Legislative and Regulatory Advocacy

Testimony

MMA has been following almost three hundred different pieces of legislation this session. Below is MMA testimony or testimony prepared by MMA for legislative sponsors on some of the more significant health care bills presented. The MMA Legislative Committee meets regularly to deliberate on these proposals and to determine what position MMA will advocate on behalf of the physicians of Maine. Any MMA member is welcome to participate in this decision making process. If you would like to be part of this dynamic process, contact Andrew MacLean, Esq. at 622-3374.

Testimony of Kevin S. Flanigan, M.D., Regarding Challenges for Primary Care Physicians in Maine

L.D. 4	An Act To Amend The Prescription Privacy Law Testimony of the American Medical Association (Opposed) Testimony of the Maine Medical Association (Opposed)
L.D. 386	An Act To Provide For Prescription Monitoring And Protection Of Personal Patient Information Testimony of the American Medical Association (Opposed) Testimony of the Maine Medical Association (Opposed)
L.D. 429	An Act To Improve Access To Hiv Testing In Health Care Settings Testimony of the Maine Medical Association (Supported)
L.D. 436	An Act To Postpone The Expiration Of The Required Nonhospital Expenditures Component In The Capital Investment Fund Testimony of the Maine Medical Association (Supported)
L.D. 499	Governor's Budget Testimony of the Maine Medical Association (Supported)
L.D. 500	An Act To Amend The Definition Of Health Care Facility To Include Hospice Facilities Testimony of the Maine Medical Association (Supported)
L.D. 574	An Act To Increase Funding For The State’s Immunization Program Testimony of Representative Elizabeth S. Miller (Presented)
L.D. 770	An Act To Clarify Application Of The Medical Marijuana Law Testimony of the Maine Medical Association (Opposed)
L.D. 808	Resolve, To Establish The Study Group To Examine Strategies For Integrating Nutritional Wellness And Prevention Measures Into Maine’s Health Care System Testimony of the Maine Medical Association (Opposed)
L.D. 838	An Act Protecting The Confidentiality Of Prescription Information Testimony of the American Medical Association (Opposed) Testimony of the Maine Medical Association (Opposed)
L.D. 1218	An Act To Further Limit Retrospective Denials Of Previously Paid Health Insurance Claims Testimony of Senator Lisa T. Marrache, M.D. (Presented)
L.D. 1370	An Act Requiring Public Disclosure Of Health Care Prices Testimony of the Maine Medical Association (Opposed)
L.D. 1418	An Act To Provide Patients With Their Medication Testimony of the Maine Medical Association (Opposed)
L.D. 1446	An Act To Protect Children From Mercury And Thimerosal Toxicity In Immunizing Agents Testimony of the Maine Medical Association Maine Chapter - American Academy of Pediatrics (Opposed)
L.D. 1523	An Act Requiring Heavy Metal-Free Immunizing Agents Testimony of the Maine Medical Association Maine Chapter - American Academy of Pediatrics (Opposed)
L.D. 1890	An Act To Make Health Care Affordable, Accessible and Effective for All Testimony of the Maine Medical Association (Supported) Testimony of Dr. Robert McAfee (Supported) Testimony of Dr. Sandra Featherman (Supported) Testimony of Trish Riley, Director, Governor's Office of Health Policy & Finance (Supported) Testimony of Kristine M. Ossenfort, Maine State Chamber of Commerce (Opposed)
L.D. 2012	An Act To Protect Children In Vehicles From Second-Hand Smoke Testimony of the Maine Medical Association (Supported)
L.D. 2044	An Act To Prohibit Payment To Health Care Facilities For Treatment To Correct Mistakes Or Preventable Adverse Events Testimony of the Maine Medical Association (Neither For Nor Against)
L.D. 2048	An Act to Prohibit Children and the Environment from Toxic Chemicals in Toys and Children's Products Testimony of Lani Graham, MD, MPH (Supported)
L.D. 2126	An Act to Minimize Carbon Dioxide Emissions from New Coal-Powered Industrial and Electrical Generating Facilities in Maine Testimony of the Maine Medical Association (Supported)
L.D. 2170	Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Portions of Chapter 10: Rules for Exemptions to the Ban on Flavored Cigarettes and Cigars, a Major Substantive Rule of the Department of the Attorney General Testimony of the Maine Medical Association (Supported)
L.D. 2173	The Governor's SFY 2008-2009 Supplemental Budget Testimony of the Maine Medical Association (Opposed to Reduced Funding for Hospital-Based Physicians)
L.D. 2242	An Act to Fund the Universal Childhood Immunization Program Testimony of the Maine Medical Association (Supported)