---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Require Health Insurance Carriers To Provide Coverage For Blood Testing For Perfluoroalkyl And Polyfluoroalkyl Substances"
description: "An Act To Require Health Insurance Carriers To Provide Coverage For Blood Testing For Perfluoroalkyl And Polyfluoroalkyl Substances"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 582"
citation: "Maine LD 582 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH INSURANCE", "INSURANCE", "PFAS BLOOD TESTING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stacy BRENNER"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-02-19"
last_action: "2026-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/97e0ddc3-db7c-40aa-9345-1bb8db8a5e0c"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280096591"
source_hash: "400d4296094042e84324323cfa50465cc2756e973462c85e3505ddea2a395b78"
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 582 (132) — An Act To Require Health Insurance Carriers To Provide Coverage For Blood Testing For Perfluoroalkyl And Polyfluoroalkyl Substances

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment C-A (S-63)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0265&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Chapter 710** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0265&item=3&snum=132)
3. **LD 582 SP 265** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0265&item=1&snum=132)

## Votes

- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **115–26** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Stacy BRENNER — primary (person)
- Benjamin HYMES — cosponsor (person)
- Donna BAILEY — cosponsor (person)
- Henry INGWERSEN — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph BALDACCI — cosponsor (person)
- Kristi MATHIESON — cosponsor (person)
- Paul FLYNN — cosponsor (person)
- Poppy ARFORD — cosponsor (person)
- Russell BLACK — cosponsor (person)
- Wayne PARRY — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-19** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on February 19, 2025 and REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `receipt, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-21** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to the next special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 519.
- **2025-05-13** Reports READ
- **2025-05-13** On motion by Senator BAILEY of York The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-63) Report ACCEPTED
- **2025-05-13** Bill READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2025-05-13** Committee Amendment "A" (S-63) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-13** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-63) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2025-05-13** Sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2025-05-14** Reports READ.
- **2025-05-14** On motion of Representative MATHIESON of Kittery, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2025-05-14** ROLL CALL NO. 136
- **2025-05-14** (Yeas 115 - Nays 26 - Absent 9 - Excused 0 - Restricted - 1)
- **2025-05-14** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-05-14** Committee Amendment "A" (S-63) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-05-14** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2025-05-14** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-63). `reading-3`
- **2025-05-14** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-05-20** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2025-05-20** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-05-21** On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending ENACTMENT in concurrence.
- **2025-06-25** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800.
- **2026-04-13** On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin taken from the Special Appropriations Table.
- **2026-04-13** Subsequently, PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence. `passage`
- **2026-04-15** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2025-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/97e0ddc3-db7c-40aa-9345-1bb8db8a5e0c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).