---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Provide For Consistent Billing Practices By Health Care Providers"
description: "An Act To Provide For Consistent Billing Practices By Health Care Providers"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 1533"
citation: "Maine LD 1533 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BILLING", "DELIVERY", "HEALTH CARE SERVICES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joshua MORRIS"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-04-05"
last_action: "2024-03-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/46e0050e-1f58-45c0-b4a8-af4eedfd4d03"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280088382"
source_hash: "4ab2dcd3241508bfb8311e9aa45a64e62cb045c69ab325f93a61187110c5375e"
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 1533 (131) — An Act To Provide For Consistent Billing Practices By Health Care Providers

## 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=HP0988&item=2&snum=131)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0988&item=1&snum=131)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0988&item=3&snum=131)

## Sponsors

- Joshua MORRIS — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-05** Committee on Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services suggested and ordered printed.
- **2023-04-05** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-04-05** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2023-07-26** Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 847.
- **2024-02-20** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2024-02-20** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2024-02-20** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-752). `reading-3`
- **2024-02-20** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2024-02-21** Report READ and ACCEPTED
- **2024-02-21** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2024-02-21** Committee Amendment "A" (H-752) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-21** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2024-02-22** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2024-02-22** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-752), in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2024-02-22** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2024-02-27** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2024-02-27** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2024-02-28** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2024-03-06** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Carry Over Requested
- **2023-07-25T04:00:00+00:00** Carry Over Approved
- **2024-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2024-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2024-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/46e0050e-1f58-45c0-b4a8-af4eedfd4d03`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).