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type: "Bill"
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title: "An Act To Establish Patient Protections In Billing For Health Care"
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description: "An Act To Establish Patient Protections In Billing For Health Care"
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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 2111"
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citation: "Maine LD 2111 (129)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["HEALTH CARE SERVICES", "BILLING", "PATIENT PROTECTIONS"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ned CLAXTON"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 25
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2020-02-18"
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last_action: "2020-03-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bcf5a99f-d234-41f6-8042-f4f74322989e"
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source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280076629"
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source_hash: "04cd2474f5627ec6f1737c0e0f92b7ec128d88e21ed0bcbf1fcd08998639b862"
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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 2111 (129) — An Act To Establish Patient Protections In Billing For Health Care
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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=SP0756&item=2&snum=129)
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2. **Chaptered Law** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0756&item=6&snum=129)
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3. **Divided Reports** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0756&item=4&snum=129)
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4. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0756&item=1&snum=129)
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5. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0756&item=5&snum=129)
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## Sponsors
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- Ned CLAXTON — primary (person)
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- Denise TEPLER — cosponsor (person)
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- Eloise VITELLI — cosponsor (person)
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- Erin HERBIG — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael CARPENTER — cosponsor (person)
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- Nathan LIBBY — cosponsor (person)
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- Sara GIDEON — cosponsor (person)
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- Shenna BELLOWS — cosponsor (person)
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- Troy JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-02-18** 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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- **2020-02-18** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES. `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-18** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **2020-03-17** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
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- **2020-03-17** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
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- **2020-03-17** Committee Amendment "A" (S-442) READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
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- **2020-03-17** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-442). `reading-2`
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- **2020-03-17** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
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- **2020-03-17** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
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- **2020-03-17** On OBJECTION of Representative MOONEN of Portland REMOVED.
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- **2020-03-17** The Committee Report was READ and ACCEPTED.
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- **2020-03-17** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
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- **2020-03-17** Committee Amendment "A" (S-442) was READ.
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- **2020-03-17** On motion of Representative MOONEN of Portland, House Amendment "A" (H-781) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-442) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
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- **2020-03-17** Committee Amendment "A" (S-442) as Amended by House Amendment "A" (H-781) thereto was ADOPTED.
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- **2020-03-17** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
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- **2020-03-17** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-442) as Amended by House Amendment "A" (H-781) thereto.
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- **2020-03-17** In NON-CONCURRENCE and sent for concurrence.
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- **2020-03-17** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **2020-03-17** On motion by Senator LIBBY of Androscoggin The Senate RECEDED and CONCURRED With PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-442) AS AMENDED BY House Amendment "A" (H-781) in concurrence
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- **2020-03-17** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
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- **2020-03-17** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
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- **2020-03-17** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **2020-03-17** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
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- **2020-03-18** 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/bcf5a99f-d234-41f6-8042-f4f74322989e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).
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