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Bill	An Act To Require Insurance Coverage For Hearing Aids For Adults	An Act To Require Insurance Coverage For Hearing Aids For Adults	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	129	LD 38	Maine LD 38 (129)	bill	INSURANCE HEALTH HEARING AIDS COVERED	enacted	James HANDY	3	19	0	2019-01-09	2019-06-20	openstates	ocd-bill/a1cc51b1-21dc-4964-b47c-01847effc94d	http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280070658	47b507c8e2e5d66fa7b7f9e59ffccfbba93e19e6777fce266b97d9c4af38d18d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 38 (129) — An Act To Require Insurance Coverage For Hearing Aids For Adults

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

• James HANDY — primary (person)
• Bettyann SHEATS — cosponsor (person)
• Erin HERBIG — cosponsor (person)
• Everett CARSON — cosponsor (person)
• Gina MELARAGNO — cosponsor (person)
• Heidi BROOKS — cosponsor (person)
• Jessica FAY — cosponsor (person)
• Michael CARPENTER — cosponsor (person)
• Stanley ZEIGLER — cosponsor (person)
• Victoria FOLEY — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-09 Committee on Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services suggested and ordered printed.
• 2019-01-09 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES. referral-committee
• 2019-01-09 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2019-01-09 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES in concurrence referral-committee
• 2019-05-14 CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
• 2019-05-14 Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
• 2019-05-14 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-241).
• 2019-05-14 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2019-05-14 Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
• 2019-05-14 READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2019-05-14 Committee Amendment "A" (H-241) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. passage
• 2019-05-14 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-241), in concurrence. reading-2
• 2019-05-14 Ordered sent down forthwith.
• 2019-05-16 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2019-05-16 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2019-05-21 On motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
• 2019-06-19 On Motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.
• 2019-06-19 Subsequently PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence passage
• 2019-06-20 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a1cc51b1-21dc-4964-b47c-01847effc94d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).