---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Amend Mainecare Reimbursement Related To Bad Debt And Bed-Hold Days"
description: "An Act To Amend Mainecare Reimbursement Related To Bad Debt And Bed-Hold Days"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 1125"
citation: "Maine LD 1125 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MEDICAID", "REIMBURSEMENT", "BAD DEBT AND BED HOLDS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeffrey TIMBERLAKE"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-03-07"
last_action: "2019-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e06950b-9964-4830-8e08-c47cab306a08"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280072277"
source_hash: "b11936f3ebcb307cdd50f8ac897e4c1c616764f4dc000749d0d35dde4cf1856d"
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 1125 (129) — An Act To Amend Mainecare Reimbursement Related To Bad Debt And Bed-Hold Days

## Version chain

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

1. **Adopted Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0345&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0345&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0345&item=3&snum=129)

## Sponsors

- Jeffrey TIMBERLAKE — primary (person)
- Anne PERRY — cosponsor (person)
- Joshua MORRIS — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa KEIM — cosponsor (person)
- Marianne MOORE — cosponsor (person)
- Ned CLAXTON — cosponsor (person)
- Russell BLACK — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-07** Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2019-03-07** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-07** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-16** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2019-05-16** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-16** Committee Amendment "A" (S-103) READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2019-05-16** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-103). `reading-2`
- **2019-05-16** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2019-05-21** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2019-05-21** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2019-05-21** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-103).
- **2019-05-21** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-23** FINALLY PASSED. `passage`
- **2019-05-23** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-28** On motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending FINAL PASSAGE, in concurrence.
- **2019-06-19** On Motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.
- **2019-06-19** Subsequently FINALLY PASSED in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-06-20** 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/3e06950b-9964-4830-8e08-c47cab306a08`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).