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IntroducedFeb 03, 2026
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Passed House
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Passed Senate
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Became Law
Maine House Bill
HP 1470, An Act To Require Prior Notification Of Closures Of Labor And Delivery Units And Changes In Maternity Or Newborn Care Services By Hospitals As Recommended By The Commission To Evaluate The Scope Of Regulatory Review And Oversight Over Health Care Transactions That Impact The Delivery Of Health Care Services In The State
Last Action See all actions
legislature • Feb 26, 2026: Voted - Divided Report
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on LD 2189
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
YES: 12
- Donna Bailey
- Kristi Mathieson
- Poppy Arford
- Joseph Baldacci
- Michelle Boyer
- Sally Cluchey
- Paul Flynn
- Robert Foley
- David Haggan
- Anne-Marie Mastraccio
- Joshua Morris
- Rolf Olsen
NO: 1
- Marygrace Cimino
OTHER: 0
Actions
- Feb 26, 2026 | legislature
- Work Session Reconsidered
- Voted - Divided Report
- Feb 25, 2026 | legislature
- Work Session (Cross Building, Room 220)
- Work Session Held
- Voted - Divided Report
- Feb 18, 2026 | legislature
- Public Hearing (Cross Building, Room 220)
- Feb 03, 2026 | Senate
- Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- On motion by Senator Bailey of York REFERRED to Committee on Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services, in concurrence.
- Feb 03, 2026 | House
- Representative MATHIESON for the Joint Standing Committee on Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services pursuant to Resolve 2025, chapter 106, section 8 reports that the Bill be REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES and printed pursuant to Joint Rule 218.
- Report was READ and ACCEPTED.
- The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES
- Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
Bill Texts
Documents
- Testimony on Feb 18, 2026 by Lily Bohen James (Maine Women's Lobby)PDF
- Testimony on Feb 18, 2026 by Michelle Boyer (Maine State Legislature)PDF
- Testimony on Feb 18, 2026 by Madeleine DesFosses (Maine Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics)PDF
- Testimony on Feb 18, 2026 by Jan Dodge (Maine State Legislature)PDF
- Testimony on Feb 18, 2026 by Gary Friedmann (Maine State Legislature)PDF
- Testimony on Feb 18, 2026 by Adam Goode (Maine AFL-CIO)PDF
- Testimony on Feb 18, 2026 by Lisa Harvey-McPherson (Northern Light Health)PDF
- Testimony on Feb 18, 2026 by Sarah Irving (Bangor)PDF
- Testimony on Feb 18, 2026 by Portia Judson (Maine State Nurses Association/ National Nurses United)PDF
- Testimony on Feb 18, 2026 by Stephanie McCullough (Maine Academy of Family Physicians)PDF
- Testimony on Feb 18, 2026 by Stephanie McCullough (Maine Academy of Family Physicians)PDF
- Testimony on Feb 18, 2026 by Bill Montejo (Department of Health and Human Services)PDF
- Testimony on Feb 18, 2026 by Anne Sedlack (Maine Medical Association)PDF
- Testimony on Feb 18, 2026 by Anne Marie van Hengel (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists)PDF
Sources
- https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/summary.asp?ld=2189&SessionID=16
- https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/sponsors.asp?ID=280101454
- https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/subjects.asp?ID=280101454
- https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/display_ps.asp?ld=2189&PID=1456&snum=132
- https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280101454

