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type: "Bill"
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title: "An Act To Amend The Law Prohibiting The Denial By Health Insurers Of Referrals By Out-Of-Network Providers"
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description: "An Act To Amend The Law Prohibiting The Denial By Health Insurers Of Referrals By Out-Of-Network Providers"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
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legislature: "Maine Legislature"
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session: "129"
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identifier: "LD 1197"
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citation: "Maine LD 1197 (129)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["INSURANCE", "HEALTH", "REFERRALS", "OUT-OF-NETWORK"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Robert FOLEY"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2019-03-12"
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last_action: "2019-05-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a33d1c4f-2de5-43a8-bd19-7ea28a917c9b"
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source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280072383"
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source_hash: "27b37a77577f5235e2fe3d9c3bcd4d56a691d7461ade8620e9142e2fade9c1e8"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-me"]
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---
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# Maine LD 1197 (129) — An Act To Amend The Law Prohibiting The Denial By Health Insurers Of Referrals By Out-Of-Network Providers
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Adopted Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0372&item=2&snum=129)
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2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0372&item=1&snum=129)
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3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0372&item=3&snum=129)
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## Sponsors
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- Robert FOLEY — primary (person)
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- James HAMPER — cosponsor (person)
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- Joshua MORRIS — cosponsor (person)
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- Mark LAWRENCE — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael BRENNAN — cosponsor (person)
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- Ned CLAXTON — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **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
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- **2019-03-12** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES. `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-12** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **2019-05-14** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
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- **2019-05-14** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
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- **2019-05-14** Committee Amendment "A" (S-90) READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
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- **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`
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- **2019-05-14** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
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- **2019-05-16** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
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- **2019-05-16** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
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- **2019-05-16** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-90).
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- **2019-05-16** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **2019-05-21** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
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- **2019-05-21** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **2019-05-23** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
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- **2019-05-30** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a33d1c4f-2de5-43a8-bd19-7ea28a917c9b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).
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