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.
| L.D. 4 | An Act To Amend The Prescription Privacy Law |
| L.D. 386 | An Act To Provide For Prescription Monitoring And Protection Of Personal Patient Information |
| L.D. 429 |
An Act To Improve Access To Hiv Testing In Health Care Settings
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| L.D. 436 |
An Act To Postpone The Expiration Of The Required Nonhospital Expenditures Component In The Capital Investment Fund
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| L.D. 499 |
Governor's Budget
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| L.D. 500 |
An Act To Amend The Definition Of Health Care Facility To Include Hospice Facilities
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| L.D. 574 |
An Act To Increase Funding For The State’s Immunization Program
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| L.D. 770 |
An Act To Clarify Application Of The Medical Marijuana Law |
| 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 |
| L.D. 838 | An Act Protecting The Confidentiality Of Prescription Information |
| L.D. 1218 | An Act To Further Limit Retrospective Denials Of Previously Paid Health Insurance Claims
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| L.D. 1370 | An Act Requiring Public Disclosure Of Health Care Prices |
| L.D. 1418 |
An Act To Provide Patients With Their Medication |
L.D. 1446 |
An Act To Protect Children From Mercury And Thimerosal Toxicity In Immunizing Agents |
L.D. 1523 |
An Act Requiring Heavy Metal-Free Immunizing Agents |
L.D. 1890 | An Act To Make Health Care Affordable, Accessible and Effective for All
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L.D. 2012 |
An Act To Protect Children In Vehicles From Second-Hand Smoke
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L.D. 2044 |
An Act To Prohibit Payment To Health Care Facilities For Treatment To Correct Mistakes Or Preventable Adverse Events
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L.D. 2048 |
An Act to Prohibit Children and the Environment from Toxic Chemicals in Toys and Children's Products
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L.D. 2126 |
An Act to Minimize Carbon Dioxide Emissions from New Coal-Powered Industrial and Electrical Generating Facilities in Maine
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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
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L.D. 2173 |
The Governor's SFY 2008-2009 Supplemental Budget
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L.D. 2242 |
An Act to Fund the Universal Childhood Immunization Program
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