MaineHealth experts weigh in on important policy issues that could impact our ability to meet our mission and vision. Learn more about MaineHealth government relations during the 132nd legislative session.
Session resources
Legislative testimony
- LD 156 An Act to Improve Notifications Related to Substance-exposed Infants – Sarah Calder in opposition
LD 258 Resolve, to Attract and Retain Behavioral Health Clinicians – Sarah Calder in support
LD 765 An Act to Amend the Laws Governing the Controlled Substances Prescription Monitoring Program – Sarah Calder
LD 689 An Act to Support the Northern New England Poison Center – Dr. Mark Neavyn in support
LD 331 Resolve, Directing the Department of Health and Human Services to Ensure Timely Reimbursement Under MaineCare Regarding Hospital Cost Reports – Sarah Calder in support
LD 604 An Act to Ensure Access to Concurrent Methadone Treatment and Intensive Outpatient Programs – Christine Wyman in support
LD 518 Resolve, Increasing Access to Maternal and Child Health Care – Sarah Calder in support
LD 563 Resolve, Directing the Department of Health and Human Services to Apply for a Waiver from the Federal Government for the Medicaid Limitation on Payment to a Facility with More than 16 Inpatient Beds for Psychiatric Treatment – Sarah Calder in support
LD 960 An Act Facilitating the Discharge of Hospitalized Patients to Nursing Facilities – Sarah Calder in support
LD 94 An Act to Eliminate Miscarriage Reporting Requirements – Sarah Calder in support
LD 712 An Act to Clarify the Relationship Between Palliative Care Physicians and Hospital Physicians – Sarah Calder in support as amended
LD 791 An Act Regarding Children with Behavioral Health Needs Awaiting Placement in Residential Care Facilities – Dr. Lee Wolfrum in support
LD 979 Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Chapter 113: Assisted Housing Programs Licensing Rule, a Late-filed Major Substantive Rule of the Department of Health and Human Services – Sarah Calder in opposition
LD 980 Resolve, to Create the Commission to Improve the Oversight of the Long-term Care System – Sarah Calder in support
LD 1001 and LD 1006 – Sarah Calder in opposition
LD 1311 An Act to Expand Maine's Health Care Workforce by Improving Educational Opportunities – Dr. Kneka Smith in support as amended
LD 1239 An Act to Require Data Collection on and Reporting of Psychiatric Hospital Resources and Transparency in Denials of Emergency Involuntary Admissions to Psychiatric Hospitals – Jason Rosenberg in opposition
LD 1316 An Act to Amend the Mandated Reporter Laws Regarding Medical Records, Additional Information and Immunity – Sarah Calder in opposition
LD 1380 Resolve, Establishing the Study Group on Solutions to Address Maine's Behavioral Health Workforce Shortage – Sarah Calder in support
LD 721 Resolve, to Support the Full Implementation of Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics in the State – Kelly Barton in support
- LD 239 An Act to Allow Retail Pharmacies to Operate Remote Dispensing Sites in Rural Areas – Sarah Calder in support
- LD 90 Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Chapter 6: Delegation of Nursing Activities and Tasks to Unlicensed Assistive Personnel by Registered Professional Nurses, a Major Substantive Rule of the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation, State Board of Nursing – Sarah Calder in support
- LD 189 An Act to Increase Availability and Affordability of Mental Health Care and Substance Use Disorder Services by Removing the Certificate of Need Requirement AND LD 743 An Act to Increase the Availability and Affordability of Health Care by Eliminating Certificate of Need Requirements – Britt Crewse in opposition
- LD 558, 902, and 1030 – Paul Chausse in opposition
- LD 1055 An Act to Prohibit Discrimination in Access to Anatomical Donations and Organ Transplants – Dr. Juan Palma-Vargas in opposition
- LD 1084 Resolve, to Alleviate the Behavioral Health Workforce Shortage by Allowing the Training and Granting of Behavioral Health Certifications by Community-based Agencies and Hospitals – Sarah Calder in opposition
- LD 910 An Act to Collect Data to Better Understand the Consumer's Health Insurance Experience – Sarah Calder in support
- LD 1301 and LD 955 – Sarah Calder in support
- LD 1152 An Act to Expand the Right to Shop for Health Care Services – Bill Whitmore in opposition
- LD 209 An Act to Make Supplemental Appropriations and Allocations from the General Fund and Other Funds for the Expenditures of State Government and to Change Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2025 – Katie Fullam Harris in support
- LD 210 An Act Making Unified Appropriations and Allocations from the General Fund and Other Funds for the Expenditures of State Government and Changing Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2025, June 30, 2026 and June 30, 2027
- LD 506 An Act to Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue for Research and Development and Commercialization – Dr. Jessica Chertow and Susan Ahern in support
- LD 105 An Act to Implement the Recommendations of the Commission Regarding Foreign-trained Physicians Living in Maine to Establish a Sponsorship Program for Internationally Trained Physicians – Sarah Calder in support
- LD 377 An Act to Establish a University of Maine Medical School and to Dedicate Funds from Raising the Cigarette Tax to the School – Sarah Calder, Neither For Nor Against
- LD 581 An Act to Fund the Doctors for Maine's Future Scholarship Program – Dr. Dena Whitesell in support
- LD 651 An Act to Fund the Maine Health Care Provider Loan Repayment Program – Sarah Calder in support
- LD 776 An Act to Provide Free School Lunches to Special Purpose Private Schools That Receive Students from the Public School System – Colleen Foley-Ingersoll in support
- LD 410 An Act to Require Parental Consent to Withhold Life-Sustaining Measures for a Minor or to Comply with a Do-Not-Resuscitate Order for a Minor – Dr. Allison Caldwell in opposition
LD 966 An Act Allowing Access by State Agencies and Hospitals to Certain Confidential Probate Court Records If the Access Is in the Public Interest – Sarah Calder in support
LD 983 An Act Regarding Service of Notice of Restricted Person Status to Hospitalized Patients – Jim Bailinson in support
- LD 532 An Act to Protect Health Care Workers by Addressing Assaults in Health Care Settings – Miranda Chadbourne in support
- LD 496 An Act Regarding the Time Frame for Issuing a Silver Alert and to Require Silver Alerts for All Persons Missing from Certain Inpatient Facilities – Lee D’Attilio in opposition
LD 703 An Act to Establish a Health Care Gap Year Program for Recent College Graduates – Sarah Calder in support
LD 898 An Act to Support Rural Workforce Recruitment by Allowing Pay Differentials Based on Work Site Location and Employee Experience and Credentials Under the Maine Equal Pay Law – Katie Fullam Harris in support