---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Enhance The Administration Of The State'S Group Health Plan"
description: "An Act To Enhance The Administration Of The State'S Group Health Plan"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "128"
identifier: "LD 1198"
citation: "Maine LD 1198 (128)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["INSURANCE", "HEALTH", "STATE EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLANS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["FOLEY"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-03-28"
last_action: "2017-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/efa893f9-712a-4a7d-92e6-b670425d7a98"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280064334"
source_hash: "f466921620b066ca57073f4686135a30196393834d54fc4ff4dc4902738db149"
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 1198 (128) — An Act To Enhance The Administration Of The State'S Group Health Plan

## Version chain

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

1. **Initial Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/bills_128th/billtexts/HP083501.asp)

## Sponsors

- FOLEY — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-28** Committee on Insurance and Financial Services suggested and ordered printed.
- **2017-03-28** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-28** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-03-30** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-25** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2017-04-25** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2017-04-25** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED.
- **2017-04-25** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-04-27** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2017-04-27** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2017-04-27** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2017-05-02** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY, Senator Saviello, Senate Chair. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2017-05-02** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED, in concurrence. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-02** Ordered sent down forthwith
- **2017-05-04** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2017-05-04** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2017-05-04** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-05-09** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2017-05-11** 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/efa893f9-712a-4a7d-92e6-b670425d7a98`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).