republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/128/ld-445.md

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Bill	An Act To Encourage Maine Consumers To Comparison-Shop For Certain Health Care Procedures And To Lower Health Care Costs	An Act To Encourage Maine Consumers To Comparison-Shop For Certain Health Care Procedures And To Lower Health Care Costs	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	128	LD 445	Maine LD 445 (128)	bill	INSURANCE HEALTH SHARED SAVINGS INCENTIVE PROGRAM	enacted	WHITTEMORE	1	18	0	2017-02-07	2017-06-19	openstates	ocd-bill/87c8a368-2faa-4690-af27-61558c996ca4	http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280063105	2767e21252795dc91c8bb94a69086a719f83d2fe39e2f0e68eb361f13001ec8f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 445 (128) — An Act To Encourage Maine Consumers To Comparison-Shop For Certain Health Care Procedures And To Lower Health Care Costs

Version chain

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

1. Initial Version (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

• WHITTEMORE — primary (person)
• BRAKEY — cosponsor (person)
• COLLINS — cosponsor (person)
• CUSHING — cosponsor (person)
• FARRIN — cosponsor (person)
• FOLEY — cosponsor (person)
• KATZ — cosponsor (person)
• PICCHIOTTI — cosponsor (person)
• THIBODEAU — cosponsor (person)
• WALLACE — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-07 Committee on INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES suggested and ordered printed
• 2017-02-07 REFERENCE to the Committee on INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES
• 2017-02-07 Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
• 2017-02-07 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES. referral-committee
• 2017-02-07 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2017-06-12 Report READ and ACCEPTED.
• 2017-06-12 READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2017-06-12 Committee Amendment "A" (S-236) READ and ADOPTED. passage
• 2017-06-12 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-236). reading-2
• 2017-06-12 Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
• 2017-06-12 CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
• 2017-06-12 Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
• 2017-06-12 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-236).
• 2017-06-12 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2017-06-13 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2017-06-13 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2017-06-14 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. passage
• 2017-06-19 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/87c8a368-2faa-4690-af27-61558c996ca4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).