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---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Clarify And Affirm Medicaid Eligibility For Incarcerated Individuals"
description: "An Act To Clarify And Affirm Medicaid Eligibility For Incarcerated Individuals"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 761"
citation: "Maine LD 761 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MEDICAID", "MAINECARE", "INCARCERATED PERSONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rachel TALBOT ROSS"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-12"
last_action: "2019-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a903f844-4f7b-443d-866f-af5a96e5bff2"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280071768"
source_hash: "cb532957832f9cfc503377aee77f3499e2a174204df8ec1f40b6956a17b866f5"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-me"]
---
# Maine LD 761 (129) — An Act To Clarify And Affirm Medicaid Eligibility For Incarcerated Individuals
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Adopted Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0566&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0566&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0566&item=3&snum=129)
## Sponsors
- Rachel TALBOT ROSS — primary (person)
- Andrew McLEAN — cosponsor (person)
- Heidi BROOKS — cosponsor (person)
- Holly STOVER — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey EVANGELOS — cosponsor (person)
- Joyce McCREIGHT — cosponsor (person)
- Michael CARPENTER — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle DUNPHY — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen STANLEY — cosponsor (person)
- Susan DESCHAMBAULT — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-02-12** Committee on Health and Human Services suggested and ordered printed.
- **2019-02-12** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-12** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-02-12** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-03** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2019-06-03** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2019-06-03** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-404).
- **2019-06-03** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-04** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2019-06-04** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-06-04** Committee Amendment "A" (H-404) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-06-04** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-404), in concurrence. `reading-2`
- **2019-06-04** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2019-06-05** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-06-05** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-06** On motion by Senator SANBORN, L. 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`
- **2019-06-27** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a903f844-4f7b-443d-866f-af5a96e5bff2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).