---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Require Insurance Coverage For Hearing Aids For Adults"
description: "An Act To Require Insurance Coverage For Hearing Aids For Adults"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 38"
citation: "Maine LD 38 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["INSURANCE", "HEALTH", "HEARING AIDS COVERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James HANDY"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-09"
last_action: "2019-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a1cc51b1-21dc-4964-b47c-01847effc94d"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280070658"
source_hash: "47b507c8e2e5d66fa7b7f9e59ffccfbba93e19e6777fce266b97d9c4af38d18d"
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 38 (129) — An Act To Require Insurance Coverage For Hearing Aids For Adults

## 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=HP0039&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0039&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0039&item=3&snum=129)

## Sponsors

- James HANDY — primary (person)
- Bettyann SHEATS — cosponsor (person)
- Erin HERBIG — cosponsor (person)
- Everett CARSON — cosponsor (person)
- Gina MELARAGNO — cosponsor (person)
- Heidi BROOKS — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica FAY — cosponsor (person)
- Michael CARPENTER — cosponsor (person)
- Stanley ZEIGLER — cosponsor (person)
- Victoria FOLEY — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-09** Committee on Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services suggested and ordered printed.
- **2019-01-09** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES. `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-09** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-01-09** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-14** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2019-05-14** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2019-05-14** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-241).
- **2019-05-14** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-14** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2019-05-14** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-14** Committee Amendment "A" (H-241) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-05-14** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-241), in concurrence. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-14** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2019-05-16** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-05-16** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-21** On motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
- **2019-06-19** On Motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.
- **2019-06-19** Subsequently PASSED TO BE ENACTED 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/a1cc51b1-21dc-4964-b47c-01847effc94d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).