---
type: "Bill"
title: "Resolve, Requiring The Department Of Health And Human Services To Create A Limited Benefit Mainecare Card For Individuals Eligible For The Medicare Savings Program"
description: "Resolve, Requiring The Department Of Health And Human Services To Create A Limited Benefit Mainecare Card For Individuals Eligible For The Medicare Savings Program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 1228"
citation: "Maine LD 1228 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPT", "PROCEDURES", "MEDICARE AND MEDICAID DUAL ELIGIBIL"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joyce McCREIGHT"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-03-14"
last_action: "2019-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/38351643-4b68-4193-b07c-46949668be6f"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280072471"
source_hash: "7de6609dc1f8bf20176388094acebc73f374348faf56737b37f5752d2365f1bc"
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 1228 (129) — Resolve, Requiring The Department Of Health And Human Services To Create A Limited Benefit Mainecare Card For Individuals Eligible For The Medicare Savings Program

## 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=HP0889&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0889&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0889&item=3&snum=129)

## Sponsors

- Joyce McCREIGHT — primary (person)
- Anne PERRY — cosponsor (person)
- Denise TEPLER — cosponsor (person)
- Frances HEAD — cosponsor (person)
- Geoffrey GRATWICK — cosponsor (person)
- Holly STOVER — cosponsor (person)
- John SCHNECK — cosponsor (person)
- Marianne MOORE — cosponsor (person)
- Patricia HYMANSON — cosponsor (person)
- Victoria KORNFIELD — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-14** Committee on Health and Human Services suggested and ordered printed.
- **2019-03-14** The Resolve was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-14** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-03-19** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-28** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2019-05-28** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2019-05-28** The Resolve was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-367).
- **2019-05-28** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-28** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2019-05-28** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-28** Committee Amendment "A" (H-367) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-05-28** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-367), in concurrence. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-28** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2019-05-29** FINALLY PASSED. `passage`
- **2019-05-29** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-30** On motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending FINAL PASSAGE, in concurrence.
- **2019-06-18** On Motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.
- **2019-06-18** Subsequently FINALLY PASSED in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-06-20** 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/38351643-4b68-4193-b07c-46949668be6f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).