---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Protect Maine Consumers From Unexpected Medical Bills"
description: "An Act To Protect Maine Consumers From Unexpected Medical Bills"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "128"
identifier: "LD 1557"
citation: "Maine LD 1557 (128)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["INSURANCE", "HEALTH", "NETWORK ACCESS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["GROHMAN"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-05-02"
last_action: "2017-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7aa62cbb-cf45-458b-872c-2c05b6972b11"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280065119"
source_hash: "39eb8f0ee226fab9c3a4680bb778407b3802768cfca01fdf7d22a24f89e5b7be"
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 1557 (128) — An Act To Protect Maine Consumers From Unexpected Medical Bills

## 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/HP107301.asp)

## Sponsors

- GROHMAN — primary (person)
- CARSON — cosponsor (person)
- DOW — cosponsor (person)
- ESPLING — cosponsor (person)
- FOLEY — cosponsor (person)
- GINZLER — cosponsor (person)
- PRESCOTT — cosponsor (person)
- SANBORN — cosponsor (person)
- VACHON — cosponsor (person)
- WHITTEMORE — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-05-02** Committee on Insurance and Financial Services suggested and ordered printed.
- **2017-05-02** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-02** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-05-02** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-09** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2017-06-09** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2017-06-09** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-459).
- **2017-06-09** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-06-12** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2017-06-12** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2017-06-12** Committee Amendment "A" (H-459) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2017-06-12** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-459), in concurrence. `reading-2`
- **2017-06-12** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2017-06-12** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2017-06-12** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-06-13** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2017-06-16** 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/7aa62cbb-cf45-458b-872c-2c05b6972b11`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).