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---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Facilitate Access To The Mainecare Family Planning Benefit"
description: "An Act To Facilitate Access To The Mainecare Family Planning Benefit"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 78"
citation: "Maine LD 78 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MEDICAID", "MAINECARE", "FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joyce McCREIGHT"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-15"
last_action: "2019-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c7621cd9-085c-4c8d-9ecc-46e963eca013"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280070765"
source_hash: "2f8751c4af53fec37e671418b0ea42edbcb54bb595ee2c1b465045acd1fc5f2e"
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 78 (129) — An Act To Facilitate Access To The Mainecare Family Planning Benefit
## 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=HP0064&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0064&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0064&item=3&snum=129)
## Sponsors
- Joyce McCREIGHT — primary (person)
- Denise TEPLER — cosponsor (person)
- James HANDY — cosponsor (person)
- John SCHNECK — cosponsor (person)
- Patricia HYMANSON — cosponsor (person)
- Robert FOLEY — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan TIPPING — cosponsor (person)
- Seth BERRY — cosponsor (person)
- Victoria KORNFIELD — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-01-15** Committee on Health and Human Services suggested and ordered printed.
- **2019-01-15** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-15** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-01-15** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-25** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2019-04-25** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2019-04-25** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-132).
- **2019-04-25** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-04-30** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2019-04-30** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-30** Committee Amendment "A" (H-132) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-04-30** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-132), in concurrence. `reading-2`
- **2019-04-30** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2019-05-02** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-05-02** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-07** On motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
- **2019-06-18** On Motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.
- **2019-06-18** Subsequently PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-06-20** 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/c7621cd9-085c-4c8d-9ecc-46e963eca013`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).