Representative Ryan Fecteau [Democrat]
Biddeford ~ District 11
Towns in District: part of Biddeford
Assistant House Majority LeaderHouse Committees:
♦ Elections (Chair)
♦ Ethics (Chair)
✉ Ryan.Fecteau@legislature.maine.gov
☎ (207) 287-1430
✉ P.O. Box 2244
Biddeford, Maine 04005
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Organization | Score | Source |
Maine People's Alliance (MPA), 2019 | 10 of 10 | Maine People's Alliance, 2019 |
Maine People's Alliance, Will of the Voters, 2018 | 73% | Maine People's Alliance Will of the Voters, 2018 |
Maine People's Alliance, 2018 | 92% | Maine People's Alliance, 2018 |
Maine Conservation Voters (MCV), 2019 | 7 of 7 | Maine Conservation Voters, 2019 |
Maine Conservation Voters, 2018 | 8 of 8 | Maine Conservation Voters, 2018 |
Maine Conservation Voters, 2017 | 7 of 7 | Maine Conservation Voters, 2017 |
Maine AFL-CIO, 2019 | 10 of 10 | AFL-CIO, 2019 |
Maine AFL-CIO, 2017 | 90% | No longer available online |
Maine Women's Lobby, 2019 | 7 of 7 | Maine Women's Lobby, 2019 |
Planned Parenthood Maine Action Fund, 2019 | 6 of 6 | Planned Parenthood ME Action Fund, 2019 |
Planned Parenthood Maine Action Fund, 2017 | 100% | Planned Parenthood Maine Action Fund, 2017 |
Firearms Control, 2019 | 7 of 7 | This website, see below for roll calls included. |
Scorecards are an organization's means of holding legislators accountable to the organization's interests and values. Each organization chooses a subset of bills that are a priority for them, and then scores each legislator by the legislator's vote relative to what would be the organization's preferred vote on the bill.
For a listing of the votes included on scorecards prior to 2019, see the hyperlinked sources given in the table above or the "Explanations, Legislative Scorecards" tab on this site. For 2019 scorecards, see the hyperlinked site given in the table above or the vote detail below, "Roll Call Vote Detail for 2019 Scorecards."The graphs below are frequency histograms that show this representative's score relative to the scores of all representatives by placing an "X" over this representative's score. In all graphs, D is Democrat (blue), R is Republican (red) and Ind is Independent (black). For graphs prior to 2019, additional parties include Common Sense Independent (goldenrod) and Green Independent (green).Roll Call | Bill | Motion | MPA vote | Representative's vote |
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16 | LD 179 An Act to Change the Name of Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples Day | Accept Majority Report, Ought to Pass | Yea | Yea |
250 | LD 255 Resolution, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Require that Signatures on a Direct Initiative Come from Each Congressional District | Final Passage as a Constitutional Amendment (requires 2/3 of membership) | Nay | Nay |
272 | LD 308 An Act to Increase Notification Time Periods for Rent Increases and Terminations of Tenancies at Will | Reconsider passage after Governor's veto | Yea | Yea |
75 | LD 369 An Act to Support Healthy Workplaces and Healthy Families by Providing Paid Sick Leave to Certain Employees | Accept Committee Report A, Ought to Pass as Amended by Committee amendment S-79 | Yea | Yea |
278 | LD 420 An Act to Amend the Maine Exclusion Amount in the Estate Tax | Accept Majority Report, Ought to Pass as Amended by Committee amendment H-610 | Yea | Yea |
70 | LD 820 An Act to Prevent Discrimination in Public and Private Insurance Coverage for Pregnant Women in Maine | Accept Majority Report, Ought to Pass as Amended by Committee amendment H-210 | Yea | Yea |
237 | LD 949 An Act to Prevent Overdose Deaths | Accept Majority Report, Ought Not to Pass | Nay | Nay |
306 | LD 1177 An Act to Improve Public Sector Labor Relations | Accept Majority Report, Ought to Pass as Amended by Committee amendment S-308 | Yea | Yea |
182 | LD 1282 An Act to Establish a Green New Deal for Maine | Accept Majority Report, Ought to Pass as Amended by Committee amendment H-413 | Yea | Yea |
307 | LD 1317 An Act to Restore Services to Help Certain Noncitizens Meet Their Basic Needs | Accept Majority Report, Ought to Pass as Amended by Committee amendment H-248 | Yea | Yea |
Total for Representative Fecteau: | Present for 10 votes, agreed on 10 votes, 100 percent agreement |
Roll Call | Bill | Motion | MCV vote | Representative's vote |
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37 | LD 289 An Act to Prohibit the Use of Certain Disposable Food Service Containers | Accept Majority Report, Ought to Pass as Amended by Committee amendment H-49 | Yea | Yea |
293 | LD 1494 An Act to Reform Maine’s Renewable Portfolio Standard | Accept Majority Report, Ought to Pass as Amended by Committee amendment H-49 | Yea | Yea |
157 | LD 1532 An Act to Eliminate Single-use Plastic Carry-out Bags | Accept Majority Report, Ought to Pass as Amended by Committee amendment H-392 | Yea | Yea |
209 | LD 1679 An Act to Promote Clean Energy Jobs and to Establish the Maine Climate Council | Enact as an Emergency measure (2/3 of members required) | Yea | Yea |
282 | LD 1711 An Act to Promote Solar Energy Projects and Distributed Generation Resources in Maine | Accept Majority Report, Ought to Pass as Amended by Committee amendment S-295 | Yea | Yea |
208 | LD 1775 An Act to Protect Sustenance Fishing | Enact | Yea | Yea |
329 | LD 1851 An Act to Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue for Land Conservation, Water Access, Outdoor Recreation, Wildlife and Fish Habitats and Farmland and Working Waterfront Preservation | Enact as a bond issue (requires 2/3 present) | Yea | Yea |
Total for Representative Fecteau: | Present for 7 votes, agreed on 7 votes, 100 percent agreement |
Roll Call | Bill | Motion | AFL-CIO vote | Representative's vote |
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227 | LD 240 An Act To Allow Public Employers of Teachers to Negotiate Regarding Educational Policies | Accept Majority Report, Ought to Pass as amended by Committee amendment H-518 | Yea | Yea |
75 | LD 369 An Act To Support Healthy Workplaces and Healthy Families by Providing Earned Paid Sick Leave to Certain Employees | Accept Committee Report A, Ought to Pass as amended by Commitee amendment S-79 | Yea | Yea |
306 | LD 1177 An Act To Improve Public Sector Labor Relations | Accept Majority Report, Ought to Pass as amended by Committee amendment S-308 | Yea | Yea |
111 | LD 1232 An Act To Ensure the Right To Work without Payment of Dues or Fees to a Labor Union as a Condition of Employment | Accept Majority Report, Ought Not to Pass | Yea | Yea |
182 | LD 1282 An Act To Establish a Green New Deal for Maine | Accept Majority Report, Ought to Pass as amended by Committee amendment H-413 | Yea | Yea |
120 | LD 1459 An Act To Expand Application of the Maine Agricultural Marketing and Bargaining Act of 1973 to Harvesters and Haulers of Forest Products | Accept Majority Report, Ought to Pass | Yea | Yea |
206 | LD 1524 An Act To Prevent Wage Theft and Promote Employer Accountability | Enact LD 1524 as amended by Commitee amendment S-203 | Yea | Yea |
195 | LD 1560 An Act Regarding Utility Reorganizations | Enact LD 1560 as amended by Committee amendment S-192 as an emergency measure | Yea | Yea |
156 | LD 1564 An Act To Authorize Project Labor Agreements for Public Works Projects | Accept Majority Report, Ought to Pass as amended by Committee amendment S-158 | Yea | Yea |
190 | LD 1658 An Act To Clarify Prevailing Wage Rates on State Projects Using Federal Funds | Accept Majority Report, Ought to Pass as amended by Committee amendment S-200 | Yea | Yea |
Total for Representative Fecteau: | Present for 10 votes, agreed on 10 votes, 100 percent agreement |
Roll Call | Bill | Motion | Vote to agree | Representative's vote |
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199 | LD 37 An Act To Allow for the Sale of Nonprescription Drugs through Vending Machines | Accept Majority Report, Ought to Pass as Amended by Committee amendment H-466 | Yea | Yea |
28 | LD 278 An Act Regarding Pay Equality | Accept Majority Report, Ought to Pass as Amended by Committee amendment S-28 | Yea | Yea |
75 | LD 369 An Act To Support Healthy Workplaces and Healthy Families by Providing Earned Paid Sick Leave to Certain Employees | Accept Report A, Ought to Pass as Amended by Committee amendment S-79 | Yea | Yea |
246 | LD 820 An Act To Prevent Discrimination in Public and Private Insurance Coverage for Pregnant Women in Maine | Enact LD 820 as amended by Committee amendment H-210 | Yea | Yea |
80 | LD 1025 An Act To Prohibit the Provision of Conversion Therapy to Minors by Certain Licensed Professionals | Accept Majority Report, Ought to Pass as Amended by Committee amendment H-213 | Yea | Yea |
114 | LD 1261 An Act To Authorize Certain Health Care Professionals To Perform Abortions | Accept Majority Report, Ought to Pass | Yea | Yea |
307 | LD 1317 An Act To Restore Services To Help Certain Noncitizens Meet Their Basic Needs | Accept Majority Report, Ought to Pass as Amended by Committee amendment H-248 | Yea | Yea |
Total for Representative Fecteau: | Present for 7 votes, agreed on 7 votes, 100 percent agreement |
Roll Call | Bill | Motion | Vote to agree | Representative's vote |
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199 | LD 37 An Act To Allow for the Sale of Nonprescription Drugs through Vending Machines | Accept Majority Report, Ought to Pass as amended by Committee amendment H-466 | Yea | Yea |
No roll call; passed under gavel | LD 78 An Act To Facilitate Access to the MaineCare Family Planning Benefit | Enact LD 78 as amended by Committee amendment H-132 | Yea | Yea assumed (i.e., no objection) |
153 | LD 494 An Act To Update the Family Planning Statutes | Accept Majority Report, Ought to Pass as amended by Committee amendment S-151 | Yea | Yea |
246 | LD 820 An Act To Prevent Discrimination in Public and Private Insurance Coverage for Pregnant Women in Maine | Enact LD 820 as amended by Committee amendment H-210 and amended by Senate amendment S-275 | Yea | Yea |
114 | LD 1261 An Act To Authorize Certain Health Care Professionals To Perform Abortions | Accept Majority Report, Ought to Pass | Yea | Yea |
No roll call; passed under gavel | LD 1580 An Act To Protect Licensing Information of Medical Professionals | Enact LD 1580 as amended by Committee amendment H-631 | Yea | Yea assumed (i.e., no objection) |
Total for Representative Fecteau: | Present for 4 votes, agreed on 4 votes, 100 percent agreement |
Roll Call | Bill | Motion | Vote to agree | Representative's vote |
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204 | LD 379 An Act To Protect Children by Requiring the Safe Storage of Loaded Firearms | Accept Majority Report, Ought Not to Pass | Nay | Nay |
211 | LD 533 An Act To Eliminate the Statutory Duty To Retreat and Affirm the Right of Self-defense | Accept Majority Report, Ought Not to Pass | Yea | Yea |
252 | LD 1099 An Act To Reduce Suicides and Violent Crimes by Requiring a 72-hour Waiting Period after the Sale of a Firearm | Accept Majority Report, Ought Not to Pass | Nay | Nay |
253 | LD 1276 An Act To Better Enforce the Prohibition against Dangerous Persons Possessing Firearms | Accept Majority Report, Ought to Pass as Amended by Committee amendment S-274 | Yea | Yea |
296 | LD 1312 An Act Regarding Access to Firearms by Extremely Dangerous and Suicidal Individuals | Accept Report A, Ought to Pass as Amended by Committee amendment S-285 | Yea | Yea |
235 | LD 1470 An Act To Allow the Prohibition of Weapons at Public Proceedings and Voting Places | Accept Majority Report, Ought Not to Pass | Nay | Nay |
315 | LD 1811 An Act To Enhance Personal and Public Safety by Requiring Evaluations of and Judicial Hearings for Persons in Protective Custody Regarding Risk of Harm and Restricting Access to Dangerous Weapons | Accept Majority Report, Ought to Pass as Amended by Committee amendment S-357 | Yea | Yea |
Total for Representative Fecteau: | Present for 7 votes, agreed on 7 votes, 100 percent agreement |
LD 60 | An Act To Require the Disclosure of the Names of Members of a Limited Liability Company | Status: Referred to Judiciary Committee, Dead, Joint rule 310.3, February 12, 2019 | |
LD 60 This bill requires the disclosure of the name of each member of a limited liability company formed in Maine to be included in the company's certificate of formation and the name of each member to be included in the company's annual report to the Secretary of State. The bill also requires the disclosure of the name of each member of a foreign limited liability company in the company's statement of foreign qualifications to conduct activities. The bill also requires that if any member of a limited liability company or foreign limited liability company is an organization, the names of each person who forms that organization's governing body be listed. |
LD 81 | An Act To Clarify Maine Law Regarding the Tips of Service Employees | Status: Referred to Labor and Housing Committee, Enacted, Signed into law March 25, 2019 | |
LD 81 This bill clarifies that an employer may take an employee's tips as part of a valid tip pooling arrangement if the arrangement is only among service employees. It specifies that such a tip pooling arrangement may not violate federal law rather than requiring that it be consistent with federal law. The intent of this bill is to clarify the distinction between Maine law and any change to, or judicial interpretation of, the federal Fair Labor Standards Act and associated regulations that would allow an employer to take a service employee's tips for any reason other than for a valid tip pooling arrangement that is only among service employees. LD 81 Chaptered Law LD 81 Chaptered Law fiscal note |
LD 121 | An Act To Require the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife To Promote Safety with Respect to the Handling or Use of Firearms, Watercraft, All-terrain Vehicles and Snowmobiles and in Other Outdoor Activities | Status: Referred to Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Committee, Amended by Committee amendment H-276, Enacted, Signed into law June 3, 2019 | |
LD 121 This bill requires the Commissioner of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife to develop and implement a program focused on increasing the awareness and education of the public on matters relating to firearm safety and the prevention of firearm violence. The program may include, but is not limited to, print, radio, television and Internet advertising, the distribution of written materials and the offering or facilitation of public events. Amendment H-276 This amendment replaces the bill and changes the title. The amendment requires the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, Division of Public Information and Education to annually undertake campaigns to promote safety in the handling and use of firearms, watercraft, all-terrain vehicles and snowmobiles. The division is also directed to promote safety with respect to other outdoor activities to the extent the division determines such campaigns would help improve safety. The campaigns must be designed to reach the target audiences effectively through television, radio, Internet or other communication mediums. LD 121 Chaptered Law LD 121 Chaptered Law fiscal note |
LD 138 | An Act To Provide Funding for the Maine Coworking Development Fund | Status: Referred to Innovation, Development, Economic Advancement and Business Committee, Enacted in the House as amended by Committee amendment H-146, tabled to Special Appropriations in the Senate May 7, 2019, carried over to any regular or special session per Joint Order HP 1322 | |
LD 138 This bill provides one-time funds for the expansion of existing collaborative workspace businesses and gives preference to applicants with projects in towns and counties in which the unemployment rate exceeds the State's unemployment rate. Amendment H-146 This amendment requires the Department of Economic and Community Development, when determining grants from the Maine Coworking Development Fund, to solicit applications through a competitive bid process, instead of a request for proposal process. The amendment allows for funds to be provided to entities to establish new collaborative workspaces and directs the department to prioritize development of new workspaces in the competitive application process. The amendment replaces the requirement for an annual report by the department to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives with a report to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over innovation, development, economic advancement and business matters. The amendment directs the department to engage in at least 2 rounds of competitive applications and also directs that the 2019-20 appropriation be carried over into 2020-21. LD 138 fiscal note LD 138 Amendment H-146 fiscal note |
LD 139 | An Act To Address the Unmet Workforce Needs of Employers and To Improve the Economic Future of Workers | Status: Referred to Labor and Housing Committee, Amended by Committee amendment H-82, Enacted, Signed into law April 30, 2019 | |
LD 139 This bill makes a number of changes to the Competitive Skills Scholarship Program administered by the Department of Labor, including the following.
This bill also amends the laws governing the employment of minors 16 and 17 years of age, providing that such a minor may be employed in an otherwise hazardous occupation for which the minor has been trained or certified from a vocational, career and technical or cooperative education program approved by the Department of Education only if the minor has graduated from the program and has graduated from high school.
LD 139 Chaptered Law LD 139 Chaptered Law fiscal note |
LD 140 | An Act To Facilitate the Employment of Persons with Substance Use Disorder | Status: Referred to Labor and Housing Committee, Dead, Joint rule 310.3, April 2, 2019 | |
LD 140 This bill directs the Department of Labor to establish a process to certify employers as having met the criteria established by the department for working with employees with substance use disorders. The bill also directs the department to create a publicly accessible database of certified employers. |
LD 736 | An Act To Protect Students during Elections Held at Their Schools | Status: Referred to Education and Cultural Affairs Committee, Dead, Joint rule 310.3, April 23, 2019 | |
LD 736 This bill requires that when an election is held with a school as a voting place, the school must either be closed or secured according to a plan approved by the municipal law enforcement agency responsible for protecting that school. |
LD 752 | An Act To Reduce Food Insecurity and Promote Economic Growth | Status: Referred to Health and Human Services Committee, Dead, Joint rule 310.3, May 28, 2019 | |
LD 752 This bill accomplishes the following.
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LD 753 | An Act To Allow Voters To Choose Ongoing Absentee Voter Status | Status: Referred to Veterans and Legal Affairs Committee, Dead, Joint rule 310.3, April 23, 2019 | |
LD 753 This bill provides a process for a voter to request ongoing absentee voter status in a municipality that has approved the use of ongoing absentee voter status, which allows the voter to automatically receive an absentee ballot for each statewide and municipal election until the status is terminated. |
LD 845 | An Act To Secure the Integrity of Elections When the Secretary of State Is a Candidate | Status: Referred to Veterans and Legal Affairs Committee, Dead, Joint rule 310.3, February 21, 2019 | |
LD 845 This bill prohibits the Secretary of State from overseeing an election in which the Secretary of State is a candidate and transfers all responsibilities of the Secretary of State for that election to the first deputy secretary of state. |
LD 859 | An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Fund Equipment for Career and Technical Education Centers and Regions | Status: Referred to Appropriations and Financial Affairs Committee, carried over to any regular or special session per Joint Order HP 1322, Work session March 12, 2020, carried over in the same posture to any special session of the 129th Legislature pursuant to Joint Order SP 788 | |
LD 859 The funds provided by this bond issue, in the amount of $40,000,000, will be used to provide funds to make capital improvements to and purchase equipment for career and technical education centers and regions for high school students. |
LD 1025 | An Act To Prohibit the Provision of Conversion Therapy to Minors by Certain Licensed Professionals | Status: Referred to Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services Committee, Amended by Committee amendment H-213, Enacted, Signed into law May 29, 2019 | |
LD 1025 This bill does the following.
Amendment H-213 This amendment is the majority report of the committee. The amendment clarifies the definition of "conversion therapy." The bill provides that evidence that a certified school psychologist or guidance counselor has advertised, offered or administered conversion therapy to a child within the last 5 years is grounds for discipline; the amendment retains this provision but removes the 5-year limitation. The amendment also removes a similar 5-year limitation added by the bill to the current law that provides that evidence that an applicant for such a certification has injured the health or welfare of a child through abuse or exploitation is grounds for a denial of the certification. The amendment also adds an additional finding and makes other clarifying changes to the legislative findings and intent section. LD 1025 Chaptered Law LD 1025 Chaptered Law fiscal note |
LD 1056 | An Act To Update and Amend the Finance Authority of Maine Act | Status: Referred to Innovation, Development, Economic Advancement and Business Committee, Amended by Committee amendment H-224, Enacted, Signed into law May 28, 2019 | |
LD 1056 This bill amends the Finance Authority of Maine Act by removing various references to bond financing for major business expansion projects and eliminating that financing. It also reallocates the bonding authority for securing the Finance Authority of Maine's capital reserve funds supporting other programs. It also removes definitions pertaining to the Clean Fuel Vehicle Fund, which was repealed in 2013. Amendment H-224 This amendment increases the maximum amount of insurance the Finance Authority of Maine may provide to related entities from $7,000,000 to $7,500,000. LD 1056 Chaptered Law LD 1056 Chaptered Law fiscal note |
LD 1357 | An Act Regarding State Licensure for the Sale of Spirits for Off-premises Consumption | Status: Referred to Veterans and Legal Affairs Committee, Dead, Joint rule 310.3, May 8, 2019 | |
LD 1357 This bill amends the law regarding the number of agency liquor stores allowed in a municipality from the number being determined based upon the population of the municipality to being determined by the municipality, with existing agency liquor store licenses grandfathered if the municipality authorizes a number of agency liquor stores less than the number of operating liquor stores previously licensed by the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery Operations or the municipality does not make a determination. This bill also requires an applicant for an agency liquor store license to be a business licensed in the municipality in which the agency liquor store will be located that has been in existence for at least the 3 years immediately prior to application and that has been in good standing with every agency of the State for the 3 years immediately prior to application. |
LD 1359 | An Act Regarding Local Workforce Development Boards | Status: Referred to Labor and Housing Committee, Enacted in the House as amended by Committee amendment H-218, tabled to Special Appropriations in the Senate May 21, 2019, carried over to any regular or special session per Joint Order HP 1322 | |
LD 1359 This bill provides for each local workforce development board in the State to receive an annual appropriation equal to $25 multiplied by the number of unemployed persons in the local workforce development board's service area for the prior calendar year divided by 12 and requires that on or before September 1st of each even-numbered year, the Commissioner of Labor is required to prepare and submit the annual appropriation requirement for each year of the ensuing biennium to the State Budget Officer to be included in the Governor's biennial budget proposal. This bill includes General Fund appropriations totaling $465,252 in fiscal year 2019-20 and $465,252 in fiscal year 2020-21 to provide funding for the local workforce development boards for the 2020-2021 biennium. |
LD 1360 | Resolve, To Expand Eligibility for Presumptive Eligibility Determinations by Hospitals | Status: Referred to Health and Human Services Committee, Dead, Joint rule 310.3, April 30, 2019 | |
LD 1360 This resolve directs the Department of Health and Human Services to amend the department's rule Chapter 332: MaineCare Eligibility Manual, Part 18: Presumptive Eligibility Determined by Hospitals regarding expanding hospital presumptive eligibility, hospital presumptive eligibility cards, assisting individuals with MaineCare application forms and performance standards for qualified hospitals to require that 85% of presumptive eligibility determinations made will be found eligible for full MaineCare coverage. |
LD 1411 | An Act Regarding the Federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act | Status: Referred to Labor and Housing Committee, Amended by Committee amendment H-358, Enacted, Signed into law June 7, 2019 | |
LD 1411 This bill amends provisions related to the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. It makes appointment of members to the State Workforce Board subject to confirmation by the Legislature. It requires the State Workforce Board to submit the state workforce development plan to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over labor matters prior to the plan being submitted to the Federal Government. It directs the Treasurer of State to disburse federal funds received pursuant to the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act and state funds made available to be used to implement that Act if the Governor does not authorize disbursement of the funds within 30 days after the funds are received or made available. Amendment H-358 This amendment requires the state workforce development plan to be submitted to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over labor matters at the same time the plan is posted for public comment pursuant to the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. It requires that the appointments of certain members of the State Workforce Board are subject to review by the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over labor matters and to confirmation by the Legislature, but clarifies that members such as the Governor or commissioners of state agencies and county commissioners are not required to be confirmed by the Legislature. It specifies that when the term of a member expires, that member remains on the board until replaced. Lastly, it requires the Governor to make federal funds available to the local workforce boards to be used to implement the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act within 30 days after the date funds are made available to the Governor and in accordance with state procurement rules and the federal Cash Management Improvement Act of 1990. LD 1411 Chaptered Law LD 1411 Chaptered Law fiscal note |
LD 1584 | An Act To Attract, Build and Retain an Early Childhood Education Workforce through Increased Training, Education and Career Pathways | Status: Referred to Innovation, Development, Economic Advancement and Business Committee, Enacted in the House as amended by Committee amendment H-464, tabled to Special Appropriations in the Senate June 10, 2019, carried over to any regular or special session per Joint Order HP 1322 | |
LD 1584 This bill requires the Commissioner of Health and Human Services, the Commissioner of Education and the Commissioner of Labor jointly to develop and implement an early childhood educators workforce support program to recruit and retain early childhood educators working with children up to 5 years of age. Components of the program include:
Amendment H-464 This amendment requires the Commissioner of Health and Human Services to collect and review early childhood educators workforce data and, on a biennial basis, conduct a review of the adequacy of the pathways to early childhood education careers. It requires the Commissioner of Health and Human Services, the Commissioner of Education and the Commissioner of Labor to collaborate with local adult education providers of school administrative units, apprenticeship sponsors, career and technical education programs, the Maine Community College System and the University of Maine System to create articulation agreements between these entities for the transfer of credits for course work related to early childhood education and to facilitate enrollment in courses that lead to the issuance of a postsecondary degree by a degree-granting institution. It also requires the commissioners to collaborate with these same entities to provide support for individuals, including immigrants and other populations lacking experience in Maine's workforce, who require foundational skills development to enter and succeed in early childhood education courses, including but not limited to English as a second language, literacy, numeracy and employability skills. LD 1584 fiscal note LD 1584 Amendment H-464 fiscal note |
LD 1645 | An Act To Create Affordable Workforce and Senior Housing and Preserve Affordable Rural Housing | Status: Referred to Taxation Committee, Enacted in the House as amended by Committee amendment H-481, tabled to Special Appropriations in the Senate June 10, 2019, carried over to any regular or special session per Joint Order HP 1322, under suspension of the rules, Amended by Senate amendment S-374, Enacted, Signed into law February 12, 2020 | |
LD 1645 The purpose of this bill is to address Maine's shortage of safe, affordable housing by creating a state affordable housing tax credit. The tax credit is administered by the Maine State Housing Authority, which will allocate the state credit through a process similar to its current allocation of federal housing tax credits. Ten percent of the credit must be set aside for the preservation of affordable housing units that are constructed with financial assistance from the United States Department of Agriculture, Office of Rural Development, Rural Housing Service and at risk of losing their affordable status. In addition, 30% of the credit allocated to new housing units is targeted for seniors and 20% is targeted for rural areas. The credit is subject to reporting requirements and a process for tax expenditure review by the Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability. Amendment H-481 (Adopted by both chambers, June 6, 2019. Under suspension of the rules, reconsidered and indefinitely postponed, January 30, 2020) This amendment makes several changes to the procedure for administration of the credit for affordable housing to appropriately reflect the most effective responsibilities of the Maine State Housing Authority and the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Maine Revenue Services and requires the authority to adopt routine technical rules necessary for administration of the credit. The amendment also removes the date for a report by the Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability. Amendment S-374 (Under suspension of the rules, adopted in both chambers January 30, 2020, replaces Committee amendment H-481) This amendment incorporates the substance of the bill, as amended by Committee Amendment H-481, and makes the following changes:
LD 1645 Chaptered Law LD 1645 Chaptered Law fiscal note |
LD 1698 | An Act To Create Jobs and Slow Climate Change by Promoting the Production of Natural Resources Bioproducts | Status: Referred to Taxation Committee, Engrossed in both chambers as amended by Committee amendment H-552, Enacted in both chambers June 19, 2019, Governor placed on hold, July 2, 2019, recalled from the Governor's desk January 8, 2020 via the Joint Order HP 1422; Amended by House amendment H-731 and Committee amendment H-552, Enacted, Signed into law March 18, 2020 | |
LD 1698 This bill provides a tax credit for the production of renewable chemicals by the conversion of renewable biomass from the forest, farms, the sea or solid waste. The credit is equal to 7¢ per pound of renewable chemical produced in the State, 9¢ per pound of renewable chemical produced in the State if the taxpayer demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Department of Economic and Community Development that the contractors hired or retained by a landowner to harvest renewable biomass used in production of the renewable chemicals are 3rd-party certified by the Northeast Master Logger program or successor program and at least 50% of the contractors' employees are residents of the United States or 12¢ per pound of renewable chemical produced in the State if the taxpayer demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Department of Economic and Community Development that the contractors hired or retained by a landowner to harvest renewable biomass used in such production are 3rd-party certified by the Northeast Master Logger program and at least 75% of the contractors' employees are residents of the United States. Renewable chemicals are defined to include chemicals, polymers, plastics and formulated products, and to exclude substances used for food, feed or fuel, with limited exceptions. The bill also reinstates the tax credit for commercial production and use of biofuels. Amendment H-552 This amendment includes a provision permitting the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Maine Revenue Services to provide to the Department of Economic and Community Development information necessary for administration of the renewable chemicals tax credit and strikes language that would create an overlap of the renewable chemicals tax credit and the credit for the commercial production and use of biofuels. Amendment H-731 This amendment changes the credit allowed under the bill to remove the variable credit of between 7¢ and 12¢ per pound of renewable chemical, which is based on the certification level of the contractors hired or retained to harvest the renewable biomass and the residency of those contractors' employees, to a flat credit of 8¢ per pound of renewable chemical as long as the taxpayer demonstrates to the Department of Economic and Community Development that at least 75% of the employees of the contractors hired or retained to harvest renewable biomass used in the production of the renewable chemicals meet the eligibility conditions specified in the Employment Security Law, in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 26, chapter 13. This amendment also delays by one year the application date of the tax credit. This amendment also corrects numbering conflicts in the bill and Committee Amendment H-552 created when a chaptered law enacted provisions with the same paragraph letter or section number. LD 1698 Chaptered Law LD 1698 Chaptered Law fiscal note |
LD 1751 | An Act To Amend and Clarify the Laws Concerning American Sign Language Interpreters | Status: Referred to Innovation, Development, Economic Advancement and Business Committee, Amended by Committee amendment H-418, Enacted, Signed into law June 13, 2019 | |
LD 1751 This bill amends the laws governing American Sign Language interpreters to update educational requirements, remove the transliterator license category, remove the limited license category, establish a new conditional license category, clarify continuing education requirements and create an inactive license status. Amendment H-418 This amendment removes the provision describing the treatment of inactive licenses. This language is duplicative of existing statute. LD 1751 Chaptered Law LD 1751 Chaptered Law fiscal note |
LD 1812 | An Act To Make Necessary Changes to State Law | Status: Referred to State and Local Government Committee, carried over to any regular or special session per Joint Order HP 1322, carried over in the same posture to any special session of the 129th Legislature pursuant to Joint Order SP 788 | |
LD 1812 This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208. This bill proposes to make necessary changes to state law. |
LD 1874 | An Act To Amend the Laws Governing the Subminimum Wage | Status: Referred to Labor and Housing Committee, Amended by Committee amendment H-724, Enacted, Signed into law March 18, 2020 | |
LD 1874 This bill eliminates current exemptions from the minimum wage law that allow the payment of wages at less than the minimum wage rate to certain individuals with disabilities. Amendment H-724 This amendment removes the section of the bill that specifies that a special certificate issued pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 26, section 666 is not valid; that provision is unnecessary because no employer in the State holds a special certificate to pay an employee with a disability a subminimum wage. LD 1874 Chaptered Law LD 1874 Chaptered Law fiscal note |
LD 1929 | Resolve, Establishing the Commission To Study Fair, Equitable and Competitive Tax Policy for Maine's Working Families and Small Businesses (Emergency) | Status: Referred to Taxation Committee, both chambers accepted Majority Committee report, Ought to Pass as amended by Committee amendment H-696, and engrossed, House enacted, Senate tabled to Special Study March 17, 2020, carried over in the same posture to any special session of the 129th Legislature pursuant to Joint Order SP 788 | |
LD 1929 This resolve establishes the Commission To Study Fair, Equitable and Competitive Tax Policy for Maine's Working Families and Small Businesses and directs the commission, no later than November 4, 2020, to submit a report, including suggested legislation, for presentation to the First Regular Session of the 130th Legislature. Amendment H-696 This amendment adds 3 additional members to the commission, one representing a statewide organization that represents the interests of municipalities, one representing a statewide organization of farming interests and one tax policy expert. The amendment also adds additional language specifying the duties of the commission. LD 1929 Amendment H-696 fiscal note |
LD 1947 | An Act To Fund Capital Improvements to Career and Technical Education Centers | Status: Referred to Education and Cultural Affairs Committee, Work session held March 4, 2020, carried over in the same posture to any special session of the 129th Legislature pursuant to Joint Order SP 788 | |
LD 1947 This bill authorizes the issuance and use of up to $20,000,000 in Maine Governmental Facilities Authority securities for capital improvements to career and technical education centers and regions. |
LD 1956 | Resolve, To Establish a Commission To Increase Housing Opportunities in Maine by Studying Zoning and Land Use Restrictions (Emergency) | Status: Referred to Labor and Housing Committee, Work session held February 26, 2020, carried over in the same posture to any special session of the 129th Legislature pursuant to Joint Order SP 788 | |
LD 1956 This resolve establishes the Commission To Increase Housing Opportunities in Maine by Studying Zoning and Land Use Restrictions, which is a 10-member commission directed to review data on housing shortages in the State for low-income and middle-income households, state laws that affect the local regulation of housing and efforts in other states and municipalities to address housing shortages and to consider measures that would encourage increased housing options in the State. The commission must, no later than November 4, 2020, submit a report, including suggested legislation, for presentation to the First Regular Session of the 130th Legislature. |
LD 16 | An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Invest in Infrastructure To Address Sea Level Rise | Status: Referred to Appropriations and Financial Affairs Committee, Public hearing held April 2, 2019, carried over to any regular or special session per Joint Order HP 1322, carried over in the same posture to any special session of the 129th Legislature pursuant to Joint Order SP 788 | |
LD 16 The funds provided by this bond issue, in the amount of $50,000,000, will be used to improve waterfront and coastal infrastructure in municipalities to address sea level rise. |
LD 58 | RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine To Extend the Terms of Legislators to 4 Years | Status: Referred to State and Local Government Committee, Dead, Concurrence in Ought Not to Pass, June 4, 2019 | |
LD 58 This resolution proposes to amend the Constitution of Maine to increase the length of the terms of State Senators and members of the House of Representatives from 2 years to 4 years beginning in 2022. |
LD 69 | An Act To Provide Economic Security to Maine Families through the Creation of a Paid Family Medical Leave System | Status: Referred to Labor and Housing Committee, Dead, Joint rule 310.3, March 21, 2019 | |
LD 69 This bill creates a paid family medical leave program, patterned after the unpaid family medical leave program existing in current law but requiring a contribution from an eligible employee, or a self-employed person on a voluntary basis, of no more than 0.5% of the employee's or self-employed person's wages or earnings. The program requires employers to deduct the contributions from employee paychecks and requires the employers and self-employed persons to submit contributions to the Department of Labor, Bureau of Unemployment Compensation, which is charged with administering the program. The program pays benefits of up to 66% of an employee's wages or self-employed person's earnings, capped at the same maximum amount as unemployment benefits for leave taken by the employee or self-employed person for various family-related medical issues. The bill makes participation optional for employers that employ fewer than 15 employees. The bill also directs the Department of Labor to develop an implementation plan dealing with staffing, technology, start-up expenses, rulemaking and scheduling to begin the program on its effective date of October 1, 2020. |
LD 70 | An Act To Support the Trades through a Tax Credit for Apprenticeship Programs | Status: Referred to Taxation Committee, Enacted in the House as amended by Committee amendment S-10, tabled to Special Appropriations in the Senate April 2, 2019, carried over to any regular or special session per Joint Order HP 1322 | |
LD 70 This bill permits an employer who employs an apprentice participating in an approved apprenticeship program to receive a tax credit and provides for a partial credit if the employer employs a participating apprentice for fewer than 2,000 hours during a calendar year. Amendment S-10 This amendment adds appropriations for one-time funding for computer programming and for 2 positions in the Department of Labor to implement the tax credit for apprenticeship programs provided in the bill. LD 70 fiscal note LD 70 Amendment S-10 fiscal note |
LD 75 | An Act To Protect Earned Pay | Status: Referred to Labor and Housing Committee, Amended by Committee amendment S-11, Enacted, Signed into law June 20, 2019 | |
LD 75 Under current law, a person who receives or is scheduled to receive remuneration in the form of vacation pay in excess of 4 weeks' wages or holiday pay is disqualified from receiving unemployment benefits for the week that remuneration is due. This bill removes those disqualifications. Amendment S-11 This amendment incorporates a fiscal note. LD 75 Chaptered Law LD 75 Chaptered Law fiscal note |
LD 89 | An Act To Impose Requirements on the Rental of Residential Property That Has Been Used in the Manufacture of Methamphetamine | Status: Referred to Judiciary Committee, carried over to any regular or special session per Joint Order HP 1322, Reported out with unanimous Committee report, Ought Not to Pass, March 13, 2020, carried over in the same posture to any special session of the 129th Legislature pursuant to Joint Order SP 788 | |
LD 89 This bill requires that landlords and other persons entering into a lease or tenancy at will agreement for residential property ensure that property used in the manufacture of methamphetamine be decontaminated and tested in accordance with the standards established by the United States Environmental Protection Agency's March 2013 revised edition of the Voluntary Guidelines for Methamphetamine Laboratory Cleanup or other standards established in rule by the Department of Economic and Community Development. The bill also requires that landlords and other persons entering into a lease or tenancy at will agreement disclose to the potential tenant or lessee that a property has been used in the manufacture of methamphetamine. The bill makes violation of these provisions a civil violation, punishable by a fine of up to $500, and also states that failure to decontaminate or disclose constitutes a breach of the implied warranty of fitness for human habitation. The bill gives the Department of Economic and Community Development authority to adopt rules to implement these provisions. |
LD 96 | An Act To Require Disclosure at the Sale or Transfer whether Real Estate Has Been Used in the Manufacture of Methamphetamine | Status: Referred to Judiciary Committee, Amended by Committee amendment H-386, Enacted, Signed into law June 7, 2019 | |
LD 96 This bill amends the law requiring disclosures by the seller of residential real property to require the seller to disclose whether the property has been used for the manufacture of methamphetamine. Amendment H-386 The bill requires a seller of residential real property to disclose that the property has been used in the manufacture of methamphetamine. Current law requires the disclosure of the presence or prior removal of any hazardous materials. This amendment strikes and replaces the text of the bill to include methamphetamine as a specific hazardous material, the presence or prior removal of which must be disclosed by the seller of the residential real property. LD 96 Chaptered Law LD 96 Chaptered Law fiscal note |
LD 105 | An Act To Establish the Office of Outdoor Recreation | Status: Referred to Innovation, Development, Economic Advancement and Business Committee, Dead, Joint rule 310.3, February 5, 2019 | |
LD 105 This bill creates the Office of Outdoor Recreation within the Department of Economic and Community Development. It also makes an ongoing allocation of $250,000 per fiscal year from the Tourism Marketing Promotion Fund, which is funded by a portion of the meals and lodging sales tax, to the new Office of Outdoor Recreation. |
LD 120 | An Act To Rebrand Maine's License Plate Slogan from "Vacationland" to "Staycationland" | Status: Referred to Transportation Committee, Dead, Joint rule 310.3, March 14, 2019 | |
LD 120 This bill changes the slogan on motor vehicle license plates issued by the State from "Vacationland" to "Staycationland." |
LD 149 | An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Provide Student Debt Forgiveness To Support Workforce Attraction and Retention | Status: Referred to Appropriations and Financial Affairs Committee, Work session held May 16, 2019, carried over to any regular or special session per Joint Order HP 1322, carried over in the same posture to any special session of the 129th Legislature pursuant to Joint Order SP 788 | |
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LD 191 | An Act To Protect Heating Fuel Customers Who Close Their Accounts | Status: Referred to Innovation, Development, Economic Advancement and Business Committee, Dead, Joint rule 310.3, February 19, 2019 | |
LD 191 This bill requires dealers of heating fuel to reimburse customers within 30 days for any fuel recovered following the closing of their accounts and makes failure to do so a violation of the Maine Unfair Trade Practices Act. |
LD 228 | An Act To Expedite the Issuance of Alcohol and Drug Counseling Licenses | Status: Referred to Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services Committee, Amended by Committee amendment H-103, Enacted, Signed into law May 8, 2019 | |
LD 228 This bill requires the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation, State Board of Alcohol and Drug Counselors to grant or deny a license to practice as an alcohol and drug counseling aide, certified alcohol and drug counselor, licensed alcohol and drug counselor or certified clinical supervisor within 30 days of receipt of the application for that license. This bill also clarifies the authority of the State Board of Alcohol and Drug Counselors to license certified clinical supervisors. Amendment H-103 This amendment makes changes to the provision of the bill related to the minimum qualifications for certain licensed mental health professionals and licensed alcohol and drug counselors to also become licensed as certified clinical supervisors by:
The amendment also removes the section of the bill requiring that the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation, State Board of Alcohol and Drug Counselors to grant or deny a license within 30 days of receipt of the application for that license. LD 228 Chaptered Law LD 228 Chaptered Law fiscal note |
LD 288 | Resolve, Establishing the Commission To Create a Statewide Economic Development Plan (Emergency) | Status: Referred to Innovation, Development, Economic Advancement and Business Committee, Dead, Joint rule 310.3, February 21, 2019 | |
LD 288 This resolve establishes the Commission To Create a Statewide Economic Development Plan to study economic development issues and create a strategic, regionally focused economic development plan. |
LD 294 | An Act To Require the Fiscal Impact Estimate of a Direct Initiative of Legislation To Be Included on the Ballot | Status: Referred to Veterans and Legal Affairs Committee, Dead, Joint rule 310.3, May 14, 2019 | |
LD 294 This bill provides that a ballot for a statewide vote on a direct initiative must include a summary of the fiscal impact estimate prepared by the Office of Fiscal and Program Review for that direct initiative. |
LD 301 | An Act To Help Older Adults Age in Place through Comprehensive Planning | Status: Referred to State and Local Government Committee, Amended by Committee amendment H-31, Enacted, Signed into law April 19, 2019 | |
LD 301 This bill encourages municipalities to develop policies that assist older adults with aging in place and that create age-friendly communities. It amends the law governing comprehensive plans by encouraging municipalities to plan for the needs of older adults in their communities. Amendment H-31 This amendment amends the definition of age-friendly community in the bill to clarify that it refers to older adults. LD 301 Chaptered Law LD 301 Chaptered Law fiscal note |
LD 369 | An Act Authorizing Earned Employee Leave | Status: Referred to Labor and Housing Committee, Amended by Committee amendment S-79, Enacted, Signed into law May 28, 2019 | |
LD 369 This bill creates a right to earned paid sick leave for employees who are employed by an employer that employs more than 5 employees. The bill also creates a right to earned unpaid sick leave for employees of an employer that employs 5 or fewer employees. This bill takes effect January 1, 2021. Amendment S-79 This amendment, which is the majority report of the Joint Standing Committee on Labor and Housing, replaces the title and the bill. This amendment does the following:
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LD 371 | An Act To Create the Small Communities Tourism Fund | Status: Referred to Innovation, Development, Economic Advancement and Business Committee, Dead, Joint rule 310.3, May 21, 2019 | |
LD 371 This bill establishes the Small Communities Tourism Fund in the Department of Economic and Community Development, Office of Tourism to issue grants to small communities to promote tourism and events. |
LD 391 | Resolve, To Establish the Study Committee To Develop a Disposition Plan for Future Surplus State Property in York County (Emergency) | Status: Referred to State and Local Government Committee, Dead, Joint rule 310.3, May 7, 2019 | |
LD 391 This resolve establishes the Study Committee To Develop a Disposition Plan for Future Surplus State Property in York County to study and plan the disposition of the 3 district courthouses in York County to be vacated when the courts are consolidated into one building and of associated surplus state property. |
LD 399 | An Act To Align Wages for Direct Care Workers for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities or Autism with the Minimum Wage | Status: Referred to Health and Human Services Committee, Enacted in the House as amended by Committee amendment H-412, tabled to Special Appropriations in the Senate June 7, 2019, carried over to any regular or special session per Joint Order HP 1322 | |
LD 399 This bill specifies that the MaineCare reimbursement rate for direct care workers for adults with intellectual disabilities or autism must be at least 125% of the state minimum wage. Amendment H-412 This amendment, which is the minority report of the committee, adds an appropriations and allocations section to the bill. LD 399 fiscal note LD 399 Amendment H-412 fiscal note |
LD 433 | RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine To Explicitly Prohibit Discrimination Based on the Sex of an Individual | Status: Referred to Judiciary Committee, both chambers accepted Majority Committee report, Ought to Pass as amended by Committee amendment H-230 and engrossed, May 23, 2019, Tabled in the House pending final passage, May 28, 2019, carried over to any regular or special session per Joint Order HP 1322, carried over in the same posture to any special session of the 129th Legislature pursuant to Joint Order SP 788 | |
LD 433 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 sex of an individual. Amendment H-230 This amendment is the majority report of the committee. This amendment incorporates a fiscal note. LD 433 Amendment H-230 fiscal note |
LD 444 | An Act To Fully Restore Revenue Sharing (Emergency) | Status: Referred to Taxation Committee, Dead, Joint rule 310.3, April 30, 2019 | |
LD 444 This bill restores state-municipal revenue sharing to 5% from 2% 3 months earlier than currently provided in law. |
LD 463 | An Act To Reduce Obesity Rates in Maine | Status: Referred to Health and Human Services Committee, Dead, Joint rule 310.3, April 23, 2019 | |
LD 463 This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services, Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention to develop a comprehensive state plan relating to the reduction of unhealthy weight and obesity. The plan must include coordination of activities within the Department of Health and Human Services and among state departments, efforts to monitor rates of unhealthy weight and obesity, including a survey of food and drink consumption and physical exercise, and a media plan to reduce the consumption of sugary drinks. The department is required to submit the plan to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over health and human services matters no later than January 1, 2020 and every 2 years thereafter. The bill also includes a position within the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, or contracted for by the department, as a coordinator of the state plan. The bill also appropriates funds to develop and implement the plan, to improve surveillance and epidemiology related to obesity and to fund one Obesity Care Coordinator position in the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention. |
LD 513 | An Act To Limit the Number of Students and Prevent the Addition of Grade Levels at Virtual Public Charter Schools | Status: Referred to Education and Cultural Affairs Committee, Amended by Committee amendment H-239, Enacted, Became law without the Governor's signature June 9, 2019 | |
LD 513 This bill limits total enrollment at all virtual public charter schools authorized by the commission to the total enrollment at the end of the 2018-2019 school year. It also prohibits a virtual public charter school authorized by the commission from expanding to serve a grade level not included in the school's initial charter contract or, for a school whose charter was renewed prior to November 1, 2019, the renewed charter contract. Amendment H-239 This amendment, which is the majority report of the committee, limits the total enrollment at all virtual public charter schools authorized by the Maine Charter School Commission to 1,000 students. LD 513 Chaptered Law LD 513 Chaptered Law fiscal note |
LD 576 | Resolve, Directing the Department of Education To Develop and Implement an Online Learning Platform for Students and Educators | Status: Referred to Education and Cultural Affairs Committee, Amended by Committee amendment H-125, Finally passed, Signed into law May 14, 2019 | |
LD 576 This resolve directs the Department of Education to develop and implement an online platform to facilitate the provision of online, virtual instruction by state-certified teachers to students in every public school in the State and the provision of a variety of high-quality professional development opportunities to educators across the State. It directs the department to report to the Joint Standing Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs by January 1, 2020 on the progress toward and obstacles to the development and implementation of the online platform. The joint standing committee is authorized to report out a bill to the Second Regular Session of the 129th Legislature to address any obstacles to the development and implementation of the online platform and any other concerns. Amendment H-125 This amendment removes the requirement in the resolve that the Department of Education implement an online platform and instead requires the department to study and develop an online platform. The amendment also requires the report to the Joint Standing Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs required by the resolve to include the expected costs and a strategy for implementation of the online platform. LD 576 Chaptered Law LD 576 Chaptered Law fiscal note |
LD 577 | An Act To Increase Access to Nutritious Foods in Schools by Implementing an After-school Food Program for At-risk Students (Emergency) | Status: Referred to Education and Cultural Affairs Committee, Amended by Committee amendment H-226, Enacted, Signed into law June 20, 2019 | |
LD 577 This bill provides for the participation in the federal child and adult care food program to serve at-risk students who attend after-school programming by school administrative units that choose to operate the program and have at least one public school in which at least 50% of students qualified for a free or reduced-price lunch during the preceding school year. Amendment H-226 This amendment, which is the majority report, strikes the emergency preamble and the emergency clause from the bill. LD 577 Chaptered Law LD 577 Chaptered Law fiscal note |
LD 601 | An Act To Create Fairness by Reinstituting the Cost-of-living Adjustment for Workers' Compensation Benefits | Status: Referred to Labor and Housing Committee, Dead, Joint rule 310.3, June 5, 2019 | |
LD 601 This bill establishes cost-of-living adjustments for workers' compensation benefits. Prior to the 1992 revision of the laws governing workers' compensation, benefits for total incapacity were adjusted annually based on the percentage increase or decrease in the state average weekly wage. |
LD 662 | An Act To Count Study Abroad toward Secondary School Credit | Status: Referred to Education and Cultural Affairs Committee, Enacted in the House as amended by Committee amendment H-54, tabled to Special Appropriations in the Senate April 18, 2019, carried over to any regular or special session per Joint Order HP 1322 | |
LD 662 This bill requires school administrative units to award course credit to students who have studied abroad by awarding the student elective credit based on hours of instruction received abroad or by awarding credit hours in the relevant content area if the student receives 3rd-party certification or if the student passes a summative assessment. Amendment H-54 This amendment, which is the unanimous report of the committee, amends the bill by requiring school boards to adopt a policy on awarding credit to students who have studied abroad. The school board may include in the policy that the school administrative unit award credit as elective credit, through 3rd-party certification or based on a summative assessment. This amendment also requires the Department of Education to issue an administrative letter to school boards and superintendents addressing the benefits of proactive communication between the school administrative unit and parents of a student and the student regarding the credit options available to the student prior to the student's participation in the study abroad program. This amendment also incorporates a fiscal note. The fiscal note identifies the requirement that local school boards adopt a policy on awarding credit to students who have studied abroad as a potential unfunded state mandate. The committee reviewed the fiscal note and determined that requiring a school board to adopt a policy on awarding credit to students who have studied abroad is not a mandate. Because school boards have a duty to adopt policies that govern school administrative units pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, section 1001, subsection 1-A, and because Title 20-A requires school administrative units to provide students with opportunities for learning in multiple pathways, the requirement that local school boards adopt a policy on awarding credit to students who have studied abroad does not require an expansion or modification of activities so as to necessitate additional expenditures. LD 662 Amendment H-54 fiscal note |
LD 663 | An Act To Allow Holders of Gold Star Family Registration Plates To Be Issued Complimentary Licenses To Hunt, Trap and Fish and To Exempt Them from Vehicle Registration Fees | Status: Dead, Concurrence in indefinitely postpone February 26, 2019 | |
LD 663 This bill allows the holder of a registration certificate and a set of gold star family registration plates pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 29-A, section 524-B to be issued a complimentary license to hunt, trap and fish, including permits, stamps and other permissions needed to hunt. It also exempts a person with a registration certificate and a set of gold star family registration plates from the annual motor vehicle registration fee. |
LD 692 | Resolve, To Address Reimbursement Rates for Licensed Clinical Social Workers under MaineCare | Status: Referred to Health and Human Services Committee, Enacted in the House as amended by Committee amendment H-407, tabled to Special Appropriations in the Senate June 6, 2019, carried over to any regular or special session per Joint Order HP 1322 | |
LD 692 This resolve directs the Department of Health and Human Services to amend its rule Chapter 101: MaineCare Benefits Manual, Chapter III to increase reimbursement rates for counseling services provided by licensed clinical social workers to no less than the lowest reimbursement rate for the same counseling services paid by an insurance carrier licensed in this State. The rules are routine technical rules and must be amended no later than January 1, 2020. Amendment H-407 This amendment specifies that the services provided by independent licensed clinical social workers are provided under Section 65 of rule Chapter 101: MaineCare Benefits Manual, Chapter III. Rather than increasing rates to the lowest reimbursement rate for the same service paid by an insurance carrier licensed in Maine, the amendment increases rates to 70% of the Medicare rate for the closest equivalent service, since there is no exact equivalent rate under Medicare. The amendment also adds an appropriations and allocations section. LD 692 fiscal note LD 692 Amendment H-407 fiscal note |
LD 696 | An Act To Protect Public Employees from Identity Theft | Status: Referred to State and Local Government Committee, Enacted in the House as amended by Committee amendment S-77, tabled to Special Appropriations in the Senate May 21, 2019, carried over to any regular or special session per Joint Order HP 1322 | |
LD 696 This bill requires a public employer, if the public employer determines or suspects there has been a breach of confidentiality or theft of an employee's personal information due to cyber activity or other means, to notify the employee within 24 hours of being notified of or discovering the breach or theft and to provide the employee financial counseling. Amendment S-77 This amendment replaces the bill. It amends the Notice of Risk to Personal Data Act to add municipalities and school administrative units to the definition of "person" to make the Act applicable to these entities. It also exempts these entities from the civil violations provision of the Notice of Risk to Personal Data Act. The amendment specifies that notice to residents of the State of a security breach must be given no later than 30 days after the information broker or person maintaining computerized data that includes personal information becomes aware of a security breach. LD 696 Amendment S-77 fiscal note |
LD 711 | Resolve, To Establish a Commission To Study and Recommend a Minimum Age for Participation in Tackle Football (Emergency) | Status: Referred to Education and Cultural Affairs Committee, Dead, Joint rule 310.3, April 23, 2019 | |
LD 711 This resolve establishes the Commission To Study and Recommend a Minimum Age for Participation in Tackle Football. The commission is required to submit a report, including suggested legislation, for presentation to the Second Regular Session of the 129th Legislature. |
LD 712 | An Act To Increase the School Construction Debt Service Limit | Status: Referred to Education and Cultural Affairs Committee, Enacted in the House as amended by Committee amendment H-290, tabled to Special Appropriations in the Senate May 29, 2019, carried over to any regular or special session per Joint Order HP 1322 | |
LD 712 This bill amends the school funding formula to fund after-school programs based on the state share percentage and to fund public preschool programs at 50% of the cost of the programs, or if a school administrative unit's state share percentage is greater than 50%, to fund the unit's public preschool program at the state share percentage. The bill also increases the additional weight for economically disadvantaged students from 0.15 to 1.5. The bill also raises the maximum debt service limit for school construction projects from $126,000,000 to $150,000,000 beginning in 2020. Amendment H-290 This amendment, which is the majority report of the committee, changes the title and strikes all sections of the bill except the provision that raises the maximum debt service limit for school construction projects from $126,000,000 to $150,000,000 beginning in 2020. LD 712 Amendment H-290 fiscal note |
LD 735 | An Act To Create a Seat for a Representative of the Wabanaki Tribal Governments on the Board of Trustees of the Maine Criminal Justice Academy | Status: Referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee, Amended by Committee amendment H-111, Enacted, Signed into law May 14, 2019 | |
LD 735 This bill provides a permanent seat on the Board of Trustees of the Maine Criminal Justice Academy for a representative of the 5 Wabanaki tribal governments. The tribal representative must be a law enforcement official and must be chosen for a 2-year term by a process determined by the tribal governments. The process must require that the position rotate among the 5 tribal governments. Amendment H-111 This amendment changes the title and provides a seat on the Board of Trustees of the Maine Criminal Justice Academy for a person appointed by the Governor who is knowledgeable about public safety and who has been recommended to the Governor by the Wabanaki tribal governments of the Aroostook Band of Micmacs, the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians, the Passamaquoddy Tribe at Motahkmikuk, the Passamaquoddy Tribe at Sipayik and the Penobscot Nation. The term of this member of the board of trustees is 2 years. LD 735 Chaptered Law LD 735 Chaptered Law fiscal note |
LD 738 | Resolve, Directing the Commissioner of Health and Human Services To Convene a Study Group To Review the Crisis Response System in the State | Status: Referred to Health and Human Services Committee, Dead, Joint rule 310.3, May 21, 2019 | |
LD 738 This resolve requires the Commissioner of Health and Human Services to convene a study group of interested parties to review the crisis response system in the State. The study group is required to submit its report, including any recommended legislation, to the Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human Services no later than December 15, 2019. The joint standing committee may submit legislation related to the report to the Second Regular Session of the 129th Legislature. |
LD 746 | An Act To Allow Municipalities To Determine the Duration of Development Districts Funded by Assessments | Status: Referred to State and Local Government Committee, Enacted, Signed into law May 23, 2019 | |
LD 746 This bill provides local control to municipalities over the duration of municipal development districts that are funded by assessments and are not tax increment financing districts. Municipal development districts that are tax increment financing districts continue to be subject to the 30-year duration limitation under current law. LD 746 Chaptered Law LD 746 Chaptered Law fiscal note |
LD 765 | Resolve, To Revise Asset Limits for Social Service Programs | Status: Referred to Health and Human Services Committee, Amended by Committee amendment H-247, Finally passed, Signed into law May 30, 2019 | |
LD 765 This resolve directs the Department of Health and Human Services to review asset limits for social service programs and revise the limits to increase the effectiveness of the programs. Amendment H-247 The amendment replaces the resolve. It requires the Department of Health and Human Services to convene a stakeholder group to examine the asset limits for eligibility applied to the elderly low-cost drug program, the Medicare savings program, the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program and the statewide food supplement program, otherwise known as SNAP. The department and stakeholder group are required to examine the asset limits to determine if they meet the missions of the programs or present barriers and to determine compliance with federal laws and guidelines. The department is required to submit a report, together with its findings, legislative recommendations and any rulemaking activities to the Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human Services no later than December 1, 2019. LD 765 Chaptered Law LD 765 Chaptered Law fiscal note |
LD 770 | An Act To Provide for a Later Starting Time for High Schools | Status: Referred to Education and Cultural Affairs Committee, Dead, Concurrence in Ought Not to Pass, April 30, 2019 | |
LD 770 This bill requires that, by September 1, 2020, each school administrative unit ensure that its secondary schools' school days start no earlier than 8:30 a.m. |
LD 773 | An Act Regarding Secondary School Education Concerning Sexual Activity and Sexual Assault | Status: Referred to Education and Cultural Affairs Committee, Amended by Committee amendment H-266, Enacted, Signed into law June 5, 2019 | |
LD 773 This bill requires the Commissioner of Education to review the content standards and performance indicators for the content area of health, physical education and wellness, including instruction on affirmative consent, communication and decision making regarding sexual activity and the effects of alcoholic drinks, stimulants and narcotics on the ability to give affirmative consent, communicate and make appropriate decisions, beginning in the 2019-2020 school year as part of the commissioner's 5-year review cycle of the content standards and performance indicators required under the system of learning results. Amendment H-266 This amendment adds a mandate preamble. LD 773 Chaptered Law LD 773 Chaptered Law fiscal note |
LD 775 | Resolve, To Direct the Department of Health and Human Services To Amend Its Rules for Eligibility for Community Support Services | Status: Referred to Health and Human Services Committee, carried over to any regular or special session per Joint Order HP 1322, Engrossed in both chambers as amended by Committee amendment H-403, Enacted in both chambers June 18, 2019, Governor placed on hold, July 2, 2019, Recalled from the Governor's desk Janauary 8, 2020 via Joint Order HP 1419, Amended by House amendment H-699 and Committee amendment H-403, Enacted, Signed into law March 17, 2020 | |
LD 775 This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services to amend its rules in Chapter 101: MaineCare Benefits Manual, Chapter II, Section 17, Community Support Services to include access to services to persons who have a diagnosis of bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder, panic disorder or post-traumatic stress disorder. Amendment H-403 This amendment, which is the majority report of the committee, strikes and replaces the bill with a resolve. It directs the Department of Health and Human Services to amend its rule Chapter 101: MaineCare Benefits Manual, Chapter II, Section 17, Community Support Services concerning eligibility criteria for services under that section. It requires the department to report to the Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human Services by January 15, 2020 on the rulemaking process, proposed and provisionally adopted rules and justification for the adoption of the proposed rules. It authorizes the committee to report out legislation regarding the subject matter of the rules. Amendment H-699 This amendment removes the mandate that the Department of Health and Human Services amend its rule Chapter 101: MaineCare Benefits Manual, Chapter II, Section 17, Community Support Services, instead authorizing the department to amend the rule. This amendment also requires the department to report, by January 15, 2021, to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over health and human services matters on the following:
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LD 786 | An Act To Reduce Hunger and Promote Maine Agriculture | Status: Referred to Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry Committee, Amended by Committee amendment S-81, Enacted, Signed into law June 28, 2019 | |
LD 786 This bill provides an appropriation to allow the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry to contract with a nonprofit organization that provides statewide hunger relief services to allow that organization to:
Amendment S-81 This amendment decreases the ongoing annual General fund appropriation to the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry for statewide hunger relief services from $2,500,000 to $1,500,000. LD 786 Chaptered Law LD 786 Chaptered Law fiscal note |
LD 790 | An Act To Eliminate the Cap on the Number of Accounts or Meters Designated for Net Energy Billing | Status: Referred to Energy, Utilities and Technology Committee, carried over to any regular or special session per Joint Order HP 1322, Dead, Joint rule 310.3, February 6, 2020 | |
LD 790 This bill prohibits the Public Utilities Commission from adopting or amending net energy billing rules pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 35-A, section 3209-A to impose any limit on the number of accounts or meters that customers may designate for net energy billing or any limit on the number of customers that may share an interest in a generation facility for which the energy output is credited as part of any net energy billing. |
LD 792 | An Act To Amend the Laws Governing the Issuance of Bonds | Status: Referred to Appropriations and Financial Affairs Committee, Public hearing held April 1, 2019, carried over to any regular or special session per Joint Order HP 1322, carried over in the same posture to any special session of the 129th Legislature pursuant to Joint Order SP 788 | |
LD 792 This bill makes the following changes to the laws governing the issuance of bonds:
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LD 795 | RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine To Establish a Right to Food | Status: Referred to Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry Committee, both chambers accepted Majority Committee report, Ought to Pass as amended by Committee amendment H-430, adopted House amendment H-541, and engrossed LD 795 with amendments H-430 and H-541. Under suspension of the rules, the House reconsidered adoption of amendment H-541, indefinitely postponed amendment H-541, adopted House amendment H-675, and engrossed LD 795 with amendments H-430 and H-675. The Senate receded and concurred in engrossing LD 795 with amendments H-430 and H-675, tabled in the House pending final passage, March 17, 2020, carried over in the same posture to any special session of the 129th legislature pursuant to Joint Order SP 788 | |
LD 795 This constitutional resolution declares that all individuals have a natural, inherent and unalienable right to acquire, produce, process, prepare, preserve and consume and to barter, trade and purchase the food of their own choosing for their own nourishment, sustenance, bodily health and well-being. Amendment H-430 This amendment, which is the majority report, incorporates a fiscal note. Amendment H-675 This amendment amends the bill by:
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LD 809 | An Act To Expand and Clarify the Disqualification from Workers' Compensation Benefits of an Employee Who Is Injured While Under the Influence of Drugs or Alcohol | Status: Referred to Labor and Housing Committee, Dead, Joint rule 310.3, June 5, 2019 | |
LD 809 Under current law, workers' compensation benefits are not allowed for the injury or death of an employee when the injury or death was caused by the employee's intoxication. This bill eliminates that provision and instead disallows benefits for an employee who was intoxicated at the time of the injury or death. This bill also clarifies that intoxication includes intoxication from an illegal drug, marijuana or alcohol. |
LD 812 | An Act To Stabilize Property Taxes on Homesteads of Individuals Who Are 66 Years of Age or Older | Status: Referred to Taxation Committee, Dead, Joint rule 310.3, April 30, 2019 | |
LD 812 This bill permits a municipality to maintain the property tax on the homestead of a permanent resident who is at least 66 years of age or older at the amount billed in the year prior to an application for stabilization. The amount by which the tax assessed exceeds the stabilized amount must be paid to the municipality by the State. An applicant for stabilization must be a permanent resident of the State and must have received a property tax fairness credit for the income tax year preceding application for stabilization. An application for stabilization must be made each year to continue eligibility. |
LD 813 | Resolve, To Encourage Relocation of Working Professionals | Status: Referred to Innovation, Development, Economic Advancement and Business Committee, Dead, Joint rule 310.3, April 23, 2019 | |
LD 813 This resolve directs the Department of Economic and Community Development to design and implement a one-year pilot program to encourage remote workers to relocate to Maine. The pilot program, the New Remote Worker Grant Program, will award grants of up to $2,500 per qualifying individual and up to $125,000 in total funds for qualifying expenses. The resolve directs the department to report back to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over innovation, development, economic advancement and business matters and to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over labor and housing matters and gives these committees authority to report out legislation based on the department's report. |
LD 814 | An Act To Strengthen Maine's Economy through Research and Innovation led by the University of Maine System | Status: Referred to Innovation, Development, Economic Advancement and Business Committee, Work session held May 9, 2019, carried over to any regular or special session per Joint Order HP 1322, Dead, Joint rule 310.3, March 17, 2020 | |
LD 814 This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208. his bill would provide funding and enact measures based on recommendations of the President of the University of Maine at Machias in a strategic plan chartered by the Chancellor of the University of Maine System and due to the Board of Trustees of the University of Maine System in March 2019. The bill would strengthen research and economic development efforts across the University of Maine System to support Maine industries and workforce development and to foster business formation and expansion, specifically in the 7 research and development sectors designated in statute: advanced technology for agriculture and forestry; aquaculture and marine technology; biotechnology; composite materials technology; environmental technology; information technology; and precision manufacturing technology. |
LD 816 | An Act To Implement the National Popular Vote for President of the United States | Status: Referred to Veterans and Legal Affairs Committee, Dead, Non-concurrence, June 19, 2019 | |
LD 816 This bill proposes to adopt an interstate compact to elect the President of the United States by national popular vote. Under the compact, the presidential candidate who receives the most popular votes in all 50 states and the District of Columbia is elected President. Under the compact, all of a state's electoral votes would be awarded to the presidential candidate who receives the most popular votes in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. This bill takes effect only if enacted by states possessing a majority of the electoral votes, that is, enough electoral votes to elect a President, which is 270 of 538. Amendment S-44 This amendment, which is the minority report of the committee, clarifies that Maine's presidential electors are not obligated to cast their votes in favor of the presidential candidate and vice presidential candidate that are declared the winners of the national popular vote until the interstate compact to elect the President of the United States by national popular vote takes effect as described in the bill. LD 816 Amendment S-44 fiscal note |
LD 820 | An Act To Prevent Discrimination in Public and Private Insurance Coverage for Pregnant Women in Maine | Status: Referred to Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services Committee, Amended by Committee amendment H-210 and Senate amendment S-275, Enacted, Signed into law June 13, 2019 | |
LD 820 This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to provide coverage to a MaineCare member for abortion services. The bill provides that abortion services that are not approved Medicaid services must be funded by the State. The bill also directs the Department of Health and Human Services to adopt rules no later than March 1, 2020. The bill also requires that health insurance carriers that provide coverage for maternity services also provide coverage for abortion services. The bill applies this requirement to all health insurance policies and contracts issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2020, except for those religious employers granted an exclusion of coverage. The bill authorizes the Superintendent of Insurance to grant an exemption from the requirements if enforcement of the requirements would adversely affect the allocation of federal funds to the State. |
LD 833 | An Act To Provide the Same Retirement Benefits for State Employees Working as Emergency Communications Specialists as Are Provided to Law Enforcement Officers | Status: Referred to Labor and Housing Committee, Amended by Committee amendment H-496, Enacted, Governor placed on hold, July 2, 2019, Became law without the Governor's signature, January 11, 2020 | |
LD 833 This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208. This bill proposes to amend the laws governing the Maine Public Employees Retirement System to provide the same retirement benefits as are provided to law enforcement officers to state employees working in law enforcement, including these job classifications:
Amendment H-496 This amendment is the majority report of the committee and replaces the bill. The amendment allows emergency communications specialists in the employment of the Department of Public Safety to elect to participate in the 1998 Special Plan of the Maine Public Employees Retirement System. Under that plan, a person may retire at 55 years of age with 10 years of creditable service or may retire before 55 years of age with 25 years of creditable service. The amendment also adds an appropriations and allocations section. LD 833 Chaptered Law LD 833 Chaptered Law fiscal note |
LD 835 | An Act To Increase Funding for Case Managers for Veterans | Status: Referred to Veterans and Legal Affairs Committee, carried over to any regular or special session per Joint Order HP 1322, Work session held March 11, 2020, carried over in the same posture to any special session of the 129th Legislature pursuant to Joint Order SP 788 | |
LD 835 This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208. This bill proposes to provide funding for additional case managers in the Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management, Bureau of Maine Veterans' Services to provide information and assistance to veterans regarding the availability of benefits and services for veterans such as health care, home financing, property tax exemptions and income tax credits. |
LD 838 | Resolve, To Ensure the Continuation of Services to Maine Children and Families (Emergency) | Status: Referred to Health and Human Services Committee, Dead, Joint rule 310.3, May 21, 2019 | |
LD 838 Resolve 2017, chapter 56 requires the Department of Health and Human Services to continue certain contractual agreements entered into by the department with Community Partnerships for Protecting Children until January 31, 2019. This resolve amends that resolve to require the department to extend the contractual agreements until at least the termination date specified in the contractual agreement. This resolve applies retroactively to January 31, 2019. |
LD 849 | An Act To Allow Chiropractic Internships | Status: Referred to Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services Committee, Amended by Committee amendment H-262, Enacted, Signed into law May 30, 2019 | |
LD 849 This bill establishes a new temporary license for chiropractic interns. The bill describes the supervision and credentialing requirements for licensure and the process by which an applicant may gain licensure. The bill provides the Board of Chiropractic Licensure with rule-making authority. Amendment H-262 This amendment does the following.
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LD 855 | An Act To Strengthen the Maine Uniform Building and Energy Code | Status: Referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee, Amended by Committee amendment H-619 and Senate amendment S-372, Enacted, Signed into law July 2, 2019 | |
LD 855 This bill requires that the Commissioner of Public Safety appoint a technical codes coordinator, an office specialist and a building codes trainer. It also requires that municipalities impose a $3 surcharge on building permits and remit those funds to the Department of Public Safety to fund the Uniform Building Codes and Standards Fund. Amendment H-619 This amendment makes the following changes to the bill:
Amendment S-372 This amendment changes the report date in order to conform with Joint Rule 353. LD 855 Chaptered Law LD 855 Chaptered Law fiscal note |
LD 861 | An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Complete the Renovation of a Wharf and Bulkhead in Portland for Marine Research | Status: Referred to Appropriations and Financial Affairs Committee, Public hearing held June 17, 2019, carried over to any regular or special session per Joint Order HP 1322, carried over in the same posture to any special session of the 129th Legislature pursuant to Joint Order SP 788 | |
LD 861 The funds provided by this bond issue, in the amount of $3,000,000, will be used to complete the renovation of a wharf and bulkhead at the Gulf of Maine Research Institute in Portland to bring the wharf back into operation for a fishing vessel berthing resource to support marine research at sea and for continued long-term marine job development. |
LD 862 | An Act To Limit the Amount of Money That May Be Retained on Construction Contracts | Status: Referred to Innovation, Development, Economic Advancement and Business Committee, Dead, Non-concurrence, June 10, 2019 | |
LD 862 This bill limits the amount of money that may be retained under a construction contract, pending the completion of contractor or subcontractor performance, to 5% of the contract price. The limit applies only to private contracts and not to contracts entered into by governmental entities and only to contracts entered into on or after the effective date of the legislation. LD 862 fiscal note |
LD 867 | An Act To Require Public Health Impact Statements for Certain Legislation | Status: Referred to State and Local Government Committee, Dead, Joint rule 310.3, March 26, 2019 | |
LD 867 This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services, when requested by the chairs of a joint standing committee of the Legislature, to prepare and provide a public health impact statement for legislation before the committee. The public health impact statement must include the potential positive and negative public health effects of the legislation and considerations necessary to the decision-making process regarding the legislation and provide practical recommendations to increase the positive health effects and minimize negative health effects of the legislation. |
LD 872 | An Act To Forgive Education Debt for Certain Health Care Professionals Who Work in the State | Status: Referred to Innovation, Development, Economic Advancement and Business Committee, Dead, Joint rule 310.3, May 28, 2019 | |
LD 872 This bill creates the Health Care Professional Education Loan Repayment Program administered by the Finance Authority of Maine to repay the education debt of certain health care professionals who agree to live and work in the State for a minimum of 5 years. Under the program, the authority will pay 20% of the education debt or $25,000, whichever is lower, for each year of participation in the program up to a total of $125,000 for a health care professional who is not employed in a federally designated health professional shortage area and 20% of the education debt or $30,000, whichever is lower, for each year of participation in the program up to a total of $150,000 for a health care professional who is employed in a federally designated health professional shortage area. The program is contingent on funding from the proceeds from the renewal of the contract for the operations of the State's wholesale spirits business. |
LD 887 | An Act To Improve the Property Tax Fairness Credit | Status: Referred to Taxation Committee, Dead, Joint rule 310.3, May 21, 2019 | |
LD 887 This bill increases the maximum credit available under the property tax fairness credit to $2,000 for resident individuals, regardless of age. Current law provides a maximum credit of $750 for resident individuals under 65 years of age and $1,200 for resident individuals 65 years of age and older. This bill also removes the inclusion of benefits received under the federal Social Security Act and railroad retirement benefits from being included as income for purposes of determining the credit. The credit is fully refundable after the application of nonrefundable credits. |
LD 893 | An Act To Create an Updated Unified Maine Climate Action Plan | Status: Referred to Environment and Natural Resources Committee, Dead, Joint rule 310.3, June 3, 2019 | |
LD 893 This bill requires the Department of Environmental Protection, working with the Maine Interagency Climate Adaptation Work Group, or MICA Work Group, and the University of Maine, to update the Maine Climate Action Plan developed in 2004 by the department. It requires the updated plan to address both mitigation and adaptation strategies. It requires the department and the MICA Work Group to convene a group of stakeholders to evaluate the mitigation and adaptation strategies in order to update the plan and it provides for internships for University of Maine students to work on the development and implementation of the updated plan. It authorizes the department to hire consultants. It requires the University of Maine System to develop and implement procedures for providing climate data to residents of the State. It also includes an appropriations and allocations section. |
LD 911 | An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Promote Land Conservation, Working Waterfronts, Water Access and Outdoor Recreation | Status: Referred to Appropriations and Financial Affairs Committee, carried over to any regular or special session per Joint Order HP 1322, Work session March 12, 2020, carried over in the same posture to any special session of the 129th Legislature pursuant to Joint Order SP 788 | |
LD 911 The funds provided by this bond issue, in the amount of $95,000,000, will be used to provide funds for the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, Bureau of Parks and Lands and the Land for Maine's Future Board. |
LD 912 | An Act To Establish the Wood Energy Investment Program | Status: Referred to Energy, Utilities and Technology Committee, Engrossed in both chambers as amended by Committee amendment S-193, Enacted in both chambers June 7, 2019, recalled from the Governor's desk, June, 20, 2019, carried over to any regular or special session per Joint Order HP 1322, Tabled in the Senate, January 8, 2020, carried over in the same posture to any special session of the 129th Legislature pursuant to Joint Order SP 788 | |
LD 912 This bill establishes the wood energy investment fund and creates the Wood Energy Investment Program within the Efficiency Maine Trust. The bill specifies that, if the Public Utilities Commission finds that an entity awarded a contract for biomass resources pursuant to Public Law 2015, chapter 483 is not meeting contract requirements and therefore is not qualified to receive the full contract payment or any contract payment, those funds that would have been paid had contract requirements been met must be transferred to the wood energy investment fund. It also specifies that any funds remaining in the cost recovery fund established in Public Law 2015, chapter 483, section 1, subsection 5 that are not needed to pay above-market costs for biomass resources must also be transferred by the Public Utilities Commission to the wood energy investment fund. It requires the trust to use funds from the fund, if there are any, to provide incentives and low-interest or no-interest loans for new wood-derived thermal energy or cogeneration projects. It requires that the trust consult with the Finance Authority of Maine, when appropriate, in the development of any Wood Energy Investment Program incentives and the distribution of money from the wood energy investment fund. It prohibits the use of funds for incentives or loans for the refurbishment or maintenance of existing facilities. Amendment S-193 This amendment adds an appropriations and allocations section. The amendment allocates funds to establish the Wood Energy Fund within the Efficiency Maine Trust. LD 912 Amendment S-193 fiscal note |
LD 921 | An Act To Allow Municipalities To Adopt Stricter Building and Energy Code Standards Than the Maine Uniform Building and Energy Code | Status: Referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee, Dead, Concurrence in Ought Not to Pass, May 21, 2019 | |
LD 921 This bill authorizes municipalities to adopt building and energy code requirements that are more strict than those contained in the Maine Uniform Building and Energy Code. |
LD 949 | An Act To Prevent Overdose Deaths | Status: Referred to Health and Human Services Committee, Dead, Concurrence in Ought Not to Pass, June 12, 2019 | |
LD 949 This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services to certify 2 facilities in the State to provide safe and secure locations for people to self-administer previously obtained drugs. The bill requires the facilities to have health care personnel and other trained staff, to provide information concerning drug overdoses and diseases associated with drug use, to administer first aid or other medications in case of an overdose and to provide referrals to other services that clients of the facilities may need. The bill provides immunity from arrest or prosecution to clients and staff members acting in accordance with the provisions of the bill and creates a tolerance zone within 1/2 mile of each facility. The facilities are directed to report certain demographic and other information to the department, which is directed to analyze the information and report to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over health and human services matters. The department is also directed to review the effectiveness of the facilities to determine whether to open additional facilities. |
LD 955 | An Act To Prohibit Offshore Oil and Natural Gas Drilling and Exploration | Status: Referred to Environment and Natural Resources Committee, Amended by Committee amendment H-425, Enacted, Signed into law June 13, 2019 | |
LD 955 This bill prohibits a person from performing or causing to be performed any oil or natural gas exploration, development or production in, on or under the waters of the State or that may adversely affect the waters of the State. The bill also prohibits the Department of Environmental Protection and the Director of the Bureau of Parks and Lands within the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry from permitting, approving or otherwise authorizing any oil or natural gas exploration, development or production in, on or under the submerged and intertidal land owned by the State. It is the intent of this legislation to generally prohibit activities relating to offshore oil and natural gas exploration, development and production within the boundaries and jurisdiction of the State, which place the State's coastal communities at economic and ecological risk from oil spills, and from the pollution caused by routine drilling operations and onshore industrialization, and threaten the quality of life and livelihoods of Maine citizens and economically significant industries, including tourism, recreation and commercial and recreational fishing, and small businesses that rely on a clean and healthy ocean and clean and healthy beaches.
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LD 1018 | Resolve, To Review the Laws Governing the Enforcement of Protection from Abuse Orders (By request) | Status: Referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee, Dead, Joint rule 310.3, April 11, 2019 | |
LD 1018 This resolve requires the Department of Public Safety to convene a work group to review the laws governing enforcement of protection from abuse orders and how those orders are enforced by law enforcement officers. |
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, Amended by Committee amendment H-506 and Senate amendment S-311, Finally passed, Governor placed on hold, July 2, 2019, Became law without the Governor's signature, January 11, 2020 | |
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 Chaptered Law LD 1036 Chaptered Law fiscal note |
LD 1042 | An Act To Exempt Disabled Veterans from Property Taxes in Accordance with Their Disability Ratings | Status: Referred to Taxation Committee, carried over to any regular or special session per Joint Order HP 1322, both chambers accepted unanimous Committee report, Ought to Pass as amended by Committee amendment H-748, and engrossed, House enacted, Senate tabled to Special Appropriations March 17, 2020 | |
LD 1042 This bill permits a veteran with a service-connected disability rated by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs at 30% or greater to choose to receive a homestead exemption equal to 50% of the just value of the homestead multiplied by the veteran's percentage disability rating instead of the current homestead exemption and exemptions for veterans and legally blind persons. The bill requires the State to reimburse municipalities for 75% of the revenue loss attributable to the new exemption. Amendment H-748 This amendment changes the property tax exemption proposed in the bill from a homestead exemption to an exemption for the estates of veterans for property tax years beginning on or after April 1, 2021. Like current exemptions for the estates of veterans, the exemption is also made available to an eligible survivor, who may be a widow or widower, a minor child or a parent of an eligible disabled veteran, following the death of the eligible disabled veteran. The calculation of the exemption is changed to provide a flat exemption amount that increases from $1,500 to $6,000 based on the percentage of the veteran's service-connected disability. The amendment also requires state reimbursement to municipalities and the Unorganized Territory Education and Services Fund for 100% of the property tax revenue lost as a result of the exemptions. LD 1042 Amendment H-748 fiscal note |
LD 1045 | An Act Regarding Bad Faith Assertions of Patent Infringement | Status: Referred to Judiciary Committee, Dead, Joint rule 310.3, May 2, 2019 | |
LD 1045 Current law prohibits a person from making a bad faith assertion of patent infringement against another person. A person who does make a bad faith assertion may have to pay remedies awarded by the court, including equitable relief, damages, costs and fees and punitive damages; however, the law exempts persons seeking relief pursuant to 35 United States Code, Section 271(e)(2) or 42 United States Code, Section 262 from the law prohibiting bad faith assertions of patent infringement, which may include businesses such as pharmaceutical companies. This bill removes the exemption. |
LD 1068 | An Act To Increase the Number of Agency Liquor Stores Permitted in Municipalities with 10,000 to 20,000 Residents | Status: Referred to Veterans and Legal Affairs Committee, Dead, Joint rule 310.3, April 4, 2019 | |
LD 1068 This bill allows the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery Operations to license up to 6 agency liquor stores in a municipality with a population of at least 10,001 but less than 20,001; current law allows such a municipality a maximum of 5 agency liquor stores. |
LD 1078 | An Act Regarding the Number of Agency Liquor Store Licenses Permitted in a Municipality | Status: Referred to Veterans and Legal Affairs Committee, Amended by Committee amendment H-96, Enacted, Signed into law April 30, 2019 | |
LD 1078 This bill allows the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery Operations to license up to 11 agency liquor stores in a municipality with a population over 60,000. Under current law, the maximum number of agency liquor stores that may be licensed in a municipality with a population over 45,000 is 10. Amendment H-96 This amendment replaces the bill. The amendment restructures for clarity current law limiting the number of agency liquor stores. Substantively, the amendment allows the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery Operations to:
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LD 1139 | An Act To Eliminate Restrictions on Capacity and the Number of Accounts for Net Energy Billing | Status: Referred to Energy, Utilities and Technology Committee, Dead, Joint rule 310.3, April 23, 2019 | |
LD 1139 This bill provides that the Public Utilities Commission may not limit the installed capacity of an eligible facility or the number of accounts or meters a customer or shared ownership customer may designate for net energy billing. Current commission rules limit the capacity to 660 kilowatts and the number of meters or accounts to 10. |
LD 1164 | An Act To Improve the Educational Opportunity Tax Credit | Status: Referred to Taxation Committee, Enacted in the House as amended by Committee amendment S-229, tabled to Special Appropriations in the Senate June 14, 2019, carried over to any regular or special session per Joint Order HP 1322 | |
LD 1164 This bill makes the current income tax credit for educational opportunity inapplicable to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2020, and creates a new simplified tax credit for student loan repayment applicable to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2020.
Amendment S-229 This amendment removes the requirement that a taxpayer's degree was received after 2007 to receive a credit for student loan repayment and provides that taxpayers who were eligible for a refundable credit under the credit for educational opportunity may continue to receive a refundable credit for tax years beginning before January 1, 2022. The amendment also increases from $50,000 per year to $75,000 per year the funds provided to market the Job Creation Through Educational Opportunity Program. LD 1164 Amendment S-229 fiscal note |
LD 1171 | An Act To Prevent Sexual and Domestic Violence and To Support Survivors | Status: Referred to Health and Human Services Committee, Enacted in the House as amended by Committee amendment S-86, tabled to Special Appropriations in the Senate May 16, 2019, carried over to any regular or special session per Joint Order HP 1322 | |
LD 1171 This bill provides funding for sexual assault and domestic violence prevention and victim services. Amendment S-86 This amendment incorporates a fiscal note. LD 1171 Amendment S-86 fiscal note |
LD 1184 | An Act Regarding Penalties for Early Retirement for Certain Members of the Maine Public Employees Retirement System | Status: Referred to Labor and Housing Committee, Enacted in the House as amended by Committee amendment H-244, tabled to Special Appropriations in the Senate May 29, 2019, carried over to any regular or special session per Joint Order HP 1322 | |
LD 1184 Under changes made to the Maine Public Employees Retirement System in 1993, employees who were members of the Maine Public Employees Retirement System as of July 1, 1993 but did not have 10 years of creditable service as of July 1, 1993 are required to have 25 years of creditable service and attain 62 years of age in order to avoid incurring a penalty of 6% of earned benefits for each year the person retires before attaining 62 years of age. Prior to that change, the penalty was 2.25% for each year below 60 years of age the person retired. This bill changes the rate of the penalty for those state employees who retired between July 1, 2011 and January 1, 2012 and for teachers who retired between July 1, 2011 and July 1, 2012 who had at least 25 years of service on July 1, 2011 but had not attained 62 years of age to 2.25% for each year the person was below 62 years of age upon retirement from service. This amendment makes clear that the change in the rate of the early retirement penalty for qualified members applies prospectively beginning October 1, 2019. The amendment also adds an appropriations and allocations section to fund the one-time cost of the unfunded actuarial liability created as a result of the change in the rate of penalty for qualified members.LD 1184 fiscal note LD 1184 Amendment H-244 fiscal note |
LD 1185 | An Act To Facilitate Intervention by and Provision of Services through the Department of Health and Human Services for Certain Families Affected by Substance Use | Status: Referred to Health and Human Services Committee, Dead, Joint rule 310.3, May 21, 2019 | |
LD 1185 This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to provide and pay for services relating to and treatment for substance use disorder in cases in which it does not file a child protection petition under the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 22, section 4032 but does open a case to provide services to the family to alleviate child abuse and neglect in the home, and also to provide and pay for those services as part of the rehabilitation and reunification plan required pursuant to Title 22, section 4041 when a child has been removed from the home. The bill provides that the department is not financially responsible if the person receiving services is insured by MaineCare or other insurance and that insurance covers the cost of those services. The bill establishes a program within the department for families affected by substance use disorder. The department is required to create a process to identify families engaged in a rehabilitation and reunification plan in which substance use disorder is a barrier to the return of a child to the child's home and ensure the family receives intervention and treatment for the disorder. |
LD 1196 | RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine To Implement Ranked-choice Voting | Status: Referred to Veterans and Legal Affairs Committee, Dead, Joint rule 310.3, April 30, 2019 | |
LD 1196 This resolution proposes to amend the Constitution of Maine to require candidates for the political offices of Governor, State Senator and State Representative to be elected by a majority of the votes cast for that office. |
LD 1214 | Resolve, To Conduct a Comprehensive Study of the Compensation System for State Employees | Status: Referred to Labor and Housing Committee, Enacted in the House as amended by Committee amendment S-146, tabled to Special Appropriations in the Senate June 3, 2019, carried over to any regular or special session per Joint Order HP 1322 | |
LD 1214 This resolve directs the Commissioner of Administrative and Financial Services to commission a comprehensive study of the wages and compensation system for employees of the executive branch of State Government. The resolve directs the commissioner to involve the certified bargaining agents for the employees covered by collective bargaining units and report the findings and any recommendations to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over state and local government matters no later than July 1, 2020, and authorizes the joint standing committee to submit a bill relating to the subject matter of the report to the First Regular Session of the 130th Legislature. Amendment S-146 This amendment changes the committee to which the report is submitted in the bill to the Joint Standing Committee on Labor and Housing and authorizes that committee to report out a bill. This amendment adds an appropriations and allocations section. LD 1214 fiscal note LD 1214 Amendment S-146 fiscal note |
LD 1240 | An Act To Provide Career and Technical Training Options for Electricians | Status: Referred to Innovation, Development, Economic Advancement and Business Committee, both chambers accepted unanimous Committee report, Amended by Committee amendment H-257 and House amendment H-336, Enacted, Signed into law, June 10, 2019 | |
LD 1240 This bill allows the Electricians' Examining Board to accept satisfactory evidence of completion of a career and technical electrical education program approved pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, section 8306-B as a secondary student when issuing a journeyman-in-training electrician license. Amendment H-257 This amendment strikes and replaces the bill. The amendment amends the requirements for licensure as a journeyman electrician to credit graduates of a secondary school career and technical electrical education program approved pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, section 8306-B with 1,000 hours of work experience in electrical installations and makes it clear that such graduates are eligible to sit for the journeyman examination. Amendment H-336 This amendment clarifies the language in Committee Amendment H-257 regarding the requirements for licensure as a journeyman electrician. Under this amendment, graduates of a secondary school career and technical education electrical program approved pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, section 8306-B are credited with 1,000 hours of work experience in electrical installations and are eligible to sit for the journeyman examination. This amendment specifically provides that the 1,000 hours credited may not be applied to any other pathway to licensure. LD 1240 Chaptered Law LD 1240 Chaptered Law fiscal note |
LD 1260 | An Act Regarding Short-term, Limited-duration Health Plans | Status: Referred to Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services Committee, Amended by Committee amendment H-476, Enacted, Signed into law June 17, 2019 | |
LD 1260 This bill limits the issuance of short-term, limited-duration individual health insurance policies in this State to policies with a term that is 3 months or less and further restricts an insurer or the insurer's agent or broker from issuing a short-term, limited-duration policy that replaces a prior short-term, limited-duration policy if the combined term of the new policy and all prior successive policies exceeds 3 months in any 12-month period. The bill prohibits an insurer from imposing any preexisting condition exclusion on a short-term, limited-duration policy. The bill also requires that insurers make specific written disclosures related to the terms and benefits of policies in at least 14-point type, including the types of benefits and consumer protections that are and are not included in the policies. The bill prohibits the issuance of a policy without prior approval from the Superintendent of Insurance. The requirements of the bill apply to policies issued or renewed in this State on or after January 1, 2020.
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LD 1272 | An Act To Increase Access to Low-cost Prescription Drugs | Status: Referred to Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services Committee, Amended by Committee amendment S-250, Enacted, Signed into law June 24, 2019 | |
LD 1272 This bill establishes a wholesale importation program for prescription drugs from Canada by or on behalf of the State in order to provide cost savings to consumers. The bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to design the program through rulemaking by January 1, 2020. The rules are designated as major substantive and must be submitted to the Legislature for final approval. The bill also specifies that the program may not be implemented until the State has received federal approval and certification. The bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services to apply for federal approval no later than May 1, 2020. Amendment S-250 This amendment is the majority report of the committee. It adds language to the bill directing the Department of Health and Human Services to consider whether the program may be developed on a multistate basis through collaboration with other states and to apply for and receive funds, grants or contracts from public and private sources. LD 1272 Chaptered Law LD 1272 Chaptered Law fiscal note |
LD 1387 | An Act To Increase Access to Safe and Affordable Prescription Drugs | Status: Referred to Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services Committee, carried over to any regular or special session per Joint Order HP 1322, Dead, Joint rule 310.3, March 5, 2020 | |
LD 1387 Under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, the importation of unapproved new prescription drugs, including foreign-made versions of prescription drugs that have been approved by the federal Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration, is prohibited. However, the Food and Drug Administration has developed guidance that allows the personal importation of certain drugs. This bill, using the guidance developed by the federal Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration, enacts the Maine Pharmaceutical Drug Safety Act to allow an individual in Maine to import prescription drugs from Canada as long as specific criteria are met, including that the drug is imported for personal use, that the individual importing the drug has a valid prescription, that the drug does not present an unreasonable risk to the individual and that no more than a 90-day supply of the drug is imported. The prescription drug to be imported must also meet specific requirements. The importation of controlled substances and prescription drugs for sale or resale is specifically prohibited. |
LD 1410 | An Act To Create Paid Family and Medical Leave Benefits | Status: Referred to Labor and Housing Committee, carried over to any regular or special session per Joint Order HP 1322, Work session held March 11, 2020, carried over in the same posture to any special session of the 129th Legislature pursuant to Joint Order SP 788 | |
LD 1410 This bill establishes a paid family and medical leave benefits program administered by the Department of Labor. The program provides up to 12 weeks of family leave and up to 20 weeks of medical leave to eligible covered individuals. No more than 20 weeks of family leave and medical leave in the aggregate may be taken in a 12-month period. An individual is eligible for leave under the program after working 26 weeks or more for any employer in the 12 months prior to submitting an application or if the individual is self-employed and has elected to be part of the program. The maximum weekly benefit amount is capped at 100% of the state average weekly wage. The weekly benefit amount is 90% of the portion of the covered individual's average weekly wage that is equal to or less than 50% of the state average weekly wage and 67% of the portion of the covered individual's average weekly wage that is more than 50% of the state average weekly wage. Covered individuals are required to file claims for benefits in accordance with rules adopted by the department and to provide certification that they qualify for family leave or medical leave. This bill establishes the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Fund to support the program. The funds for administrative costs and payment of benefits will come from payroll contributions by employees. The bill requires payroll contributions to begin January 1, 2021, and benefits will be paid out beginning January 1, 2022 |
LD 1417 | An Act To Expand Access to Head Start To Assist Opioid-affected and Other At-risk Families | Status: Referred to Health and Human Services Committee, Enacted in the House as amended by Committee amendment H-265, tabled to Special Appropriations in the Senate May 28, 2019, carried over to any regular or special session per Joint Order HP 1322 | |
LD 1417 This bill establishes eligibility standards for the Head Start program that allow participation for a child up to 5 years of age who is or whose family is affected by substance use disorder or whose family's income is at or below 185% of the federal poverty level. This bill also provides appropriations to be distributed to nontribal Head Start program service providers proportionately in an amount based upon the percentage of children up to 5 years of age who live at or below the federal poverty level in each provider's service area compared to the percentage of children up to 5 years of age who live at or below the federal poverty level statewide, with preference given to children who are at risk or whose families are at risk. Amendment H-265 This amendment clarifies that eligibility for the Head Start program is limited to children who have not met the minimum age requirement to enroll in a school administrative unit in accordance with the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, section 5201, subsection 2. LD 1417 fiscal note LD 1417 Amendment H-265 fiscal note |
LD 1441 | An Act To Align the Laws Governing Dental Therapy with Standards Established by the American Dental Association Commission on Dental Accreditation | Status: Referred to Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services Committee, Amended by Committee amendment H-503, Enacted, Signed into law June 19, 2019 | |
LD 1441 This bill makes the following changes to the laws affecting dental therapists.
Amendment H-503 This amendment clarifies the educational requirements for dental therapists. The amendment removes language proposing to clarify statutory language related to supervision of dental therapists and replaces it with a provision requiring further study of the issues by the Board of Dental Practice. The Board of Dental Practice is directed to recommend changes to the statutory definitions of supervision and to recommend a definition of "teledentistry" for the purpose of aligning current supervision practices and reflecting advancements in technology. The Board of Dental Practice is required to submit its recommendations to the Joint Standing Committee on Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services no later than February 1, 2020. The Joint Standing Committee on Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services may report out a bill to the Second Regular Session of the 129th Legislature based on the board's recommendations. LD 1441 Chaptered Law LD 1441 Chaptered Law fiscal note |
LD 1499 | An Act To Establish the Maine Prescription Drug Affordability Board | Status: Referred to Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services Committee, Amended by Committee amendment S-251, Enacted, Signed into law June 24, 2019 | |
LD 1499 This bill creates the Maine Prescription Drug Affordability Board to determine the reasonableness of the costs for certain prescription drug products. The bill requires prescription drug manufacturers to notify the board when the introductory price or proposed price increase for a brand-name or generic drug reaches a specified threshold. The board is directed to review the information submitted by manufacturers to justify the price or increase. The bill requires the board to have a public process for each prescription drug required to be reviewed based on certain criteria. The board is directed to determine if the cost to the health care system of appropriate utilization of a drug is commensurate with its benefit to the system and whether the drug is affordable to state residents. If the board finds that the cost in the State is not affordable to state health care systems and state residents, the board is authorized to establish a cost or payment rate for the drug to which all state programs, local governments, licensed commercial health plans, including state marketplace plans, licensed pharmacies, wholesalers and distributors must abide. These covered entities are prohibited from paying more for the drugs than the board-established rate. The amendment, as in the bill, establishes the Maine Prescription Drug Affordability Board but removes the provisions that allow rate setting by the board and require the board to determine excess prescription drug costs based upon certain thresholds for prescription drug prices and price increases. The amendment instead provides that the board determines prescription drug spending targets for public entities, including for specific prescription drugs, based upon a 10-year rolling average of the medical care services component of the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Price Index medical care services index plus a reasonable percentage for inflation and minus a spending target determined by the board for pharmacy savings and in consideration of information received about the public entity's prescription drug spending and information collected by the Maine Health Data Organization. The board makes recommendations on prescription drug spending targets, including spending targets for specific prescription drugs, with input from representatives of those public entities. The recommendations may include establishing a common prescription drug formulary among public payors, purchasing prescription drugs in bulk or through a single purchasing agreement, collaborating with other states and state prescription drug purchasing consortia to purchase prescription drugs in bulk or to jointly negotiate rebates, allowing health insurance carriers providing coverage to small businesses in the State to participate in a public payor prescription drug benefit for a fee, procuring common pharmacy benefit management services and actuarial services, negotiating specific rebates and removing drugs for which a manufacturer does not negotiate a sufficient rebate from a formulary and other methods determined by the board. The board is required to report its prescription drug spending targets and the methods recommended to meet those targets to the Legislature annually.LD 1499 Chaptered Law LD 1499 Chaptered Law fiscal note |
LD 1509 | An Act To Amend the Laws Governing the Maine Uniform Building and Energy Code To Ensure It Is Consistent with Current Standards and Applies to Small Municipalities | Status: Referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee, Amended by Committee amendment H-592, Enacted, Signed into law June 19, 2019 | |
LD 1509 This bill adds the executive director of the Efficiency Maine Trust to the Department of Public Safety, Office of the State Fire Marshal, Technical Building Codes and Standards Board. The bill requires the Technical Building Codes and Standards Board to amend the Maine Uniform Building and Energy Code so as to be consistent with the most recent edition of the International Energy Conservation Code published by the International Code Council, as well as the most recent edition of the International Mechanical Code published by the International Code Council. Beginning July 1, 2020, the bill also prohibits a municipality from adopting or enforcing a building or energy code other than the Maine Uniform Building and Energy Code and requires that any municipality that has adopted a building or energy code by July 1, 2020 adopt and enforce the Maine Uniform Building and Energy Code. Amendment H-592 This amendment strikes and replaces the bill and makes the following changes:
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LD 1519 | An Act Concerning the Establishment of Benefit Corporations | Status: Referred to Innovation, Development, Economic Advancement and Business Committee, Enacted, Signed into law June 17, 2019 | |
LD 1519 This bill creates a statutory framework that allows a corporation to elect to become a benefit corporation by explicitly stating in its articles of incorporation that it has a purpose of creating general public benefit and allows such a corporation to state in its articles of incorporation one or more specific public benefit purposes, which are other than maximizing shareholder value. "General public benefit" means a material positive impact on society and the environment, taken as a whole, assessed against a 3rd-party standard, from the business and operations of the benefit corporation. A specific public benefit can be providing goods and services to underserved individuals and communities, the promotion of economic opportunities, protecting the environment, improving human health or other particular benefits to society or the environment. A benefit corporation may be subject to a benefit enforcement proceeding for failing to pursue or create general public benefit or a specific public benefit as set forth in its articles of incorporation, or for a violation of any obligation, duty or standard of conduct imposed. A benefit corporation must make its annual benefit report available publicly. |
LD 1595 | An Act To Enhance the Child Welfare Ombudsman Program | Status: Referred to Health and Human Services Committee, Dead, Joint rule 310.3, May 21, 2019 | |
LD 1595 This bill makes the following changes to the laws governing the ombudsman program that provides ombudsman services to the children and families of the State regarding child welfare services provided by the Department of Health and Human Services.
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LD 1601 | An Act To Amend the Laws Governing the Educators for Maine Program | Status: Referred to Education and Cultural Affairs Committee, Amended by Committee amendment H-417, Enacted, Signed into law June 14, 2019 | |
LD 1601 This bill amends the laws governing the Educators for Maine Program by expanding certain definitions to include home-schooled students and educator service at publicly supported secondary schools and special education facilities; adding service in underserved geographic areas as an eligibility criterion; adding a loan repayment provision to the program; removing the provision whereby the Governor announces selected recipients annually; authorizing the Finance Authority of Maine to increase maximum loan amounts based on available funding; establishing limits on the duration a recipient may benefit under the program; removing the preference for loans to undergraduate students enrolled in a course of study related to underserved subject areas; and increasing from 5 to 10 years the amount of time a recipient has to complete the return service requirement. Amendment H-417 This amendment removes the word "completes" as it references home instruction programs. LD 1601 Chaptered Law LD 1601 Chaptered Law fiscal note |
LD 1622 | An Act To Promote the Use of Wood Pellet Central Heating Systems | Status: Referred to Energy, Utilities and Technology Committee, Dead, Joint rule 310.3, May 30, 2019 | |
LD 1622 This bill directs the Efficiency Maine Trust to provide a rebate from the trust's Energy Efficiency and Renewable Resource Fund in an amount equal to 50% of the purchase price up to $10,000 of a residential wood pellet central heating system and up to $20,000 of a nonresidential wood pellet central heating system. |
LD 1632 | An Act Regarding Criminal Procedure with Respect to Allowable Defenses | Status: Referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee, Enacted, Signed into law June 21, 2019 | |
LD 1632 This bill prohibits the use of what is referred to as the "gay and trans panic defense." The bill provides that when considering whether a defendant has an abnormal condition of the mind in determining whether a requisite culpable mental state exists in the defendant, a determination of abnormal condition of the mind may not be based on the defendant's discovery of, knowledge about or potential disclosure of the victim's actual or perceived gender, gender identity, gender expression or sexual orientation, including under circumstances in which the victim made an unwanted nonforcible romantic or sexual advance toward the defendant or under circumstances in which the defendant and victim dated or had a romantic or sexual relationship. The bill excludes from the affirmative defense for murder that the defendant acted on the basis of extreme anger or extreme fear based on provocation by prohibiting the alleged cause of provocation from being solely from the discovery of, knowledge about or potential disclosure of the victim's actual or perceived gender, gender identity, gender expression or sexual orientation, including under circumstances in which the victim made an unwanted nonforcible romantic or sexual advance toward the defendant or under circumstances in which the defendant and victim dated or had a romantic or sexual relationship. The bill provides that a person's discovery of, knowledge about or potential disclosure of the victim's actual or perceived gender, gender identity, gender expression or sexual orientation, including under circumstances in which the victim made an unwanted nonforcible romantic or sexual advance toward the defendant or under circumstances in which the defendant and victim dated or had a romantic or sexual relationship, may not be used as the sole justification for the use of force against the victim. LD 1632 Chaptered Law LD 1632 Chaptered Law fiscal note |
LD 1639 | An Act To Require Comprehensive Responsible Contracting Practices for Public Construction Projects | Status: Referred to Labor and Housing Committee, carried over to any regular or special session per Joint Order HP 1322, Work session held March 12, 2020, carried over in the same posture to any special session of the 129th Legislature pursuant to Joint Order SP 788 | |
LD 1639 Part A, for the purpose of ensuring that the work on public construction contracts is performed by responsible, qualified contractors that maintain the capacity, expertise, personnel and other qualifications and resources necessary to successfully perform public contracts in a timely, reliable and cost-effective manner, establishes responsible contractor requirements for publicly funded construction projects that receive state funds. The Part outlines a responsible contractor certification process to be administered by the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of General Services. Part A also clarifies that, for the purpose of the law requiring fair minimum rate of wages and benefits on public works contracts, "public works" includes any construction projects funded all or in part with state funds. Part A also amends the method of determining the prevailing wage and benefits rate paid in the construction industry to require the Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Standards to ascertain the applicable wage and benefits rates established in collective bargaining agreements in private construction and includes in benefits wages paid to apprentices in apprenticeship programs registered with the department. Part B requires the Executive Director of the Workers' Compensation Board or the executive director's designee to immediately issue a stop-work order to an employer who fails to procure workers' compensation insurance coverage. It requires the executive director or the executive director's designee to issue a stop-work order to an employer if the executive director or the executive director's designee finds after a hearing that the employer knowingly misrepresented employees as independent contractors or provided false, incomplete or misleading information to an insurance company on the numbers of employees the employer has for the purpose of paying a lower payment. Part C encourages the State to use project labor agreements for large-scale state-funded construction projects of $10,000,000 or more. A project labor agreement is a prehire collective bargaining agreement with one or more labor unions that establishes the terms and conditions of employment for a specific construction project. Part D requires an employer with a public works contract with the State of $50,000 or more to provide to all employees who will be on the construction work site a safety training program that uses a curriculum approved by the United States Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration and that is at least 10 hours in duration. Flaggers, security workers and certain other employees not considered to be on the work site are exempt from this requirement. A contractor that violates this safety training program requirement may be assessed a fine of up to $2,500 and an additional fine of $100 per employee for each day of noncompliance. Part E provides that for public works construction contracts that involve funding from the Federal Government the prevailing wage requirements in state law apply unless the prevailing wage requirements that would otherwise apply under the federal Davis-Bacon Act would result in higher total wages under the contract. An exception is provided for funds received under the United States Housing Act of 1937 if the application of a state prevailing wage is expressly preempted by federal law. |
LD 1641 | Resolve, To Examine Issues Relating to the School Transportation Workforce | Status: Referred to Education and Cultural Affairs Committee, Amended by Committee amendment S-172, Finally passed, Signed into law June 7, 2019 | |
LD 1641 This bill allows public school bus drivers to collect unemployment benefits over the summer. It also creates a nonlapsing fund to award grants to school administrative units for training for school bus drivers between academic years. Amendment S-172 This amendment replaces the bill with a resolve that directs the Department of Education, in collaboration with the Department of Labor, to comprehensively examine issues associated with the school transportation workforce, including, but not limited to, determining the best strategies for hiring, training and retaining school transportation personnel. The department is required to submit a report with findings and recommendations to the Joint Standing Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs and the Joint Standing Committee on Labor and Housing. Each committee is authorized to report out a bill on the subject matter of the report to the Second Regular Session of the 129th Legislature. LD 1641 Chaptered Law LD 1641 Chaptered Law fiscal note |
LD 1647 | An Act To Provide Tax Fairness to Maine's Middle Class and Working Families | Status: Referred to Taxation Committee, carried over to any regular or special session per Joint Order HP 1322, Dead, Joint rule 310.3. February 25, 2020 | |
LD 1647 This bill, for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2020, requires payment of a tax equalization assessment if a tax family has an expanded income of at least $250,000 for a tax family filing as a single individual, $325,000 for a tax family filing as a head of a household or $400,000 for a tax family filing a married joint return or filing a joint return as a surviving spouse, and an effective tax rate that is less than the average effective tax rate on state and local taxes paid by the bottom 99% of tax families. The tax equalization assessment is an amount equal to the difference in the average effective tax rate on state and local taxes paid, calculated by decile, and a tax family's individual effective tax rate on state and local taxes paid, the sum of which is multiplied by a tax family's expanded income. This bill, for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2020, requires payment of a tax equalization assessment if a tax family has an expanded income of at least $250,000 for a tax family filing as a single individual, $325,000 for a tax family filing as a head of a household or $400,000 for a tax family filing a married joint return or filing a joint return as a surviving spouse, and an effective tax rate that is less than the average effective tax rate on state and local taxes paid by the bottom 99% of tax families. The tax equalization assessment is an amount equal to the difference in the average effective tax rate on state and local taxes paid, calculated by decile, and a tax family's individual effective tax rate on state and local taxes paid, the sum of which is multiplied by a tax family's expanded income. |
LD 1685 | An Act To Facilitate Entry of Immigrants into the Workforce | Status: Referred to Innovation, Development, Economic Advancement and Business Committee, Amended by Committee amendment H-416, Enacted, Signed into law June 20, 2019 | |
LD 1685 This bill establishes and provides funding for the Foreign Credentialing and Skills Recognition Revolving Loan Program to be administered by the Finance Authority of Maine. Under the program, the authority may provide interest-free loans to foreign-educated or foreign-trained, experienced immigrants who need assistance while awaiting federal employment authorization to pay the costs of certain actions and activities that will improve their work-readiness once they receive their work permits. Amendment H-416 The amendment clarifies language regarding applications for work permits and makes technical edits to the bill. LD 1685 Chaptered Law LD 1685 Chaptered Law fiscal note |
LD 1689 | An Act To Address the Opioid Crisis through Evidence-based Public Health Policy | Status: Referred to Health and Human Services Committee, Enacted in the House as amended by Committee amendment S-177, tabled to Special Appropriations in the Senate June 5, 2019, carried over to any regular or special session per Joint Order HP 1322 | |
LD 1689 This bill expands the scope and capabilities of hypodermic apparatus exchange programs certified by the Department of Health and Human Services, Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention. This bill requires the center to adopt rules that:
The center is also required to consider geographic distribution of services provided by a program when allocating funding. This bill also amends the Maine Criminal Code to remove the crimes of furnishing hypodermic apparatuses and illegal possession of hypodermic apparatuses and makes changes to other statutes to reflect that decriminalization. Amendment S-177 This amendment, which is the unanimous report of the committee, removes the sections of the bill that decriminalize the crimes of furnishing or possessing hypodermic apparatuses. It removes the changes to the requirement to distribute educational materials. It removes the requirement to distribute naloxone hydrochloride and other safer drug use supplies. Instead of requiring that a hypodermic apparatus exchange program have a board, the amendment requires a program to have a process or system to regularly seek input from persons with a history of drug use. The amendment also makes changes to the allocation of funds appropriated for hypodermic apparatus exchange programs. The amendment also adds an appropriations and allocations section. LD 1689 Amendment S-177 fiscal note |
LD 1782 | An Act To Amend the Motorcycle Rider Education and Driver Education Laws | Status: Referred to Transportation Committee, Amended by Committee amendment H-510, Enacted, Signed into law June 17, 2019 | |
LD 1782 This bill amends the motorcycle rider education laws to clarify that a person who completes a motorcycle rider education course approved by the Secretary of State on a 2-wheel motorcycle may operate a 2-wheel or 3-wheel motorcycle and that a person who completes a motorcycle rider education course approved by the Secretary of State on a 3-wheel motorcycle may only operate a 3-wheel motorcycle. A person who holds a motorcycle learner's permit and who completes a motorcycle road test administered by the Secretary of State on a 3-wheel motorcycle is also restricted to the operation of a 3-wheel motorcycle. The bill requires motorcycle rider education schools to be licensed, submit to inspections and establish a place of business. The bill also amends the driver education program laws to require that the 2 instructors who serve on the Secretary of State's Technical Review Panel be licensed in the curriculum and training being reviewed. The bill removes the authorization for the State to bring an action in Superior Court to enjoin a person from violating the driver education laws, as the penalties under those laws are administered by the District Courts. Amendment H-510 This amendment makes the following changes to the bill.
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LD 1873 | An Act To Improve Response to Sudden Cardiac Arrest by Requiring Training in the Delivery of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Methods by Telecommunications Technology | Status: Referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee, Dead, Joint rule 310.3, March 12, 2020 | |
LD 1873 This bill defines "emergency services telecommunicator" and requires all emergency services telecommunicators that provide dispatch for calls involving emergency medical conditions to be trained in the delivery of cardiopulmonary resuscitation methods by telecommunications technology. The training must incorporate recognition protocols for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and compression-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation instruction and provide for continuing education. The bill requires the Department of Public Safety and the Emergency Services Communication Bureau within the Public Utilities Commission to establish a procedure to monitor compliance and allows the department to sanction noncompliance by adjusting funding. |
LD 1884 | An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Dual Liquor Licenses | Status: Referred to Veterans and Legal Affairs Committee, Amended by Committee amendment H-664, Enacted as an emergency measure, Signed into law February 18, 2020 | |
LD 1884 This bill makes changes to the laws governing dual liquor licenses. It allows a licensee to serve wine until 10 p.m., rather than until 8 p.m. It removes the restriction that wine may be served to be consumed on the premises only when accompanied by a full meal and instead requires only that a full meal be available for purchase and consumption. It removes the requirement that a licensee have 2 employees at least 21 years of age present at all times in order to serve wine for on-premises consumption and sell wine for off-premises consumption. Amendment H-664 This amendment, which is the unanimous report of the committee, removes the restrictions specific to dual liquor licensees regarding when wine may be sold for on-premises consumption. As a result, dual liquor licensees will be subject to the general law that authorizes the sale of all types of liquor, including wine, from 5 a.m. on one day until 1 a.m. the following day. The amendment requires a licensee to have at least one employee who is at least 21 years of age present at all times when wine is being consumed on the premises. The amendment also adds an emergency preamble and emergency clause to the bill. LD 1884 Chaptered Law LD 1884 Chaptered Law fiscal note |
LD 1914 | An Act To Provide a Sales Tax Exemption for Textbooks | Status: Referred to Taxation Committee, Work session held January 30, 2020, carried over in the same posture to any special session of the 129th Legislature pursuant to Joint Order SP 788 | |
LD 1914 This bill exempts from the state sales and use tax textbooks purchased for use by a student. |
LD 1916 | An Act To Increase High School Graduation Rates for Students Experiencing Homelessness or in Foster Care | Status: Referred to Education and Cultural Affairs Committee, Work session held February 19, 2020, carried over in the same posture to any special session of the 129th Legislature pursuant to Joint Order SP 788 | |
LD 1916 This bill does the following.
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LD 1918 | An Act To Amend the Laws Regarding the Reserve Funds of Certain School Organizational Structures | Status: Referred to Education and Cultural Affairs Committee, Amended by Committee amendment H-681, Enacted, Signed into law March 12, 2020 | |
LD 1918 This bill allows boards of school administrative districts, regional school units, community school districts and career and technical education regions to expend reserve funds by a vote of the board for emergencies necessitating immediate expenditures when obtaining voter permission would be cost-prohibitive or when the expenditures are required by law. It also changes what a reserve fund may be established for, from funding school construction projects, financing the acquisition or reconstruction of a specific type of capital improvement or financing the acquisition of a specific item or type of capital equipment, to providing funds for any direct instruction or instructional support purpose. Amendment H-681 This amendment adds to what a reserve fund may be established for to include providing funds for expenditures such as regular instruction, special education, career and technical education, other instruction including summer school and extracurricular instruction, student and staff support, system administration, school administration, transportation and buses, facilities maintenance, debt service and other commitments and other expenditures, including school lunch. The amendment also adds that, in order to expend funds by a vote of the boards or committees of school administrative districts, regional school units, community school districts and career and technical education regions, the respective boards and committees must provide public notice of the meeting at which the vote to expend funds from the reserve fund will be taken and hold a public hearing prior to the vote to expend funds from the reserve fund. LD 1918 Chaptered Law LD 1918 Chaptered Law fiscal note |
LD 1919 | An Act To Provide a Tax Credit for Family Caregivers | Status: Referred to Taxation Committee, Work session held March 5, 2020, carried over in the same posture to any special session of the 129th Legislature pursuant to Joint Order SP 788 | |
LD 1919 This bill provides, beginning in 2021, a refundable income tax credit of up to $2,000 to a taxpayer who personally provides at least 150 hours per year of personal care assistance services for the care and support of an eligible family member 18 years of age or older. The 150-hour annual threshold may be met by providing care to one or more eligible family members or, if the taxpayer is married filing a joint return, by combining the hours of both taxpayers providing care to one or more eligible family members. The credit is subject to reduction based on the income and length of Maine residency of the individual. An eligible family member must require assistance with at least one activity of daily living, as certified by a qualified licensed health care practitioner, and qualify as a dependent of, spouse of, registered domestic partner of, parent of or other relative by blood or marriage of the eligible family caregiver or a registered domestic partner of the eligible family caregiver. |
LD 1928 | An Act To Prohibit Health Insurance Carriers from Retroactively Reducing Payment on Clean Claims Submitted by Pharmacies | Status: Referred to Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services Committee, Amended by Committee amendment S-434, Enacted, Signed into law March 18, 2020 | |
LD 1928 This bill prohibits a health insurance carrier from retroactively reducing payment on a properly submitted claim by a pharmacy provider. The bill also prohibits a carrier from charging a pharmacy provider or holding a pharmacy provider responsible for any fee related to a claim that is not apparent at the time the carrier processes the claim, that is not reported on the remittance advice or after the initial claim is adjudicated by the carrier. Amendment S-434 This amendment replaces the bill and is the majority report of the committee.The amendment prohibits a contract between a carrier and a pharmacy provider that is entered into or renewed on or after January 1, 2021 from containing a provision that purports to directly or indirectly charge the pharmacy provider or hold the pharmacy provider responsible for any fee related to a claim that is not apparent at the time the carrier processes the claim, that is not reported on the remittance advice or after the initial claim is adjudicated. The amendment also clarifies that the provision applies to any contract with respect to a prescription drug plan offered by the carrier under which a pharmacy provider is legally obligated, either directly or through an intermediary. LD 1928 Chaptered Law LD 1928 Chaptered Law fiscal note |
LD 1934 | An Act Regarding Prior Authorization for Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder under the MaineCare Program | Status: Referred to Health and Human Services Committee, Amended by Committee amendment H-751, Enacted, March 18, 2020 | |
LD 1934 This bill prohibits the Department of Health and Human Services from requiring under the MaineCare program prior authorization for medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder for the prescription of at least one drug for each type of medication used in medication-assisted treatment, except that the department may not require prior authorization for medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder for a pregnant woman. Amendment H-751 This amendment makes the following changes to the bill.
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LD 1935 | An Act To Address the Needs of Pregnant Women Affected by Opioid Use Disorder | Status: Referred to Health and Human Services Committee, Dead, Joint rule 310.3, February 25, 2020 | |
LD 1935 This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services to administer a program to provide grants for the treatment of pregnant women with opioid use disorder. It establishes the Fund for the Treatment of Pregnant Women with Opioid Use Disorder and directs the State Controller to transfer $1,000,000 from the General Fund unappropriated surplus to that fund. |
LD 1942 | An Act To Protect Water Quality by Requiring Additional Disclosures to Purchasers of Consumer Fireworks Regarding Safe and Proper Use | Status: Referred to Environment and Natural Resources Committee, Amended by Committee amendment H-755, Enacted, Signed into law March 18, 2020 | |
LD 1942 This bill bans the use of consumer fireworks in the shoreland zone except during the calendar week that includes July 4th and on New Year's Eve, Labor Day and Memorial Day. It exempts from this prohibition fireworks displays that have a permit issued by the Commissioner of Public Safety or the commissioner's designee. Amendment H-755 This amendment changes the title of and replaces the bill. It amends the State's consumer fireworks laws to provide that the required disclosures to purchasers of consumer fireworks by sellers of consumer fireworks must include guidelines regarding the safe and proper use of consumer fireworks around bodies of water; guidelines regarding the prevention of littering in the use of consumer fireworks; and guidelines regarding the effects from the use of consumer fireworks on wildlife, livestock and domesticated animals. LD 1942 Chaptered Law LD 1942 Chaptered Law fiscal note |
LD 1943 | An Act To Protect Drinking Water for Low-income Maine Residents | Status: Referred to Health and Human Services Committee, Work session held February 20, 2020, carried over in the same posture to any special session of the 129th Legislature pursuant to Joint Order SP 788 | |
LD 1943 This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to establish and maintain a program through the Health and Environmental Testing Laboratory offering free well water testing for low-income residents of the State. It also requires the department to review recent research regarding arsenic toxicity and levels suitable for consumption and to amend its rules to revise the maximum contaminant level for arsenic to be consistent with that research. |
LD 1944 | An Act To Expand Eligibility for Home Accessibility Adaptation Benefits under the MaineCare Program | Status: Referred to Health and Human Services Committee, Dead, Joint rule 310.3, March 5, 2020 | |
LD 1944 This bill extends the current home accessibility adaptations available to MaineCare members receiving services under rule Chapter 101: MaineCare Benefits Manual, Chapters II and III, Sections 21 and 29 to persons providing shared living housing to a member receiving these services. The bill also requires that the Department of Health and Human Services evaluate the effectiveness of contracts for services for adults with diagnoses of intellectual disabilities or other developmental disabilities. |
LD 1945 | An Act To Require Forest Rangers To Be Trained at the Maine Criminal Justice Academy (Emergency) | Status: Referred to Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry Committee, Enacted as an emergency measure, Signed into law March 17, 2020 | |
LD 1945 This bill requires forest rangers hired on or after July 1, 2019 to complete the basic law enforcement training program at the Maine Criminal Justice Academy. It exempts forest ranger pilots, regardless of when they were hired, and forest rangers hired prior to July 1, 2019 from the requirement to complete this basic law enforcement training program. LD 1945 Chaptered Law LD 1945 Chaptered Law fiscal note |
LD 1946 | An Act To Improve Access to Mental and Behavioral Health Care by Providing Care in Clinical Reproductive and Sexual Health Care Settings | Status: Referred to Health and Human Services Committee, Work session held March 5, 2020, carried over in the same posture to any special session of the 129th Legislature pursuant to Joint Order SP 788 | |
LD 1946 This bill establishes a program within the Department of Health and Human Services to deliver mental health and behavioral health services in clinical reproductive and sexual health care settings through the deployment of licensed mental health professionals in those settings and by enhancing patient screening and care coordination. It includes an appropriations and allocations section with a $150,000 annual appropriation beginning in fiscal year 2020-21. |
LD 1959 | An Act To Include within the Definition of "Public Employee" Those Who Have Been Employed Less than 6 Months (Emergency) | Status: Referred to Labor and Housing Committee, Work session held March 4, 2020, carried over in the same posture to any special session of the 129th Legislature pursuant to Joint Order SP 788 | |
LD 1959 This bill allows a person who has been an employee of the State or another public employer for less than 6 months to be considered a public employee for the purposes of the public employees labor relations laws. |
LD 1963 | An Act To Preserve the Value of Abandoned Properties by Allowing Entry by Mortgagees | Status: Referred to Judiciary Committee, Amended by Committee amendment H-759, Enacted, Signed into law March 18, 2020 | |
LD 1963 The purpose of this bill is to assist communities and financial institutions when a home becomes abandoned by the property owner. This bill allows, under specific circumstances, a mortgagee or mortgage servicer to enter the property, secure the property and prevent further deterioration. This bill enhances the existing abandoned property laws and provides specific procedures for mortgage servicers and their designees to enter abandoned property for the purpose of abating an identified nuisance, preserving property or preventing waste. Mortgage servicers and their designees must post notices on properties prior to entering them, and the notices must contain information about the rights of the property owners and authorized occupants. Mortgage servicers and their designees may not enter property that is occupied. Amendment H-759 This amendment replaces the bill. It allows a mortgage loan servicer to take certain actions to preserve the value of residential property that is the subject of a foreclosure action if the mortgaged premises are presumed abandoned. The mortgage loan servicer may file an affidavit attesting the abandonment factors found, and the affidavit must include a statement that a municipal, county or state official, code enforcement officer or law enforcement official was present when the abandonment factors were observed. The affidavit must be filed with the court, with copies mailed to the parties as required by the Maine Rules of Civil Procedure. Once the affidavit is filed, the mortgage loan servicer may take steps to secure the property. A county or municipality is not liable for any damages caused by an act or omission of the mortgage loan servicer or its designee. The mortgage loan servicer or its designee must make a record of every entry of the premises and may not remove personal items from the premises unless they are hazardous or perishable. Before entering the premises, the mortgage loan servicer or its designee must post a notice on the front door that explains the rights of the property owner or occupant authorized by the owner, including how to contact the mortgage loan servicer or its designee and how to contact the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation, Bureau of Consumer Credit Protection's foreclosure hotline. A mortgage loan servicer or its designee may not enter occupied property. A mortgagee, its mortgage loan servicer, its designee or a 3rd-party agent or other person acting on behalf of the mortgagee may not force, intimidate, harass or coerce a lawful occupant of residential property to vacate the property so that it may be considered abandoned. A violation of these provisions is deemed a violation of the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 14, section 6113, which imposes a duty of good faith on mortgage loan servicers.LD 1963 Chaptered Law LD 1963 Chaptered Law fiscal note |
LD 1964 | An Act To Limit Access to Juvenile Case Records and Protect the Confidentiality of Juvenile History Record Information | Status: Referred to Judiciary Committee, Work session held March 3, 2020, carried over in the same posture to any special session of the 129th Legislature pursuant to Joint Order SP 788 | |
LD 1964 This bill defines "confidential juvenile history record information" and "public juvenile history record information" and creates statutory authority governing the dissemination of juvenile history record information by a Maine criminal justice agency to create consistency between which juvenile case records may be open to public inspection at the courts and information that may be shared publicly by a criminal justice agency. It modifies the Maine Juvenile Code to limit access to juvenile case records and reorganize existing provisions based on whether they allow disclosure of a juvenile's identity, allow inspection of juvenile case records, allow dissemination of juvenile case records or allow the general public access to Juvenile Court proceedings. It provides that a victim or an agent of the victim may inspect the juvenile petition and order of adjudication regardless of whether the general public may do so. This bill allows automatic public inspection of juvenile petitions only if the petition alleges murder, felony murder or manslaughter and the juvenile has attained 13 years of age at the time of the offense. Petitions alleging that a juvenile under 13 years of age has committed murder, felony murder, manslaughter, aiding or soliciting suicide or any crime that would be a Class A, B or C crime may be open to public inspection only if authorized by court order. Juvenile petitions may be open to public inspection only after the juvenile's first appearance in the Juvenile Court to ensure that the Juvenile Court has determined there is probable cause to believe the juvenile committed the crime alleged and there is no assertion that the juvenile is not competent to proceed in the Juvenile Court. It provides that only orders of adjudication for juvenile crimes that would constitute murder or Class A, B or C crimes if the juvenile were an adult are open to public inspection and dissemination by a court or criminal justice agency. It clarifies that the general public may not be excluded from any Juvenile Court proceeding when a juvenile petition is open to public inspection pursuant to statute or court order. A victim or an agent of the victim may be present at all court proceedings regardless of whether the proceeding is open to the general public. It makes all juvenile case records and all Juvenile Court proceedings confidential when Juvenile Court proceedings are suspended due to an assertion by the juvenile, the State or the court that the juvenile may not be competent to proceed in the Juvenile Court. Juvenile case records and Juvenile Court proceedings remain confidential unless the Juvenile Court proceedings resume after the juvenile is found competent. |
LD 1987 | Resolve, To Exempt Truck Drivers Transporting Live Lobsters from Certain Hours-of-service Restrictions | Status: Referred to Transportation Committee, Dead, Joint rule 310.3, March 3, 2020 | |
LD 1987 This resolve directs the Department of Public Safety, Bureau of State Police to adopt major substantive rules amending its rules governing motor carrier safety to exempt intrastate motor carriers, vehicles and drivers delivering live lobsters from hours-of-service restrictions requiring a 30-minute rest break after 8 hours of driving. |
LD 1988 | An Act To Prohibit the Distribution of Deceptive Images or Audio or Video Recordings with the Intent To Influence the Outcome of an Election | Status: Referred to Veterans and Legal Affairs Committee, Work session held February 12, 2020, carried over in the same posture to any special session of the 129th Legislature pursuant to Joint Order SP 788 | |
LD 1988 This bill prohibits a person from publishing or distributing, with actual malice and within 60 days of the date of an election, materially deceptive audio or visual media of a candidate who will appear on the ballot with the intent to injure the candidate's reputation or to deceive a voter into voting for or against the candidate. The bill defines "materially deceptive audio or visual media" as an image or an audio or video recording of a candidate that has been intentionally manipulated in a way that would cause a reasonable person to mistakenly believe that the image or recording is authentic and that would cause the person to have a fundamentally different understanding or impression of the content of the image or recording than the person would have if the image or recording was unaltered. An image or audio or video recording that constitutes satire or parody is not considered materially deceptive audio or visual media. The bill authorizes a candidate whose voice or image appears in materially deceptive audio or visual media to bring a civil action seeking injunctive relief or monetary damages. In such an action, the candidate bears the burden of proving the violation by clear and convincing evidence. The bill's prohibition against the distribution of materially deceptive audio or visual media does not apply if the materially deceptive audio or visual media is accompanied by a disclosure indicating that the image or audio or video recording has been manipulated; distributed as part of a news broadcast that includes a clear statement that there are questions about the authenticity of the image or audio or video recording; broadcast by a radio or television broadcasting station that has been paid to broadcast the materially deceptive audio or visual media; or published by an Internet website or regularly published newspaper, magazine or other periodical, as long as the materially deceptive audio or visual media is accompanied by a statement that it does not accurately represent the speech or conduct of the candidate. This bill is based on a recently enacted California law. |
LD 1989 | An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Recounts in Municipal Elections | Status: Referred to State and Local Government Committee, Amended by Committee amendment S-375, Enacted as an emergency measure, Signed into law February 14, 2020 | |
LD 1989 This bill amends the laws governing recounts in elections for municipal office to clarify that those laws apply to elections for all municipal offices. Amendment S-375 This amendment adds an emergency preamble and emergency clause to the bill. LD 1989 Chaptered Law LD 1989 Chaptered Law fiscal note |
LD 2020 | An Act To Strengthen Maritime Education by Amending the Laws Governing the Maine School for Marine Science, Technology, Transportation and Engineering | Status: Referred to Education and Cultural Affairs Committee, Amended by Committee amendment S-439, Enacted, Signed into law March 18, 2020 | |
LD 2020 This bill amends the provision of law terminating the Maine School for Marine Science, Technology, Transportation and Engineering 90 days after adjournment of the Second Regular Session of the 129th Legislature to provide that the school is terminated 90 days after adjournment of the Second Regular Session of the 131st Legislature. It also removes references to residential students and amends reporting requirements for the school by incorporating reporting requirements similar to those of charter schools. Amendment S-439 This amendment changes the date the Maine School for Marine Science, Technology, Transportation and Engineering is terminated from 90 days after adjournment of the Second Regular Session of the 131st Legislature as proposed in the bill to 90 days after adjournment of the Second Regular Session of the 130th Legislature. The amendment also requires the board of trustees of the school to include in the board's annual report for the 2019-2020 academic year a plan for the school's future based on the board's exploration of practicable organizational structures for the school. LD 2020 Chaptered Law LD 2020 Chaptered Law fiscal note |
LD 2021 | An Act To Provide Funding for Broadband Internet Infrastructure in Unserved and Underserved Areas | Status: Referred to Energy, Utilities and Technology Committee, Senate accepted Majority Committee report, Ought to Pass as amended by Commitee amendment S-414, and engrossed, Tabled in the House pending acceptance of Majority report, March 17, 2020, carried over in the same posture to any special session of the 129th Legislature pursuant to Joint Order SP 788 | |
LD 2021 This bill appropriates $15,000,000 from the General Fund to the ConnectME Authority for the provision of broadband Internet infrastructure in unserved and underserved areas. Amendment S-414 This amendment is the majority report of the committee. The amendment changes the program under the ConnectME Authority that receives the General Fund appropriation in the bill from the Municipal Gigabit Broadband Network Access Fund program to the Office of Broadband Development program. LD 2021 fiscal note LD 2021 Amendment S-414 fiscal note |
LD 2022 | An Act To Provide Funding for Capital Improvements and Equipment for Career and Technical Education Centers and Regions | Status: Referred to Education and Cultural Affairs Committee, both chambers accepted unanimous Committee report, Ought to Pass as amended by Committee amendment S-396, and engrossed, House enacted March 5, 2020, Senate tabled to Special Appropriations, March 10, 2020 | |
LD 2022 This bill authorizes the Commissioner of Education to expend and disburse funds to career and technical education centers and career and technical education regions to make capital improvements and to purchase equipment that has a useful life of at least 5 years and provides a one-time General Fund appropriation of $4,000,000 in fiscal year 2020-21 for that purpose. Amendment S-396 This amendment replaces the bill. It provides one-time funds of $4,000,000 to career and technical education centers and regions to upgrade equipment to meet national industry standards, which the Commissioner of Education may expend or disburse pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, section 15688-A, subsection 6. LD 2022 Amendment S-396 fiscal note |
LD 2056 | Resolve, To Create the Frequent Users System Engagement Collaborative | Status: Referred to Health and Human Services Committee, Work session held February 27, 2020, carried over in the same posture to any special session of the 129th Legislature pursuant to Joint Order SP 788 | |
LD 2056 This resolve establishes the Frequent Users System Engagement Collaborative in order to develop a plan to provide stable housing and community services to 200 persons who are homeless or at risk of homelessness who are the most frequent consumers of high-cost services, such as psychiatric hospitals, emergency shelters, emergency rooms, police, jails and prisons. The collaborative must submit a report to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over health and human services matters no later than January 1, 2021 on its plan and recommendations. The joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over health and human services matters is authorized to report out a bill to the First Regular Session of the 130th Legislature related to the report. |
LD 2067 | An Act To Authorize the Automatic Continuation of Absentee Voter Status until the Termination of That Status | Status: Referred to Veterans and Legal Affairs Committee, Work session held February 26, 2020, carried over to any special session in the same posture via Joint Order SP 788 | |
LD 2067 This bill provides a process for a voter to request ongoing absentee voter status, which allows the voter to automatically receive an absentee ballot for each statewide election, municipal election and any other election until the status is terminated. It provides that if the clerk notes a discrepancy in signature on the return envelope of an absentee ballot, the return envelope is missing a signature or the affidavit on the return envelope is not properly completed, the clerk shall make a good faith effort to notify the voter within 24 hours by mail, telephone or e-mail of the procedure by which the voter may cure the discrepancy, correct the missing signature or properly complete the affidavit on the return envelope. It provides an effective date of January 1, 2022. |
LD 2090 | An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Arbitration under Certain Public Employees Labor Relations Laws | Status: Referred to Labor and Housing Committee, carried over in the same posture to any special session of the 129th Legislature pursuant to Joint Order SP 788 | |
LD 2090 Under current law, arbitrations under labor relations laws governing municipal public employees, University of Maine System employees, state employees and judicial employees require that each party select one arbitrator and those 2 arbitrators select a neutral 3rd arbitrator. This bill requires that the neutral 3rd arbitrator be selected from a panel of arbitrators appointed by the Governor from a list of nominations supplied by the Maine Labor Relations Board. Under the bill, appointees to the panel of arbitrators serve as impartial arbitrators of the interests of the public in the settlement of disputes between employers and employees or their representatives, and each appointee must reside in the State. In addition, this bill:
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LD 2095 | An Act To Require Appropriate Coverage of and Cost-sharing for Generic Drugs and Biosimilars | Status: Referred to Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services Committee, carried over to any regular or special session per Joint Order HP 1322, Dead, Joint rule 310.3, March 17, 2020 | |
LD 2095 This bill establishes requirements for the coverage of and cost-sharing for generic drugs, biosimilars and branded pharmaceuticals when dispensed by pharmacies as outpatient prescription drugs under health plans offered by carriers that provide coverage for prescription drugs. |
LD 2096 | An Act To Save Lives by Capping the Out-of-pocket Cost of Certain Medications | Status: Referred to Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services Committee, Amended by Committee amendment H-772 and House amendment H-778, Enacted as an emergency measure, Signed into law March 18, 2020 | |
LD 2096 This bill provides that a health insurance carrier that provides coverage for prescription insulin drugs may not impose a cost-sharing requirement on the enrollee that results in out-of-pocket costs to the enrollee in excess of $100 per 30-day supply of insulin. Amendment H-772 This amendment replaces the bill. Part A provides that a health insurance carrier that provides coverage for prescription insulin drugs may not impose a cost-sharing requirement on an enrollee that results in out-of-pocket costs to the enrollee in excess of $35 per prescription for a 30-day supply of insulin. The requirements apply to all health insurance policies issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2021. Part B authorizes a pharmacist to dispense emergency refills of insulin and associated insulin-related supplies. The amendment requires that the insulin dispensed be in a quantity that is the lesser of a 30-day supply and the smallest available package. The amendment also requires the Maine Board of Pharmacy to adopt rules to establish adequate training requirements and protocols for dispensing insulin. Amendment H-778 This amendment adds an emergency preamble and an emergency clause. LD 2096 Chaptered Law LD 2096 Chaptered Law fiscal note |
LD 2100 | An Act To Require Third-party Certification for Persons Undertaking Corrosion Prevention and Mitigation Projects for Public Water Supply and Wastewater Infrastructure and Bridges | Status: Referred to Transportation Committee, Dead, Joint rule 310.3, March 17, 2020 | |
LD 2100 This bill requires the adoption of rules by the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Transportation governing corrosion prevention and mitigation for bridges, public water supply infrastructure and public wastewater infrastructure. Rules adopted pursuant to this legislation must include establishing a process for ensuring that corrosion prevention and mitigation activities are performed in accordance with established corrosion prevention and mitigation standards, requiring the use of personnel who are industry-trained and industry-certified in corrosion prevention and mitigation methods and requiring plans to prevent environmental degradation that might result from corrosion prevention and mitigation activities. |
LD 2105 | An Act To Protect Consumers from Surprise Emergency Medical Bills | Status: Referred to Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services Committee, Amended by Committee amendment H-773 and House amendment H-777, Enacted as an emergency measure, Signed into law March 18, 2020 | |
LD 2105 This bill amends the law providing consumer protection for surprise medical bills to include surprise bills for emergency services. In the event of a dispute with respect to a surprise medical bill, the bill directs the Superintendent of Insurance to develop an independent dispute resolution process to determine a reasonable payment for health care services. Amendment H-773 This amendment replaces the bill. The amendment amends the law providing consumer protection for surprise medical bills to include surprise bills for emergency services and also extends the same protections to bills for covered emergency services rendered by out-of-network providers. The amendment clarifies that consumers must be held harmless and not subject to balance billing for these services and specifies that consumers are responsible only for any applicable cost sharing determined as if the health care services were rendered by a network provider. In the event of a dispute with respect to only a surprise bill for emergency services or a bill for covered emergency services rendered by an out-of-network provider, the amendment directs the Superintendent of Insurance to develop an independent dispute resolution process to determine a reasonable payment for health care services beginning no later than October 1, 2020. The amendment requires the Emergency Medical Services' Board to convene a stakeholder group to review reimbursement rates for ambulance services. The amendment also adds an appropriations and allocations section.Amendment H-777 This amendment adds an emergency preamble and emergency clause. LD 2105 Chaptered Law LD 2105 Chaptered Law fiscal note |
LD 2141 | Resolve, To Ensure Continued Services for Children with Disabilities by Imposing a Delay on MaineCare Rulemaking until an Impact Study Is Completed | Status: Referred to Health and Human Services Committee, carried over in the same posture to any special session of the 129th Legislature pursuant to Joint Order SP 788 | |
LD 2141 This resolve imposes a delay on the adoption by the Department of Health and Human Services of any rule that proposes to change provisions of 10-144 C.M.R. Chapter 101: MaineCare Benefits Manual governing school-based services. It requires the department, before initiating rulemaking, to complete an impact study setting forth the rationale for the proposed changes, the financial impacts on affected families and providers of school-based services, potential service delays and other issues relating to state and federal law. The department is required to seek and consider input from affected provider groups, schools, children and family advocacy groups, the Department of Education, the Child Development Services System and other stakeholders and is also required to incorporate into the study the recommendations and implementation plan for early intervention services in public schools that will be forthcoming from the review of the State's early childhood special education services being carried out pursuant to Public Law 2019, chapter 343, Part VVVV. This report, produced by an independent entity, is due to be completed on December 1, 2020. It requires the department to submit the completed study and a further report regarding any proposed rules or modifications to current rule pertaining to medically necessary school-based services to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over health and human services matters no later than April 1, 2021. The joint standing committee is authorized to report out legislation relating to the subject matter of the study and the report to the First Regular Session of the 130th Legislature. It authorizes the department, following completion of its study and report but no earlier than July 1, 2021, to initiate rulemaking to change rules governing school-based services provided under 10-144 C.M.R. Chapter 101: MaineCare Benefits Manual and specifies that any rules adopted are major substantive rules pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A. |