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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act To Strengthen Maine'S Health Care Workforce By Preventing Discrimination By Requiring Maintenance Of Certification For Insurance Reimbursement"
+description: "An Act To Strengthen Maine'S Health Care Workforce By Preventing Discrimination By Requiring Maintenance Of Certification For Insurance Reimbursement"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
+legislature: "Maine Legislature"
+session: "131"
+identifier: "LD 224"
+citation: "Maine LD 224 (131)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["HEALTH INSURANCE", "INSURANCE", "MAINTENANCE OF CERTIFICATION"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Samuel ZAGER"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 29
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-01-24"
+last_action: "2023-04-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ec23d9a-2e98-4eec-8457-c3a7ea0507a4"
+source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280085447"
+source_hash: "1a9933f0cd30271b9be69331bf80266d7a8c71414016a622994ebf94597afb06"
+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 224 (131) — An Act To Strengthen Maine'S Health Care Workforce By Preventing Discrimination By Requiring Maintenance Of Certification For Insurance Reimbursement
+
+## 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=HP0145&item=2&snum=131)
+2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0145&item=1&snum=131)
+3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0145&item=3&snum=131)
+
+## Votes
+
+- ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT — **23–11** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Samuel ZAGER — primary (person)
+- Anne CARNEY — cosponsor (person)
+- Anne GRAHAM — cosponsor (person)
+- Donna BAILEY — cosponsor (person)
+- Poppy ARFORD — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-24** Committee on Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services suggested and ordered printed.
+- **2023-01-24** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-24** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2023-01-24** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES in concurrence `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-30** Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 594.
+- **2023-04-05** Reports READ.
+- **2023-04-05** On motion of Representative PERRY of Calais, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
+- **2023-04-05** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
+- **2023-04-05** Committee Amendment "A" (H-21) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
+- **2023-04-05** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
+- **2023-04-05** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-21). `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-05** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2023-04-06** Reports Read
+- **2023-04-06** On motion by Senator BAILEY of York the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED. in concurrence
+- **2023-04-06** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 76 Yeas 23 - Nays 11 - Excused 1 - Absent 0 PREVAILED
+- **2023-04-06** READ ONCE `reading-1`
+- **2023-04-06** Committee Amendment "A" (H-21) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-06** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
+- **2023-04-11** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
+- **2023-04-11** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-21), in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2023-04-11** Ordered sent down forthwith.
+- **2023-04-12** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
+- **2023-04-12** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2023-04-13** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
+- **2023-04-24** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
+- **2023-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
+- **2023-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
+- **2023-04-03T04:00:00+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/4ec23d9a-2e98-4eec-8457-c3a7ea0507a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).
+