APPROVED CHAPTER
JUNE 17, 2021 71
BY GOVERNOR RESOLVES
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE
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S.P. 376 - L.D. 1113
Resolve, To Direct the Permanent Commission on the Status of Racial,
Indigenous and Maine Tribal Populations To Study and Propose Solutions to
Disparities in Access to Prenatal Care in the State
Sec. 1. Permanent Commission on the Status of Racial, Indigenous and
Maine Tribal Populations to study and propose solutions to disparities in
access to prenatal care in the State. Resolved: That the Permanent Commission on
the Status of Racial, Indigenous and Maine Tribal Populations, established under the Maine
Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 12004-I, subsection 74-J and referred to in this resolve as
"the commission," shall study the extent of disparities in access to prenatal care for the
State's racial, indigenous and tribal populations through data and other information; study
the causes of the disparities in access to prenatal care, including through interviews with
those women who had no prenatal visit until the last trimester or had no prenatal care at all;
and recommend solutions to disparities in access to prenatal care in the State. The
commission may submit legislation that serves to create equity in access to prenatal care in
the State to the Second Regular Session of the 130th Legislature in accordance with Title
5, section 25007, subsection 2, paragraph D. Notwithstanding Title 5, section 12004-I,
subsection 74-J, for their expenses incurred in the work of the commission pursuant to this
section, members of the commission receive reimbursement pursuant to Title 5, section
12002-A.
Sec. 2. Report. Resolved: That, notwithstanding section 1 and no later than
January 15, 2022, the commission shall submit a report to the Joint Standing Committee
on Health and Human Services on the results of the study of disparities in access to prenatal
care in accordance with section 1. The Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human
Services may report out legislation to the Second Regular Session of the 130th Legislature
related to the report.
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