republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/129/ld-1197.md

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Bill	An Act To Amend The Law Prohibiting The Denial By Health Insurers Of Referrals By Out-Of-Network Providers	An Act To Amend The Law Prohibiting The Denial By Health Insurers Of Referrals By Out-Of-Network Providers	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	129	LD 1197	Maine LD 1197 (129)	bill	INSURANCE HEALTH REFERRALS OUT-OF-NETWORK	enacted	Robert FOLEY	3	16	0	2019-03-12	2019-05-30	openstates	ocd-bill/a33d1c4f-2de5-43a8-bd19-7ea28a917c9b	http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280072383	27b37a77577f5235e2fe3d9c3bcd4d56a691d7461ade8620e9142e2fade9c1e8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 1197 (129) — An Act To Amend The Law Prohibiting The Denial By Health Insurers Of Referrals By Out-Of-Network Providers

Version chain

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

1. Adopted Amendments (committee substitute) — source
2. Documents and Disposition (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Disposition (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

• Robert FOLEY — primary (person)
• James HAMPER — cosponsor (person)
• Joshua MORRIS — cosponsor (person)
• Mark LAWRENCE — cosponsor (person)
• Michael BRENNAN — cosponsor (person)
• Ned CLAXTON — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-03-12 Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
• 2019-03-12 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES. referral-committee
• 2019-03-12 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2019-05-14 Report READ and ACCEPTED.
• 2019-05-14 READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2019-05-14 Committee Amendment "A" (S-90) READ and ADOPTED. passage
• 2019-05-14 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-90). reading-2
• 2019-05-14 Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
• 2019-05-16 CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
• 2019-05-16 Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
• 2019-05-16 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-90).
• 2019-05-16 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2019-05-21 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2019-05-21 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2019-05-23 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. passage
• 2019-05-30 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a33d1c4f-2de5-43a8-bd19-7ea28a917c9b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).