---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Improve Perinatal Care Through Expanded Access To Doula Services"
description: "An Act To Improve Perinatal Care Through Expanded Access To Doula Services"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 1523"
citation: "Maine LD 1523 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DOULA SERVICES", "MAINECARE", "MEDICAID"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Deqa DHALAC"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-04-08"
last_action: "2025-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e0e6a5c2-101e-489e-a997-88e7d5218a10"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280098326"
source_hash: "3a61ec8f49ac27c15447f0521304ac8e76d00e7d9bdeb223bb19aff7c721ef79"
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 1523 (132) — An Act To Improve Perinatal Care Through Expanded Access To Doula Services

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment C-A (H-443)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1008&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Chapter 89** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1008&item=3&snum=132)
3. **LD 1523 HP 1008** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1008&item=1&snum=132)

## Sponsors

- Deqa DHALAC — primary (person)
- Ambureen RANA — cosponsor (person)
- Anne CARNEY — cosponsor (person)
- Flavia DEBRITO — cosponsor (person)
- Holly EATON — cosponsor (person)
- Julia MCCABE — cosponsor (person)
- Samuel ZAGER — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-08** Committee on Health and Human Services suggested and ordered printed.
- **2025-04-08** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-04-08** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-03** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2025-06-03** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2025-06-03** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-443). `reading-3`
- **2025-06-03** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-03** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2025-06-03** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-06-03** Committee Amendment "A" (H-443) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-03** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-443), in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2025-06-03** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2025-06-04** FINALLY PASSED. `passage`
- **2025-06-04** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-05** FINALLY PASSED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2025-06-19** Became Law without Governor's Signature `became-law`
- **2025-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2025-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2025-06-03T04:00:00+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/e0e6a5c2-101e-489e-a997-88e7d5218a10`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).