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type: "Bill"
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title: "An Act To Encourage Maine Consumers To Comparison-Shop For Certain Health Care Procedures And To Lower Health Care Costs"
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description: "An Act To Encourage Maine Consumers To Comparison-Shop For Certain Health Care Procedures And To Lower Health Care Costs"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
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legislature: "Maine Legislature"
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session: "128"
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identifier: "LD 445"
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citation: "Maine LD 445 (128)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["INSURANCE", "HEALTH", "SHARED SAVINGS INCENTIVE PROGRAM"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["WHITTEMORE"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2017-02-07"
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last_action: "2017-06-19"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/87c8a368-2faa-4690-af27-61558c996ca4"
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source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280063105"
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source_hash: "2767e21252795dc91c8bb94a69086a719f83d2fe39e2f0e68eb361f13001ec8f"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-me"]
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---
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# Maine LD 445 (128) — An Act To Encourage Maine Consumers To Comparison-Shop For Certain Health Care Procedures And To Lower Health Care Costs
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Initial Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/bills_128th/billtexts/SP014701.asp)
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## Sponsors
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- WHITTEMORE — primary (person)
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- BRAKEY — cosponsor (person)
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- COLLINS — cosponsor (person)
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- CUSHING — cosponsor (person)
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- FARRIN — cosponsor (person)
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- FOLEY — cosponsor (person)
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- KATZ — cosponsor (person)
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- PICCHIOTTI — cosponsor (person)
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- THIBODEAU — cosponsor (person)
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- WALLACE — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-02-07** Committee on INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES suggested and ordered printed
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- **2017-02-07** REFERENCE to the Committee on INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES
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- **2017-02-07** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
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- **2017-02-07** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES. `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-07** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **2017-06-12** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
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- **2017-06-12** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
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- **2017-06-12** Committee Amendment "A" (S-236) READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
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- **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`
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- **2017-06-12** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
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- **2017-06-12** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
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- **2017-06-12** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
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- **2017-06-12** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-236).
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- **2017-06-12** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **2017-06-13** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
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- **2017-06-13** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **2017-06-14** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
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- **2017-06-19** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/87c8a368-2faa-4690-af27-61558c996ca4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).
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