MMA-MOA Legislative Update 01/16/25 6:00-7:00pm Agenda HERE

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Agenda for Thursday, January 16th 

1. Opening (5 minutes) 
   1. Joint Legislative Committee Ground Rules 
   2. How do I …use AdvoKit? 
2. What Has Happened 
   1. Testimony Provided 
   2. Monitored   
      1. Committee Briefings 
   3. Other
      1. Coalition Overview 
3. What Is on the Horizon
   1. New Bill Overview (1-210)
      1. LD 1 – An Act To Increase Storm Preparedness For Maine’s Communities, Homes And Infrastructure
      2. LD 5 – An Act To Clarify The Law Regarding Prior Authorization For Air Ambulance
      3. LD 12– An Act To Amend The Freedom Of Access Act To Apply To Legislative Caucuses
      4. LD 18 – An Act To Allow The Department Of Corrections To Increase Health Care Fees And Use The Proceeds From Those Fees To Offset The Costs Of Client Medical Care Support Workers
      5. LD 35 – An Act To Strengthen Local Emergency Medical Services By Increasing The Mainecare Reimbursement Rate For Ambulance Services
      6. LD 42 – An Act Regarding the Bind-over and Detention of Juveniles
      7. LD 49 – An Act To Ensure Quality In Personal Care Agencies
      8. LD 59 – An Act To Ban The Drug Tianeptine
      9. LD 63 – An Act To Support Implementation Of Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic Projects
      10. LD 67 – An Act To Establish Minimum Standards For Certain Urgent Care Facilities
      11. LD 70 – An Act To Fund Free Health Clinics
      12. LD 82 — An Act To Amend The Workers’ Compensation Laws By Extending Indefinitely The Presumption Applying To Law Enforcement Officers, Corrections Officers, E-9-1-1 Dispatchers, Firefighters And Emergency Medical Services Persons Diagnosed With Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
      13. LD 84 – An Act To Improve The Coordination Of Health Care For Minors In State Care
      14. 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
      15. LD 93 – An Act To Reduce Cost And Increase Access To Disease Prevention By Expanding The Universal Childhood Immunization Program To Include Adults
      16. LD 94 – An Act To Eliminate Miscarriage Reporting Requirements
      17. LD 104 – An Act To Protect The Health Of Medical Cannabis Patients And Streamline The Mandatory Testing Of Cannabis
      18. 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 Physician
      19. LD 107 – An Act To Require Health Insurance Coverage For Biomarker Testing
      20. LD 108 – An Act To Authorize The Release Of Military Records To The Office Of Chief Medical Examiner For The Purposes Of Suicide Reporting And Prevention
      21. LD 113 – An Act To Require Food Labels To Disclose Use Of Messenger Ribonucleic Acid Vaccine Material In Food Production
      22. LD 117 – An Act To Provide Funding For Sexual Assault Services
      23. LD 123 – An Act Regarding Licensure Of Emergency Medical Services Persons
      24. LD 143 – An Act To Improve Women’s Health And Economic Security By Funding Family Planning Services
      25. LD 145 – An Act Pertaining To Sales And Use Tax Exemptions For Durable Medical Equipment, Breast Pumps And Mobility-enhancing Equipment
      26. LD 156 – An Act To Improve Notifications Related To Substance-exposed Infants
      27. LD 163 – An Act To Require Health Insurance Coverage For Federally Approved Nonprescription Oral Hormonal Contraceptives And Nonprescription Emergency Contraceptives
      28. LD 165 – An Act To Allow School Boards To Expel Or Suspend Students Regardless Of Grade Level
      29. LD 166 – An Act To Prohibit The Sale Of Tobacco Products In Pharmacies And Retail Establishments Containing Pharmacies
      30. LD 167 – An Act To Provide 2 Hearing Aids To Mainecare Members With Diagnosed Hearing Loss
      31. LD 174 – An Act To Restore Religious Exemptions To Immunization Requirement
      32. LD 176 – An Act To Establish A Regional Ambulance Service In Southern Penobscot County
      33. LD 177 – An Act To Create Municipal Cannabis Revenue Sharing
      34. LD 178 – An Act Regarding Coverage For Step Therapy For Advanced Metastatic Cancer
      35. LD 182 – An Act To Require The Department Of Health And Human Services To Establish Mainecare Reimbursement Rates For The Maine Veterans’ Homes On A Per Resident Basis
      36. 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
      37. LD 208 – An Act To Eliminate The 72-hour Waiting Period On Firearm Purchase
      38. 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
      39. 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
4. In-Depth Bill Discussion for Upcoming Week 
   1. The Budget! (LD 209 and LD 210) 
   2. LD 107 – An Act To Require Health Insurance Coverage For Biomarker Testing
      1. Public Hearing on 1/28 
   3. LD 93 – An Act To Reduce Cost And Increase Access To Disease Prevention By Expanding The Universal Childhood Immunization Program To Include Adults
   4. Driver’s Licenses and Mental Health 
   5. MMA/MOA Lead Bills
      1. Prior Authorization – Medication and Long-Term/Chronic Care 
      2. Patient Safety for Medical Cannabis 

5. Member Issues
6. Closing

We will also be using this website to track the bills this Session.  Please feel free to use this as a resource to learn more about the many bills that we are covering this Spring. If you ever want to talk more about a bill, then please feel free to reach out to Anne Sedlack at [email protected]. 

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