---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Allow Hospitals To More Efficiently Monitor The Prescribing Of Controlled Substances By Amending The Laws Governing Access To Prescription Monitoring Information"
description: "An Act To Allow Hospitals To More Efficiently Monitor The Prescribing Of Controlled Substances By Amending The Laws Governing Access To Prescription Monitoring Information"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "128"
identifier: "LD 184"
citation: "Maine LD 184 (128)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH CARE SERVICES", "PRESCRIPTION DRUGS", "MONITORING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["MALABY"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-01-26"
last_action: "2017-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b6972cc4-67d5-42a8-84a9-dc244a11af77"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280062740"
source_hash: "6965aeb8df05a2eb65eb6afbfa0cc0804f2025a4d72478e2df42989a061942df"
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 184 (128) — An Act To Allow Hospitals To More Efficiently Monitor The Prescribing Of Controlled Substances By Amending The Laws Governing Access To Prescription Monitoring Information

## 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/HP014001.asp)

## Sponsors

- MALABY — primary (person)
- CHACE — cosponsor (person)
- HARVELL — cosponsor (person)
- HEAD — cosponsor (person)
- HYMANSON — cosponsor (person)
- NADEAU — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-26** Committee on Health and Human Services suggested and ordered printed.
- **2017-01-26** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-26** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-01-26** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-16** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2017-05-16** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2017-05-16** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-175).
- **2017-05-16** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-05-17** Report READ and ACCEPTED in concurrence
- **2017-05-17** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2017-05-17** Committee Amendment "A" (H-175) READ and ADOPTED in concurrence
- **2017-05-17** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME AND PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-175) in concurrence `reading-2`
- **2017-05-23** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2017-05-23** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-05-24** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2017-05-26** 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/b6972cc4-67d5-42a8-84a9-dc244a11af77`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).