121st MAINE LEGISLATURE - FIRST REGULAR SESSION
LEGISLATIVE REQUESTS SORTED BY SUBJECT - UPDATED 1/15/2003

Prepared by the Office of the Revisor Of Statutes
The information in this document is current through January 15, 2003. Changes in sponsorship or title may occur.
Agriculture, Conservation and ForestryAppropriations and Financial AffairsBanking and Insurance
Business and Economic DevelopmentCriminal JusticeEducation and Cultural Affairs
Health and Human ServicesInland Fisheries and WildlifeJudiciary
LaborLegal and Veterans AffairsMarine Resources
Natural ResourcesState and Local GovernmentTaxation
TransportationUtilities and Energy

Banking and Insurance
BAN - FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS -
LR 926 MAYO An Act To Provide Parity in Lending by State-chartered Financial Institutions
LR 1114 O'NEIL An Act to Provide Parity in Lending by State-chartered Lenders
BAN - FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS - CREDIT UNIONS
LR 944 DUPLESSIE An Act to Require the Superintendent of Financial Institutions to Adopt Rules Regarding a Conversion of a Field of Membership by a Credit Union
BAN - FINANCIAL PRACTICES -
LR 1390 CROSTHWAITE An Act to Limit the Fiduciary Powers of a Maine Mortuary Trustee
BAN - FINANCIAL PRACTICES - ANNUITIES SALES
LR 1256 LAFOUNTAIN An Act to Amend the Law Relating to Annuities
BAN - FINANCIAL PRACTICES - CHECKS
LR 803 PEAVEY-HASKELL An Act to Amend the Laws Governing Penalties for Writing Bad Checks
BAN - FINANCIAL PRACTICES - CONSUMER CREDIT
LR 214 DUDLEY An Act to Amend the Laws Governing Privacy of Consumer Financial Information
LR 725 LAVERRIERE-BOUC An Act to Establish New Standards for Credit Reporting
LR 1061 RICHARDSON J An Act to Prohibit Arbitrary Interest Rate Hikes
BAN - FINANCIAL PRACTICES - CONSUMER CREDIT CODE
LR 1242 O'NEIL An Act Clarifying the Maine Consumer Credit Code
BAN - FINANCIAL PRACTICES - CREDIT BUREAUS
LR 1214 DOUGLASS An Act to Protect Citizen Privacy
BAN - FINANCIAL PRACTICES - CREDIT CARDS
LR 314 SAMPSON An Act to Place a Cap on Credit Card Percentage Rates
LR 342 TWOMEY An Act To Limit the Interest Rate on Consumer Credit Transactions
LR 500 DUPLESSIE An Act to Require Clearer Disclaimers on Credit Card Advertising
BAN - FINANCIAL PRACTICES - DEBT COLLECTION
LR 1144 STRIMLING An Act to Require a 30-Day Deferment Period to Pay Bills
BAN - FINANCIAL PRACTICES - DISCLOSURE
LR 1212 DOUGLASS An Act To Protect Privacy in Financial Services
BAN - FINANCIAL PRACTICES - INSURANCE SALES
LR 918 GOODWIN An Act to Require Insurance Companies to Return 10% of Net Profits to Towns or Cities for Protection Services Provided by Fire Departments
BAN - FINANCIAL PRACTICES - MORTGAGES
LR 103 CLARK An Act Concerning Legal Counsel for Real Estate Closings in Maine
LR 1736 O'NEIL An Act To Enhance Consumer Protections in Relation to Certain Mortgages
BAN - INSURANCE - HEALTH
LR 578 An Act to Extend the Authority of the Health Care System and Health Security Board
LR 22 DUDLEY An Act to Ensure Equality in Mental Health Coverage
LR 48 MAYO An Act to Promote Fairness and Opportunity for Working Amputees
LR 186 O'NEIL An Act Concerning Universal Health Insurance
LR 253 EDER An Act to Establish a State Single-payer Health Insurance Plan
LR 273 WOODBURY An Act to Create Lower-cost Health Insurance Options
LR 419 LEMOINE An Act to Require that Pharmacy Benefit Plan Bids be Solicited from Nonprofit Pharmacy Benefit Managers
LR 435 LAFOUNTAIN An Act to Allow Certain Discounts on Health Insurance
LR 436 LAFOUNTAIN An Act to Create the Comprehensive Health Insurance Risk Pool Association
LR 437 LAFOUNTAIN Resolve, to Study the Feasibility and Effectiveness of Providing Consumers with Consumer Reports on Health Care Services
LR 578 An Act to Extend the Authority of the Health Care System and Health Security Board
LR 590 TURNER An Act to Implement a Process That Provides for Sunsetting Health Insurance Mandates
LR 750 MARRACHE An Act To Improve the Process of Credentialing Health Care Providers
LR 751 MARRACHE An Act To Assist Maine's Infertile Citizens
LR 764 GLYNN An Act to Require that Mental Health Workers with LCPC Licenses are Recognized as Licensed Professionals for Purposes of Insurance Reimbursement
LR 765 GLYNN Resolve, Directing the Bureau of Insurance to Determine the Cost of All Existing Health Insurance Mandates
LR 781 CANAVAN An Act to Prohibit Absolute Discretion Clauses in Health Carrier and Excess Loss Carrier Contracts
LR 968 KNEELAND An Act To Restrict the Cancellation of Health Insurance Coverage During an Enrollee's Period of Incarceration
LR 969 LAFOUNTAIN An Act To Amend the Patient's Bill of Rights Laws
LR 971 LAFOUNTAIN An Act To Eliminate the Bureau of Insurance Travel Restrictions for Obtaining Health Care
LR 989 EDMONDS An Act to Require All Health Insurers to Cover the Costs of Hearing Aids
LR 1069 VAUGHAN Joint Study Order to Examine the Issue of Health Insurance Mandates
LR 1094 JOY An Act to Provide Health Coverage for Smokers Who Suffer from Smoking-related Illnesses
LR 1095 JOY An Act to Provide Health Care Insurance Affordable to All of the State's Citizens
LR 1116 CANAVAN An Act to Eliminate the Mandatory Arbitration Requirement in Health Insurance Policies
LR 1244 KANE An Act To Provide Maine Consumers Information about the Cost and Quality of Health Care Services in Maine
LR 1279 ROTUNDO An Act to Prevent Health Insurance Fraud
LR 1291 DUDLEY An Act to Require Insurance Policies to Provide Coverage for Rehabilitation Services
LR 1299 O'NEIL An Act to Encourage Agricultural Cooperative Association to Provide Group Health Plans
LR 1300 O'NEIL An Act to Prevent Discrimination Against Group Health Plans Sponsored by Agricultural Cooperatives
LR 1301 O'NEIL An Act Relating to Options for Health Insurance Coverage
LR 1334 BOWEN An Act Authorizing the Creation of Individual Medical Savings Accounts
LR 1341 TREAT An Act to Provide Fair Hearings in Health Insurance Rate Proceedings
LR 1350 O'BRIEN J An Act to Require Insurance Companies to Pay up to $200 for Wigs for Individuals who have Lost Hair Due to Cancer Treatments
LR 1453 NUTTING An Act to Standardize Prescription Drug Benefit Cards
LR 1518 CRESSEY An Act to Establish and Permit Medical Savings Accounts
LR 1538 COLWELL An Act to Extend Public Record Requirements to Nongroup Health Insurance Rate Filings to all Health Insurance Rate Filings
LR 1542 O'NEIL An Act to Improve the Affordability of Individual and Small Group Health Insurance
LR 1565 O'NEIL An Act to Reduce Administrative Expenses in Health Insurance
LR 1570 LERMAN An Act to Provide Better Access to Information Related to Health Care Reimbursement Rates
LR 1576 MAYO An Act Concerning Health Insurance Reimbursement and Contracting Practices
LR 1577 RICHARDSON J An Act to Ensure Women's Health Care Coverage for All Women in this State
LR 1581 SHIELDS An Act to Clarify the Assignment of Provider Identification Numbers to Nurse Practitioners
LR 1598 STANLEY An Act to Protect Employees If their Employer Closes or Files for Bankruptcy
LR 1604 DUDLEY An Act to Provide Continued Access to Health Insurance for Small Business Employees
LR 1628 DUDLEY An Act to Require that Insurance Companies Provide Coverage for Medically Necessary Rehabilitation Services
LR 1709 MARTIN An Act to Extend Eligibility to the Employees of Federally Qualified Health Centers and the Maine Primary Care Association to Participate in the State's Group Health Plan
LR 1763 MILLS J An Act to Promote Clarity and Uniformity in Health Insurance Contracts
BAN - INSURANCE - LIFE
LR 193 JACKSON An Act To Allow a Former Spouse or Domestic Partner To Cancel a Life Insurance Policy in That Peron's Name
LR 753 MAYO An Act Regarding Mortuary Trusts
BAN - INSURANCE - MALPRACTICE
LR 1579 O'NEIL An Act to Amend the Maine Insurance Guaranty Association Act
BAN - INSURANCE - MEDICARE SUPPLEMENT
LR 1608 DAMON An Act to Amend the 2-year Qualified Medicare Beneficiary Eligibility Standard Relative to Medicare Supplement Insurance Access
LR 1609 DAMON An Act to Create Equality in Medicare Supplemental Insurance Policies
BAN - INSURANCE - MOTOR VEHICLE
LR 101 O'NEIL An Act to Amend the Law Pertaining to Notice of Nonrenewal of an Automobile Insurance Policy
LR 101 O'NEIL An Act to Amend the Law Pertaining to Notice of Nonrenewal of an Automobile Insurance Policy
LR 301 GERZOFSKY An Act to Amend the Method of Establishing Evidence of Insurance
LR 747 LERMAN An Act to Make Workers' Compensation Subordinate to Auto Insurance Payments
LR 799 LEDWIN An Act to Require Insurers to Offer a Discount for Operators of Vehicles with Safety Measures
BAN - INSURANCE - PROPERTY
LR 744 BUNKER An Act to Ensure that Property or Casualty Insurance Companies Can Not Deny Policy Owners Who have Foster Children in Their Care
LR 1056 COWGER An Act to Allow an Appeal for Cancellation of Commercial Insurance
LR 1660 TWOMEY An Act To Require that Property Insurers Treat Coverage of Multifamily Units and Single-family Units Equally
BAN - INSURANCE BUREAU - LICENSING
LR 1594 BROMLEY An Act Relating to Life Care Communities Licensed by the Superintendent of Insurance
BAN - INSURANCE BUREAU - OVERSIGHT POWERS
LR 1734 O'NEIL An Act to Promote Alternatives in Group Self-insurance
BAN - INSURANCE PRACTICES -
LR 42 CANAVAN An Act To Ensure Fairness Regarding Use of Consumer Credit Reports in Insurance Underwriting
LR 1263 BLISS An Act to Expand the Mission of the Public Advocate
LR 1313 TREAT Resolve, Directing the Joint Standing Committee on Banking and Insurance to Investigate Benefits, Rates, Marketing Practices and Availability of Certain Insurance Products
BAN - INSURANCE PRACTICES - CLAIMS PROCESSING
LR 438 O'NEIL An Act to Extend the Time to Pay a Premium to the Insured
LR 438 O'NEIL An Act to Extend the Time to Pay a Premium to the Insured
LR 1066 SUSLOVIC An Act to Conduct an Audit to Determine the Number of Insurers Failing to Pay Interest on Awards
LR 1067 SUSLOVIC An Act to Employ a Presiding Officer to Hear Fraud Cases
LR 1117 CANAVAN An Act to Restrict the Ability of Insurance Companies to Cancel Policies or Raise Premiums for Claims Filed for Loss Due to an Act of God
LR 1607 DAMON An Act to Create a Timetable for Life and Health Insurers to Make Restitution to Consumers
LR 1732 LAFOUNTAIN An Act to Amend the Maine Insurance Code
BAN - INSURANCE PRACTICES - COVERAGE
LR 564 GOODWIN An Act to Allow Homeowners or an Insured Entity to Set the Amount of Insurance Coverage on Property
BAN - WORKERS' COMPENSATION -
LR 182 HATCH PH An Act to Prohibit the Use of the Workers Compensation Fund for Political Action Committees
LR 1756 HATCH PR An Act to Protect the Solvency of the Workers' Compensation Fund and Workers' Compensation Trust Funds
BAN - WORKERS' COMPENSATION - RATES
LR 530 HUTTON An Act to Help Businesses with Clean Workers' Compensation Claims Histories

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