republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/128/ld-1557.md

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Bill	An Act To Protect Maine Consumers From Unexpected Medical Bills	An Act To Protect Maine Consumers From Unexpected Medical Bills	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	128	LD 1557	Maine LD 1557 (128)	bill	INSURANCE HEALTH NETWORK ACCESS	enacted	GROHMAN	1	17	0	2017-05-02	2017-06-16	openstates	ocd-bill/7aa62cbb-cf45-458b-872c-2c05b6972b11	http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280065119	39eb8f0ee226fab9c3a4680bb778407b3802768cfca01fdf7d22a24f89e5b7be	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 1557 (128) — An Act To Protect Maine Consumers From Unexpected Medical Bills

Version chain

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

1. Initial Version (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

• GROHMAN — primary (person)
• CARSON — cosponsor (person)
• DOW — cosponsor (person)
• ESPLING — cosponsor (person)
• FOLEY — cosponsor (person)
• GINZLER — cosponsor (person)
• PRESCOTT — cosponsor (person)
• SANBORN — cosponsor (person)
• VACHON — cosponsor (person)
• WHITTEMORE — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-05-02 Committee on Insurance and Financial Services suggested and ordered printed.
• 2017-05-02 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES. referral-committee
• 2017-05-02 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2017-05-02 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES in concurrence referral-committee
• 2017-06-09 CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
• 2017-06-09 Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
• 2017-06-09 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-459).
• 2017-06-09 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2017-06-12 Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
• 2017-06-12 READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2017-06-12 Committee Amendment "A" (H-459) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. passage
• 2017-06-12 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-459), in concurrence. reading-2
• 2017-06-12 Ordered sent down forthwith.
• 2017-06-12 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2017-06-12 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2017-06-13 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. passage
• 2017-06-16 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7aa62cbb-cf45-458b-872c-2c05b6972b11. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).