---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Provide Mainecare Coverage For Chiropractic Treatment"
description: "An Act To Provide Mainecare Coverage For Chiropractic Treatment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "128"
identifier: "LD 320"
citation: "Maine LD 320 (128)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MEDICAID", "MAINECARE", "CHIROPRACTIC THERAPY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["LIBBY"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 36
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-01-31"
last_action: "2018-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/07e4bc9d-5ae4-4987-8d20-96f36b09d7d9"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280062900"
source_hash: "1f57b4a51d6e900fe9ed8ecda858844e2f548b8ee9eeaeada189ea7b8cc7b582"
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 320 (128) — An Act To Provide Mainecare Coverage For Chiropractic Treatment

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Initial Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/bills_128th/billtexts/SP009401.asp)

## Sponsors

- LIBBY — primary (person)
- BREEN — cosponsor (person)
- CAMPBELL — cosponsor (person)
- CHIPMAN — cosponsor (person)
- CYRWAY — cosponsor (person)
- DIAMOND — cosponsor (person)
- DILL — cosponsor (person)
- JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
- KATZ — cosponsor (person)
- MARTIN — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-31** Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES suggested and ordered printed
- **2017-01-31** REFERENCE to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
- **2017-01-31** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2017-01-31** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-31** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-06-07** Reports Read
- **2017-06-07** On motion by Senator BRAKEY of Androscoggin the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.
- **2017-06-07** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2017-06-07** Committee Amendment "A" (S-199) READ and ADOPTED
- **2017-06-07** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-199) `reading-2`
- **2017-06-07** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2017-06-07** Reports READ.
- **2017-06-07** On motion of Representative HYMANSON of York, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2017-06-07** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2017-06-07** Committee Amendment "A" (S-199) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2017-06-07** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2017-06-07** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-199).
- **2017-06-07** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-06-08** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2017-06-08** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-06-09** On motion by Senator HAMPER of Oxford PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending ENACTMENT
- **2017-08-02** CARRIED OVER to any Special or Regular Session of the 128th Legislature pursuant to Joint Order SP 601.
- **2018-05-02** CARRIED OVER to any Special Session of the 128th Legislature pursuant to Joint Order SP 748.
- **2018-06-20** On Motion by Senator HAMPER of Oxford taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.
- **2018-06-20** Under suspension of the Rules On further motion by Same Senator The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby the bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-199)
- **2018-06-20** Under further suspension of the Rules On further motion by Same Senator The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby Committee Amendment "A" (S-199) was ADOPTED
- **2018-06-20** On further motion by Same Senator Senate Amendment "A" (S-507) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-199) READ and ADOPTED
- **2018-06-20** Committee Amendment "A" (S-199) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-507) thereto ADOPTED In NON-CONCURRENCE
- **2018-06-20** PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-199) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-507) thereto In NON-CONCURRENCE
- **2018-06-20** Sent down for concurrence
- **2018-06-21** The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-199) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-507) thereto.
- **2018-06-21** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2018-06-21** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2018-06-21** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2018-06-21** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2018-06-25** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/07e4bc9d-5ae4-4987-8d20-96f36b09d7d9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).