---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Impose On Mental Health Professionals A Duty To Warn And Protect"
description: "An Act To Impose On Mental Health Professionals A Duty To Warn And Protect"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 287"
citation: "Maine LD 287 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LICENSING", "MENTAL HEALTH PRACTITIONERS", "DUTY TO PROTECT AND WARN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Denise TEPLER"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-22"
last_action: "2019-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d451ce31-d5e3-4a57-a690-400db8c19ad3"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280071040"
source_hash: "c66bbf7b38b5ba9dfb141de27c8778ba7768e53c62358562928f4cc064463fc4"
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 287 (129) — An Act To Impose On Mental Health Professionals A Duty To Warn And Protect

## 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=HP0211&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0211&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0211&item=3&snum=129)

## Sponsors

- Denise TEPLER — primary (person)
- Donna BAILEY — cosponsor (person)
- Geoffrey GRATWICK — cosponsor (person)
- Holly STOVER — cosponsor (person)
- Joyce McCREIGHT — cosponsor (person)
- Lori GRAMLICH — cosponsor (person)
- Victoria MORALES — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-22** Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES suggested and ordered printed.
- **2019-01-22** On motion of Representative TEPLER of Topsham, the Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY. `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-22** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-01-24** On motion by Senator Carpenter of Aroostook, REFERRED to the Committee on Judiciary, in concurrence. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-05** Reports READ.
- **2019-06-05** On motion of Representative BAILEY of Saco, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2019-06-05** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-06-05** Committee Amendment "A" (H-450) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2019-06-05** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2019-06-05** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-450).
- **2019-06-05** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-06** Reports Read
- **2019-06-06** On motion by Senator CARPENTER of Aroostook the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.
- **2019-06-06** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2019-06-06** Committee Amendment "A" (H-450) READ and ADOPTED
- **2019-06-06** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-450) in concurrence `reading-2`
- **2019-06-07** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-06-07** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-10** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-06-17** 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/d451ce31-d5e3-4a57-a690-400db8c19ad3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).