---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Address Maine'S Shortage Of Behavioral Health Services For Minors"
description: "An Act To Address Maine'S Shortage Of Behavioral Health Services For Minors"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 118"
citation: "Maine LD 118 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BEHAVIORAL HEALTH", "CHILDREN", "MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joyce McCREIGHT"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-11"
last_action: "2021-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f661234d-fa3b-468a-9af3-9a253223ed16"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280078075"
source_hash: "626f8be1bdb0d5323b4abd88dd078db0d2333d949e89bdb0847a41ae06173e0b"
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 118 (130) — An Act To Address Maine'S Shortage Of Behavioral Health Services For Minors

## 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=HP0084&item=2&snum=130)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0084&item=1&snum=130)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0084&item=3&snum=130)

## Sponsors

- Joyce McCREIGHT — primary (person)
- Holly STOVER — cosponsor (person)
- Margaret CRAVEN — cosponsor (person)
- Marianne MOORE — cosponsor (person)
- Michael BRENNAN — cosponsor (person)
- Michele MEYER — cosponsor (person)
- Ned CLAXTON — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca MILLETT — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-11** Received by the Clerk of the House on January 11, 2021. `receipt`
- **2021-01-11** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30** Carried over, in the same posture, to a subsequent special or regular session of the 130th Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 435.
- **2021-06-03** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2021-06-03** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2021-06-03** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-286). `reading-3`
- **2021-06-03** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-06-07** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2021-06-07** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2021-06-07** Committee Amendment "A" (H-286) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2021-06-07** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-286), in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2021-06-07** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2021-06-08** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2021-06-08** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-06-09** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2021-06-14** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2021-04-22T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2021-04-22T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2021-06-01T04:00:00+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/f661234d-fa3b-468a-9af3-9a253223ed16`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).