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.
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Health and Human Services
HUM - CHILDREN & FAMILIES -
LR 736 LAVERRIERE-BOUC An Act to Increase the Amount of Emergency Assistance Available to Families
HUM - CHILDREN & FAMILIES - CHILD CARE
LR 1190 CATHCART An Act to Provide Equitable Treatment of Graduate Students
LR 1620 DUPREY B An Act to Protect Children
LR 1632 DUPREY B An Act To Change Child-to-staff Ratios in Child Care Facilities and for Home Day Care Providers
LR 1673 SNOWE-MELLO Resolve, Regarding the Regulation of Home Day Care and Summer Camps
HUM - CHILDREN & FAMILIES - FOSTER CARE
LR 712 LAVERRIERE-BOUC An Act to Keep Foster Children Safe and Healthy
LR 1135 LAVERRIERE-BOUC An Act to Elevate the Standards of Foster Parenting in the State
LR 1136 LAVERRIERE-BOUC An Act To Continue To Allow Young Adults To Remain in Foster Care after Turning 18 Years of Age
LR 1327 LAVERRIERE-BOUC Resolve, To Enhance the Services to Children and Families
HUM - CHILDREN & FAMILIES - PROTECTIVE SERVICES (CHILD)
LR 1149 COURTNEY An Act to Change the Child Protective Laws
HUM - CHILDREN & FAMILIES - SOCIAL SERVICES
LR 635 DAIGLE An Act to Improve Family Life Education
LR 711 LAVERRIERE-BOUC An Act to Make the Children's Ombudsman Program an Independent Office
LR 780 CANAVAN An Act to Extend the Duties of the Children's Ombudsman
LR 1125 MCGLOCKLIN An Act To Make Transportation More Affordable for Low-income Families
HUM - DEATH - DEAD BODIES
LR 1480 MAIETTA An Act to Require the State Medical Examiner to Perform Tests when Public Safety or Health Care Personnel are Exposed
HUM - DEATH - ORGAN DONATIONS
LR 263 FAIRCLOTH An Act To Honor the Intent of Organ Donors
HUM - DISABLED PERSONS - DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED PERSONS
LR 640 LERMAN An Act To Enhance the Lives of People with Mental Retardation or Developmental Disabilities
LR 641 LERMAN Resolve, to Expand Housing Options for Children
LR 864 BROMLEY An Act to Amend the Laws Governing the Maine Developmental Disabilities Council
LR 894 LERMAN Resolve, to Establish a Study Committee to Set Goals to the Prevention of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disability and to Mental Health
LR 934 DUDLEY An Act to Stabilize the Mental Retardation Services Workforce
LR 1191 CATHCART Resolve, To Provide Equitable Services to Persons with Congenital Brain Anomalies
LR 1391 MARTIN An Act to Establish a System of Advocacy and Oversight to Benefit Persons with Mental Retardation and Autism
LR 1423 DUDLEY Resolve, Directing the Department of Behavioral and Developmental Services To Establish a Registry for Direct Care Workers Working with Persons with Mental Retardation
HUM - DISABLED PERSONS - PERSONS WITH HEARING IMPAIRMENT
LR 987 EDMONDS Resolve, To Study Needs of Deaf and Hard-of-hearing Children and Adolescents
LR 988 EDMONDS An Act To Study the Development of an Emergency Alert Notification System for Deaf and Hard-of-hearing Individuals
HUM - DISEASES - ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
LR 886 KANE Resolve, to Ensure Appropriate Treatment for People with Dementia
HUM - DISEASES - CANCER
LR 928 MARTIN An Act to Ensure Comprehensive Cancer Control in Maine
LR 1710 MARTIN Resolve, to Improve Access to Breast and Cervical Cancer Treatment
HUM - ELDERLY - LONG-TERM CARE
LR 68 KANE An Act to Extend the Long-term Care Implementation Committee
LR 218 GERZOFSKY Resolve, to Expand Community-based Options for Elderly and Disabled Persons
LR 476 KANE An Act to Correct Adverse Consequences of Regulations Governing the Licensing and Franchising of Assisted Living Programs
LR 996 DAGGETT An Act to Amend the Life Safety Requirement for Residential Care
HUM - FOOD STAMPS -
LR 1530 COLWELL An Act to Reduce Hunger for Maine Families
HUM - GENERAL ASSISTANCE - ADMINISTRATION
LR 284 WATSON Resolve, to Exempt Bona Fide Education Trust Funds from Family Income for Purposes of Determining Benefits from the Department of Human Services
LR 318 STRIMLING An Act To Offset the United States Citizenship Test Fee for Indigent Residents
LR 1124 DUDLEY An Act to Address the Temporary Maximum Levels of Assistance for General Assistance Established in 1991
LR 1283 ROTUNDO An Act Making Technical Corrections to the General Assistance Laws
LR 1545 SMITH W An Act Concerning Recovery of Expenses Under the General Assistance Laws
HUM - GENERAL ASSISTANCE - ELIGIBILITY
LR 627 HOTHAM An Act to Authorize the Imposition of Requirement Prior to Granting Welfare Benefits
HUM - HEALTH CARE FACILITIES - CERTIFICATE OF NEED
LR 1675 TRAHAN An Act to Strengthen the Certificate of Need Law
HUM - HEALTH CARE FACILITIES - CLINICS
LR 720 LAVERRIERE-BOUC An Act To Allow Free Clinics To Purchase Medications and Supplies through State Contracts
LR 1165 TREAT An Act to Promote Prescription Discount Programs at Rural Health Clinics
LR 1689 MARTIN An Act to Create the Safety Net Prevention Fund
HUM - HEALTH CARE FACILITIES - HOSPITALS
LR 591 TURNER An Act To Refine the Criteria for Issuing a Certificate of Need
LR 1243 KANE Resolve, to Study the Impact of "Critical Access Facility" Designation of Maine Hospitals
HUM - HEALTH CARE FACILITIES - NURSING HOMES
LR 353 BENNETT R An Act to Allow Nursing Homes to Use Leftover Medications
LR 1276 ROTUNDO An Act to Increase Allowance Levels for Nursing Home Residents
LR 1303 MARTIN An Act to Improve Medicaid Cost-of-care Procedures Affecting Nursing Facility Residents and to Establish Clearer Duties for Powers of Attorney
LR 1304 MARTIN An Act to Improve the Fairness of the Health Care Provider Tax and to Ensure Fair Implementation of Health Care Reimbursement Reforms
HUM - HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL -
LR 473 PENDLETON An Act To Reduce the Health Risks Associated with Latex Gloves
LR 1284 BUNKER Resolve, Regarding the Criminal Records of Certified Nursing Assistants
HUM - HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL - EDUCATIONAL PLANNING
LR 472 PENDLETON An Act to Ensure Appropriate Education for Health Care Workers
LR 783 MARTIN An Act To Appropriate Funds for a Study To Determine the Feasibility of a Medical School in Maine
HUM - HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL - NURSES
LR 469 PENDLETON An Act To Provide Safe Staffing Levels for Patients and To Retain Registered Nurses
LR 580 PERRY A An Act to Establish the Health Care Workforce Center
HUM - HEALTH CARE SERVICES - CHILDREN
LR 871 MCNEIL An Act to Allow a Parent to Choose Not to Vaccinate a Child Against Chicken Pox
HUM - HEALTH CARE SERVICES - DELIVERY
LR 274 WOODBURY An Act Requiring Public Disclosure of Prices Charged by Health Care Providers
LR 1170 TREAT An Act to Increase Access to Prescription Drugs for Low-income Elderly and Disabled People
LR 1315 TREAT An Act to Protect Consumers and 3rd-party Payors from Unfair Prescription Drug Pricing Schemes
HUM - HEALTH CARE SERVICES - HOME HEALTH CARE
LR 92 KANE Resolve, Directing the Department of Human Services to Adopt Rules to Reduce Regulatory Burdens on Home Health Agencies
HUM - HEALTH CARE SERVICES - LONG TERM CARE
LR 1079 DUDLEY Resolve, to Establish a Committee to Examine the Cost- effectiveness of the State Long-term Care Assessment System
LR 1109 DAGGETT An Act to Promote Recruitment and Retention of Direct Care Workers in Long-term Care in Maine
LR 1306 MARTIN An Act to Implement Regulatory Reforms, to Address Staffing Issues in Long-term Care Facilities and for Other Purposes
LR 1541 MAYO Resolve, To Preserve the Role of Assisted Living
LR 1603 DUDLEY An Act to Require Notice of Deficient Care Provided in Long-term Care Facilities
HUM - HEALTH CARE SERVICES - MEDICAL LABORATORIES
LR 1483 MAIETTA An Act To Provide Testing for a Public Safety or Health Care Employee Exposed to Body Fluids in the Course of Employment
HUM - HEALTH CARE SERVICES - MEDICAL RECORDS
LR 1431 MILLS J An Act to Ensure Patient Access to Medical Records
HUM - HEALTH CARE SERVICES - PHARMACIES
LR 38 MAYO An Act Requiring Disclosure of Prescription Drug Advertising and Promotional Expenses
LR 71 KANE An Act to Establish Prescription Drug Price Controls
LR 72 KANE An Act To Require Full Disclosure of Prescription Drug Marketing Costs
LR 81 LEMOINE An Act to Require Disclosure of Retail Prescription Drug Prices
LR 1567 DAGGETT An Act to Encourage the Use of Generic Drugs
HUM - HEALTH CARE SERVICES - PLANNING
LR 333 SNOWE-MELLO An Act Regarding the Billing for Medical Supplies by a Health Care Provider
LR 505 COLWELL An Act for Common Sense Health Care Regulations
HUM - HEALTH DATA ORGANIZATION - PROCEDURES
LR 592 TURNER An Act to Strengthen the Maine Health Data Organization, Maine Health Information Center and Reorganize the Healthcare Planning Process
LR 749 MARRACHE An Act Relating to the Reporting of Information to the Maine Health Data Organization
LR 970 MAYO An Act To Amend the Maine Health Data Organization Laws
LR 1076 LAVERRIERE-BOUC An Act To Ensure the Inclusion of Mental Health in the Activities of the Maine Health Data Organization
LR 1452 NUTTING An Act To Regulate Assessments of the Maine Health Data Organization
HUM - HUMAN SERVICES DEPT - PROCEDURES
LR 1267 MCNEIL An Act to Amend the Laws Governing Minimum Lot Size
LR 1441 DAGGETT An Act to Provide Fair Hearing Procedures in the Department of Human Services
LR 1534 SMITH W An Act To Encourage Lawful Investigations
HUM - MEDICAID -
LR 50 TRAHAN An Act to Establish a Statewide Primary and Preventive Health Care Program
LR 51 TRAHAN Resolve, to Study and Rebuild the MaineCare Program
LR 748 MARRACHE Resolve, To Require Electronic Transmission of Prior Authorization Requests in the MaineCare Program
LR 754 MARRACHE Resolve, Regarding Coverage of Durable Medical Equipment in the MaineCare Program
LR 1211 DOUGLASS Resolve, to Allow Persons with Disabilities to Purchase Coverage Under the Medicaid Program
HUM - MEDICAID - PREADMISSION ASSESSMENT
LR 718 LAVERRIERE-BOUC Resolve, to Change MaineCare Prior Authorization Procedures for Certain Women's Health Care Procedures
HUM - MEDICAID - REIMBURSEMENT
LR 190 PATRICK An Act to Ensure Parity Among Mental Health Professionals Under Medicaid
LR 716 LAVERRIERE-BOUC Resolve, to Expand the Choices of People Seeking Mental Health Therapy Under the MaineCare Program
LR 717 LAVERRIERE-BOUC An Act to Adjust MaineCare Reimbursement Rates
LR 779 CANAVAN An Act To Ensure Fairness in Maine's Prescription Drug Laws
LR 895 LERMAN Resolve, to Establish a Study Committee to Review How State Policy Regarding Medicaid Reimbursement Affects the Number of Citizens Making Less than a Livable Wage
LR 1590 DOUGLASS Resolve, Affecting the MaineCare Reimbursement Formula
LR 1737 TURNER An Act to Increase Public Access to the Prior Authorization Process
LR 1744 MARTIN An Act To Provide Medicaid Funding of Outstationed Eligibility Work
HUM - MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES - CHILDREN
LR 1758 WESTON An Act Regarding the Use of Psychotropic Medications by Children
HUM - MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES - MENTAL HEALTH INSTITUTIONS
LR 1672 DAGGETT Resolve, to Maintain Flexibility and Safety in Caring for People with Severe and Persistent Mental Illness
HUM - MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES - PLANNING
LR 35 CANAVAN An Act to Evaluate Mental Health Service System Changes Over the Past Five Years
LR 1078 MAILHOT Resolve, to Establish Equitable Rates for Home-based Behavioral Health Services
HUM - MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES - PRIVATE AGENCIES
LR 360 BENNETT R An Act to Require that Patients in Private Mental Hospitals Be Afforded the Same Rights As Patients in State Mental Institutions
HUM - PUBLIC HEALTH -
LR 477 KANE An Act to Promote Public Awareness of Parkinson's Disease
LR 602 FAIRCLOTH Resolve, To Study Child Obesity and Methods To Decrease the Cost of Health Care and Increase the Public Health
LR 1556 COWGER Resolve, Establishing a Commission to Improve Maine's Public Health and Health Care Systems
HUM - PUBLIC SAFETY - SAFE DRINKING WATER
LR 323 MOORE G An Act Regarding the Presence of Arsenic in Drinking Water
LR 1305 MARTIN An Act to Allow Members of the Maine Public Drinking Water Commission to Serve More than 2 Consecutive Terms
HUM - RESIDENTIAL CARE - RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITIES
LR 451 BULL An Act to Require Automatic Doors at Facilities for the Elderly
HUM - SMOKING - MINORS
LR 334 SNOWE-MELLO An Act to Prohibit the Use of Juveniles in the Enforcement of the Laws Governing the Sale of Tobacco
LR 655 HEIDRICH An Act To Discourage Tobacco Sales to Minors
LR 1230 CUMMINGS An Act to Regulate Delivery Sales of Cigarettes and Prevent the Sale of Cigarettes to Minors
LR 1678 HALL An Act to Increase the legal Age for the Purchase of Tobacco Products
HUM - SMOKING - PUBLIC FACILITIES
LR 822 TURNER An Act to Protect Workers from Secondhand Smoke and to Promote Worker Safety
LR 1058 COWGER An Act to Ban Smoking in Beano and Bingo Halls
HUM - SMOKING - TOBACCO PRODUCTS
LR 515 CLOUGH An Act to Provide a Method of Compensation for Personal Injuries Caused by Sidestream Tobacco Smoke
LR 669 BULL An Act to Require Fire-safe Cigarettes in the State
HUM - SUBSTANCE ABUSE - DRUG ABUSE
LR 1033 BRENNAN Joint Study Order to Create the Maine Drug Overdose Task Force
HUM - SUBSTANCE ABUSE - TREATMENT
LR 1278 ROTUNDO An Act to Get Youth the Substance Abuse Treatment they Need
HUM - TEMPORARY ASSIST TO NEEDY FAMILIES - PROVISIONS
LR 1123 LAVERRIERE-BOUC An Act to Provide Peer Support and Advocacy Services to Participants in the ASPIRE and Parents as Scholars Programs
LR 1169 TREAT An Act To Restore Assistance to Low-income Families with Children with High Housing Costs

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