---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Establish Patient Protections In Billing For Health Care"
description: "An Act To Establish Patient Protections In Billing For Health Care"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 2111"
citation: "Maine LD 2111 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH CARE SERVICES", "BILLING", "PATIENT PROTECTIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ned CLAXTON"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-02-18"
last_action: "2020-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bcf5a99f-d234-41f6-8042-f4f74322989e"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280076629"
source_hash: "04cd2474f5627ec6f1737c0e0f92b7ec128d88e21ed0bcbf1fcd08998639b862"
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 2111 (129) — An Act To Establish Patient Protections In Billing For Health Care

## 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=SP0756&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Chaptered Law** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0756&item=6&snum=129)
3. **Divided Reports** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0756&item=4&snum=129)
4. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0756&item=1&snum=129)
5. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0756&item=5&snum=129)

## Sponsors

- Ned CLAXTON — primary (person)
- Denise TEPLER — cosponsor (person)
- Eloise VITELLI — cosponsor (person)
- Erin HERBIG — cosponsor (person)
- Michael CARPENTER — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan LIBBY — cosponsor (person)
- Sara GIDEON — cosponsor (person)
- Shenna BELLOWS — cosponsor (person)
- Troy JACKSON — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-18** Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2020-02-18** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES. `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-18** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2020-03-17** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2020-03-17** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2020-03-17** Committee Amendment "A" (S-442) READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2020-03-17** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-442). `reading-2`
- **2020-03-17** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2020-03-17** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2020-03-17** On OBJECTION of Representative MOONEN of Portland REMOVED.
- **2020-03-17** The Committee Report was READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2020-03-17** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2020-03-17** Committee Amendment "A" (S-442) was READ.
- **2020-03-17** On motion of Representative MOONEN of Portland, House Amendment "A" (H-781) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-442) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2020-03-17** Committee Amendment "A" (S-442) as Amended by House Amendment "A" (H-781) thereto was ADOPTED.
- **2020-03-17** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2020-03-17** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-442) as Amended by House Amendment "A" (H-781) thereto.
- **2020-03-17** In NON-CONCURRENCE and sent for concurrence.
- **2020-03-17** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2020-03-17** On motion by Senator LIBBY of Androscoggin The Senate RECEDED and CONCURRED With PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-442) AS AMENDED BY House Amendment "A" (H-781) in concurrence
- **2020-03-17** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2020-03-17** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2020-03-17** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2020-03-17** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2020-03-18** 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/bcf5a99f-d234-41f6-8042-f4f74322989e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).