Teacher Assignment To Enhance Student Achievement	Status: Referred to Education and Cultural Affairs Committee, Dead, Concurrence in Ought Not to Pass, April 23, 2019
LD 672 This bill allows a holder of a professional teacher certificate to teach no more than 20% of the teacher's teaching assignment outside the teacher's area of endorsement. It also requires a superintendent to notify and provide certain details to the Commissioner of Education when a teacher is assigned to teach outside the teacher's area of endorsement.

LD 926	An Act To Protect Hospital Employees from Assault	Status: Referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee, Dead, Joint rule 310.3, April 25, 2019
LD 926 This bill provides that an assault on a hospital employee while the hospital employee is providing medical care is a Class C crime. It also provides that an assault on an emergency medical care provider while the emergency medical care provider is providing medical care is a Class C crime. Current law provides that an assault on an emergency medical care provider while the emergency medical care provider is providing emergency medical care is a Class C crime. The bill also corrects a cross-reference.

LD 1036	Resolve, Establishing a Task Force To Study the Creation of a Comprehensive Career and Technical Education System and Increased Crosswalks for Academic Credit between Secondary Schools and Career and Technical Education Programs (Emergency)	Status: Referred to Education and Cultural Affairs Committee, Finally passed in both chambers as amended by Committee amendment H-506 and Senate amendment S-311, June 19, 2019, Governor's action pending, Governor placed on hold, July 2, 2019
LD 1036 This resolve establishes the Task Force To Study the Creation of a Comprehensive Career and Technical Education System to examine the feasibility of establishing a comprehensive 4-year high school career and technical education program to provide a technical high school setting for middle school students to attend at the completion of the 8th grade. Amendment H-506 This amendment expands the membership of the task force to include a principal of a secondary school, a superintendent of a school administrative unit, an administrator at the University of Maine System and the Commissioner of Education or the commissioner's designee and requires that the member from a community college be an administrator. This amendment also expands the duties of the task force to require that the task force examine the advantages and disadvantages of a comprehensive 4-year career and technical education high school, obstacles to implementation and other models of comprehensive 4-year career and technical education high schools around the State and on a national level. The task force is also required to examine increasing crosswalks and intersections between technical and occupational knowledge and curricula and academic standards in order to promote multiple pathways for awarding content area credit to students enrolled in career and technical education programs. This amendment also requires the task force to seek funding contributions to fully fund the costs of the task force. If sufficient funding is not received within 30 days after the effective date of the resolve, no meetings are authorized and no expenses of any kind may be incurred or reimbursed. Amendment S-311 This amendment increases the membership of the task force from 14 to 16 members by adding one additional member of the House of Representatives and one additional member of the Senate and specifies that the House and Senate appointments must include a member from each of the 2 parties holding the largest number of seats in the Legislature, which conforms with Joint Rule 353. LD 1036 fiscal note LD 1036 Amendment H-506 fiscal note LD 1036 Amendment S-311 fiscal note

LD 1155	An Act To Protect Patients and the Prudent Layperson Standard	Status: Referred to Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services Committee, Amended by Committee amendment H-372, Enacted, Signed into law June 7, 2019
LD 1155 This bill establishes a definition of "emergency medical condition" in the law governing utilization review in the Maine Insurance Code and makes clear that the determination of an emergency medical condition relies on the prudent layperson standard regardless of the final diagnosis that is given. The bill also prohibits a carrier from requiring prior authorization for emergency services and requires that utilization review of benefit determinations for emergency services be conducted by a clinical peer, who is a licensed provider in the same or similar specialty as typically manages the medical condition, procedure or treatment under review. Amendment H-372 This amendment makes several changes to the bill. 1. It removes the reference to inadequately controlled pain and uses the phrase "severe pain" to maintain consistency with the definition used in the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. 2. It clarifies the definition of "emergency service" so that it applies to services provided in an emergency setting or facility and makes other changes to maintain consistent language within the definition. 3. It removes the reference to prior authorization for emergency services in section 2 of the bill because it is redundant with changes made in section 3. 4. It clarifies that before a carrier denies benefits or reduces payment for an emergency service based on a determination of the absence of an emergency medical condition or a determination that a lower level of care was needed, the carrier's utilization review must be done by a board-certified emergency physician who is licensed in this State and that the review must include a review of the enrollee's medical record related to the emergency medical condition subject to dispute. 5. It provides that any rules adopted by the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation, Bureau of Insurance to amend current rules to conform to changes made in this legislation are routine technical rules. LD 1155 Chaptered Law LD 1155 Chaptered Law fiscal note

LD 1161	An Act To Restrict the Use of Mercury in Dental Fillings in State-funded Dental Procedures	Status: Referred to Health and Human Services Committee, Dead, Non-concurrence, June 7, 2019
LD 1161 This bill prohibits the use of mercury amalgam fillings as part of a procedure covered by any dental care program funded or partially funded by the State.

LD 1255	RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine To Require Referenda To Receive 60 Percent of the Vote To Become Law	Status: Referred to Veterans and Legal Affairs Committee, Dead, Concurrence in Ought Not to Pass, May 2, 2019
LD 1255 This resolution proposes to amend the Constitution of Maine to require that a direct initiative of legislation or a competing measure receive at least 60% of the votes cast to become law.

LD 1648	An Act To Improve Access to Experienced Primary Care Providers in Maine	Status: Referred to Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services Committee, Dead, Joint rule 310.3, May 23, 2019
LD 1648 This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208. This bill proposes to amend the laws regarding the supervision and duties of licensed physician assistants.