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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act To Provide Greater Access To Treatment For Serious Mental Illness By Prohibiting An Insurance Carrier From Requiring Prior Authorization Or Step Therapy Protocol"
+description: "An Act To Provide Greater Access To Treatment For Serious Mental Illness By Prohibiting An Insurance Carrier From Requiring Prior Authorization Or Step Therapy Protocol"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
+legislature: "Maine Legislature"
+session: "130"
+identifier: "LD 1268"
+citation: "Maine LD 1268 (130)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["HEALTH", "INSURANCE", "PRIOR AUTH & STEP THERAPY"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Harold STEWART"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 25
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-03-25"
+last_action: "2021-06-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a17b0ae-d339-4530-b117-162a86bb41ee"
+source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280079937"
+source_hash: "b5fed0d5799adaaae5de8a684368a334aa7b1b4dbd4db50b1b40c6ef500ab5ad"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-me"]
+---
+
+# Maine LD 1268 (130) — An Act To Provide Greater Access To Treatment For Serious Mental Illness By Prohibiting An Insurance Carrier From Requiring Prior Authorization Or Step Therapy Protocol
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Adopted Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0420&item=2&snum=130)
+2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0420&item=1&snum=130)
+3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0420&item=3&snum=130)
+
+## Votes
+
+- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **90–49** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Harold STEWART — primary (person)
+- Bill DIAMOND — cosponsor (person)
+- Bruce WHITE — cosponsor (person)
+- Heather SANBORN — cosponsor (person)
+- Joshua MORRIS — cosponsor (person)
+- Kimberley ROSEN — cosponsor (person)
+- Lynn COPELAND — cosponsor (person)
+- Patricia HYMANSON — cosponsor (person)
+- Richard EVANS — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-25** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on March 25, 2021 and REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `receipt, referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-30** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to a subsequent special or regular session of the 130th Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 435.
+- **2021-06-15** Reports READ
+- **2021-06-15** On motion by Senator SANBORN of Cumberland The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED
+- **2021-06-15** READ ONCE `reading-1`
+- **2021-06-15** Committee Amendment "A" (S-313) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-06-15** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-313) `reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2021-06-15** Sent down for concurrence
+- **2021-06-16** Reports READ.
+- **2021-06-16** On motion of Representative TEPLER of Topsham, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
+- **2021-06-16** ROLL CALL NO. 314
+- **2021-06-16** (Yeas 90 - Nays 49 - Absent 12 - Excused 0)
+- **2021-06-16** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
+- **2021-06-16** Committee Amendment "A" (S-313) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
+- **2021-06-16** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
+- **2021-06-16** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-313). `reading-3`
+- **2021-06-16** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2021-06-17** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
+- **2021-06-17** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2021-06-17** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
+- **2021-06-23** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
+- **2021-05-18T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
+- **2021-05-18T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
+- **2021-06-15T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6a17b0ae-d339-4530-b117-162a86bb41ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).
+