---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Encourage Competition By Requiring Independent Health Care Provider Cost-Of-Living Adjustments In Health Insurance Contracts"
description: "An Act To Encourage Competition By Requiring Independent Health Care Provider Cost-Of-Living Adjustments In Health Insurance Contracts"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 1785"
citation: "Maine LD 1785 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATION", "COLA", "HEALTH CARE FACILITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michelle BOYER"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-04-24"
last_action: "2025-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f727468-2e49-4f61-aba6-39d610902fb8"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280098801"
source_hash: "e9f65ab3216cfc51fd394ff27c0fb04f6f6af679688c1ee904b2a0af79dffabf"
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 1785 (132) — An Act To Encourage Competition By Requiring Independent Health Care Provider Cost-Of-Living Adjustments In Health Insurance Contracts

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment C-A (H-534)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1196&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Chapter 295** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1196&item=3&snum=132)
3. **LD 1785 HP 1196** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1196&item=1&snum=132)

## Sponsors

- Michelle BOYER — primary (person)
- Joseph BALDACCI — cosponsor (person)
- Kristi MATHIESON — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-24** Committee on Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services suggested and ordered printed.
- **2025-04-24** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-24** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-04-24** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-09** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2025-06-09** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2025-06-09** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-534). `reading-3`
- **2025-06-09** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-09** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2025-06-09** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-06-09** Committee Amendment "A" (H-534) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-09** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-534), in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2025-06-09** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2025-06-10** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2025-06-10** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-10** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2025-06-12** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2025-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2025-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2025-06-05T04:00:00+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/0f727468-2e49-4f61-aba6-39d610902fb8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).