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type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Require Hospitals And Hospital-Affiliated Providers To Provide Financial Assistance Programs For Medical Care"
description: "An Act To Require Hospitals And Hospital-Affiliated Providers To Provide Financial Assistance Programs For Medical Care"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 1937"
citation: "Maine LD 1937 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE", "HEALTH CARE FACILITIES", "HOSPITALS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rachel TALBOT ROSS"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 38
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-05-07"
last_action: "2025-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/323e2aec-f3f9-47ae-8b98-a045829264ba"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280099115"
source_hash: "b86751d9d7e728baa142099158362f7bbc27a74e139455a1fa95702d179cd035"
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 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](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0755&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Amendment H-A to C-A (H-707)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0755&item=5&snum=132)
3. **Amendment S-A to C-A (S-393)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0755&item=4&snum=132)
4. **Chapter 488** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0755&item=3&snum=132)
5. **LD 1937 SP 755** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0755&item=1&snum=132)
## Votes
- ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT — **2114** (pass) · upper
- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **7572** (pass) · lower
- ADOPT HAH-707 TO CAS-346 — **7176** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/323e2aec-f3f9-47ae-8b98-a045829264ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).