republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/132/ld-1937.md

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Bill	An Act To Require Hospitals And Hospital-Affiliated Providers To Provide Financial Assistance Programs For Medical Care	An Act To Require Hospitals And Hospital-Affiliated Providers To Provide Financial Assistance Programs For Medical Care	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	132	LD 1937	Maine LD 1937 (132)	bill	FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE HEALTH CARE FACILITIES HOSPITALS	enacted	Rachel TALBOT ROSS	5	38	3	2025-05-07	2025-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/323e2aec-f3f9-47ae-8b98-a045829264ba	https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280099115	b86751d9d7e728baa142099158362f7bbc27a74e139455a1fa95702d179cd035	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 1937 (132) — An Act To Require Hospitals And Hospital-Affiliated Providers To Provide Financial Assistance Programs For Medical Care

Version chain

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

1. Amendment C-A (S-346) (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment H-A to C-A (H-707) (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment S-A to C-A (S-393) (committee substitute) — source
4. Chapter 488 (committee substitute) — source
5. LD 1937 SP 755 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT — 21–14 (pass) · upper
• ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — 75–72 (pass) · lower
• ADOPT HAH-707 TO CAS-346 — 71–76 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

• Rachel TALBOT ROSS — primary (person)
• Daniel SHAGOURY — cosponsor (person)
• Donna BAILEY — cosponsor (person)
• Drew GATTINE — cosponsor (person)
• Henry INGWERSEN — cosponsor (person)
• Holly STOVER — cosponsor (person)
• Joseph BALDACCI — cosponsor (person)
• Margaret ROTUNDO — cosponsor (person)
• Michele MEYER — cosponsor (person)
• Ryan FECTEAU — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-05-07 Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES suggested and ordered printed
• 2025-05-07 On motion by Senator BAILEY of York REFERENCE to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
• 2025-05-07 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. referral-committee
• 2025-05-07 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2025-06-12 On motion by Senator INGWERSEN of York Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending ACCEPTANCE OF EITHER REPORT
• 2025-06-12 Taken from the table by the President
• 2025-06-12 On motion by Senator PIERCE of Cumberland The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-346) Report ACCEPTED PREVAILED
• 2025-06-12 Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 487 Yeas 21 - Nays 14 - Excused 0 - Absent 0
• 2025-06-12 READ ONCE reading-1
• 2025-06-12 Committee Amendment "A" (S-346) READ and ADOPTED committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-06-12 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-346) reading-2, reading-3
• 2025-06-12 Sent down for concurrence.
• 2025-06-13 Reports READ.
• 2025-06-13 On motion of Representative MEYER of Eliot, TABLED pending ACCEPTANCE of Either Report.
• 2025-06-13 Later today assigned.
• 2025-06-17 Speaker laid before the House
• 2025-06-17 Subsequently, on motion of Representative MEYER of Eliot, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
• 2025-06-17 ROLL CALL NO. 543
• 2025-06-17 (Yeas 75 - Nays 72 - Absent 2 - Excused 2)
• 2025-06-17 The Bill was READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2025-06-17 Committee Amendment "A" (S-346) was READ.
• 2025-06-17 On motion of Representative JAVNER of Chester, House Amendment "A" (H-707) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-346) was READ.
• 2025-06-17 Subsequently, House Amendment "A" (H-707) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-346) FAILED ADOPTION. amendment-failure
• 2025-06-17 ROLL CALL NO. 544
• 2025-06-17 (Yeas 71 - Nays 76 - Absent 2 - Excused 2)
• 2025-06-17 Subsequently, Committee Amendment "A" (S-346) was ADOPTED. committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-06-17 Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
• 2025-06-17 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-346). reading-3
• 2025-06-17 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2025-06-17 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2025-06-17 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2025-06-17 On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending ENACTMENT in concurrence
• 2025-06-25 On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin taken from the Special Appropriations Table
• 2025-06-25 PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence. passage
• 2025-07-01 Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2025-05-21T04:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held
• 2025-05-21T04:00:00+00:00 Voted - Divided Report
• 2025-06-11T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/323e2aec-f3f9-47ae-8b98-a045829264ba. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).