---
type: "Bill"
title: "Resolve, To Ensure The Provision Of Medically Necessary Behavioral Health Care Services For Children In Their Homes And Communities"
description: "Resolve, To Ensure The Provision Of Medically Necessary Behavioral Health Care Services For Children In Their Homes And Communities"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 435"
citation: "Maine LD 435 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BEHAVIORAL HEALTH", "CHILDREN", "MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lori GRAMLICH"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-02"
last_action: "2024-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f1f25b40-6e91-42a4-8cdc-f215b0a2d9b3"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280085760"
source_hash: "23b142d11eff8da12b2c8fb8b68e9417e03132329d6d2ecd009fa7bf252ba6b9"
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 435 (131) — Resolve, To Ensure The Provision Of Medically Necessary Behavioral Health Care Services For Children In Their Homes And Communities

## 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=HP0268&item=2&snum=131)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0268&item=1&snum=131)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0268&item=3&snum=131)

## Sponsors

- Lori GRAMLICH — primary (person)
- Abigail GRIFFIN — cosponsor (person)
- Anne GRAHAM — cosponsor (person)
- Colleen MADIGAN — cosponsor (person)
- Drew GATTINE — cosponsor (person)
- Henry INGWERSEN — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy JAVNER — cosponsor (person)
- Lydia CRAFTS — cosponsor (person)
- Margaret CRAVEN — cosponsor (person)
- Samuel ZAGER — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-02** Committee on Health and Human Services suggested and ordered printed.
- **2023-02-02** The Resolve was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-02** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-02-02** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 594.
- **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.
- **2024-03-13** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2024-03-13** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2024-03-13** The Resolve was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-816). `reading-3`
- **2024-03-13** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2024-03-14** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2024-03-14** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2024-03-14** Committee Amendment "A" (H-816) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-03-14** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-816), in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2024-03-14** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2024-03-19** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2024-03-19** FINALLY PASSED. `passage`
- **2024-03-19** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2024-03-20** FINALLY PASSED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2024-03-28** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-13T04:00:00+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
- **2024-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2024-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2024-03-11T04:00:00+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/f1f25b40-6e91-42a4-8cdc-f215b0a2d9b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).