---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act Facilitating The Discharge Of Hospitalized Patients To Nursing Facilities"
description: "An Act Facilitating The Discharge Of Hospitalized Patients To Nursing Facilities"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 960"
citation: "Maine LD 960 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DISCHARGE TO NURSING FACILITY", "HEALTH CARE FACILITIES", "HOSPITALS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kathy JAVNER"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-06"
last_action: "2025-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b85ec1fc-266f-4a54-b88e-b786a183be61"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280097254"
source_hash: "6f9441614ce60cbb87a09bf016dc35fdfe7340381ebb189a5a89b08c882032ab"
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 960 (132) — An Act Facilitating The Discharge Of Hospitalized Patients To Nursing Facilities

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment C-A (H-417)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0619&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Chapter 62** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0619&item=3&snum=132)
3. **LD 960 HP 619** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0619&item=1&snum=132)

## Sponsors

- Kathy JAVNER — primary (person)
- Lucien DAIGLE — cosponsor (person)
- Mathew MCINTYRE — cosponsor (person)
- Susan BERNARD — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-06** Received by the Clerk of the House on March 6, 2025. `receipt`
- **2025-03-06** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401. `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.
- **2025-06-02** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2025-06-02** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2025-06-02** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-417). `reading-3`
- **2025-06-02** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-02** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2025-06-02** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-06-02** Committee Amendment "A" (H-417) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-02** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-417), in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2025-06-02** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2025-06-03** FINALLY PASSED. `passage`
- **2025-06-03** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-03** FINALLY PASSED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2025-06-10** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2025-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2025-06-02T04:00:00+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/b85ec1fc-266f-4a54-b88e-b786a183be61`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).