---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Prohibit Insurance Carriers From Retroactively Reducing Payment On Clean Claims Submitted By Pharmacies"
description: "An Act To Prohibit Insurance Carriers From Retroactively Reducing Payment On Clean Claims Submitted By Pharmacies"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "128"
identifier: "LD 6"
citation: "Maine LD 6 (128)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["INSURANCE PRACTICES", "CLAIMS PROCESSING", "RETROSPECTIVE DENIALS LIMITED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["GRATWICK"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 35
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-01-05"
last_action: "2017-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/37466104-2b5b-481d-b2a0-28baa841a5fd"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280062407"
source_hash: "b3cf0e3dc8dbeceb8461c8447aaab95537417ae42ea832b1f0e9b4a7ed736acf"
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 6 (128) — An Act To Prohibit Insurance Carriers From Retroactively Reducing Payment On Clean Claims Submitted By Pharmacies

## 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/SP001001.asp)

## Votes

- Enactment — **144–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- GRATWICK — primary (person)
- CARPENTER — cosponsor (person)
- CYRWAY — cosponsor (person)
- DESCHAMBAULT — cosponsor (person)
- DILL — cosponsor (person)
- FOLEY — cosponsor (person)
- KATZ — cosponsor (person)
- SYLVESTER — cosponsor (person)
- TUCKER — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-05** Committee on INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES suggested and ordered printed
- **2017-01-05** REFERRED to the Committee on INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-05** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2017-01-05** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES. `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-05** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-04-11** Report READ and ACCEPTED
- **2017-04-11** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2017-04-11** Committee Amendment "A" (S-22) READ and ADOPTED
- **2017-04-11** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2017-04-13** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY Senator Saviello, Senate Chair. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2017-04-13** READ A SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2017-04-13** On motion by Senator MASON of Androscoggin Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-22)
- **2017-04-20** Taken from the table by the President
- **2017-04-20** Under suspension of the Rules On motion by Senator WHITTEMORE of Somerset RECONSIDERED whereby Committee Amendment "A" (S-22) was ADOPTED
- **2017-04-20** On motion by Same Senator Senate Amendment "A" (S-40) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-22) READ and ADOPTED
- **2017-04-20** Committee Amendment "A" (S-22) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-40) thereto ADOPTED
- **2017-04-20** PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-22) AS AMENDED BY Senate Amendment "A" (S-40) thereto
- **2017-04-20** Sent down for concurrence
- **2017-04-25** Report was READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2017-04-25** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2017-04-25** Committee Amendment "A" (S-22) was READ.
- **2017-04-25** Senate Amendment "A" (S-40) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-22) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2017-04-25** Committee Amendment "A" (S-22) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-40) thereto ADOPTED.
- **2017-04-25** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2017-04-25** On motion of Representative BROOKS of Lewiston, TABLED pending PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-22) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-40) thereto.
- **2017-04-25** Later today assigned.
- **2017-04-25** Speaker laid before the House
- **2017-04-25** Subsequently, The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-22) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-40) thereto.
- **2017-04-25** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-04-27** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2017-04-27** ROLL CALL NO. 58
- **2017-04-27** (Yeas 144 - Nays 0 - Absent 6 - Excused 1)
- **2017-04-27** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-05-02** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2017-05-05** 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/37466104-2b5b-481d-b2a0-28baa841a5fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).