by Mary-Erin Casale | Mar 11, 2019 | Health Care, Maine Legislature
LD 1155- An Act To Protect Patients and the Prudent Layperson Standard AUGUSTA – Speaker of the House Sara Gideon (D-Freeport) introduced LD 1155, “An Act To Protect Patients and the Prudent Layperson Standard.” In several states, insurance companies have been...
by Mary-Erin Casale | Feb 28, 2019 | Maine Legislature
An Act to Institute Performance Based Rates for Electric Utilities sails through Leg Council AUGUSTA – The Legislative Council on Thursday voted unanimously to approve an after-deadline bill request from Speaker Sara Gideon, LR 2427, “An Act to Institute...
by Mary-Erin Casale | Feb 22, 2019 | Health Care, Maine Legislature
Augusta – Governor Janet Mills and Commissioner of Health and Human Services Jeanne Lambrew announced today that the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has notified the State that Riverview Psychiatric Center has met all the conditions for...
by Mary-Erin Casale | Feb 22, 2019 | Maine Legislature, Women's Issues
AUGUSTA – Today the Trump Administration formally issued a domestic “gag rule” designed to target Title X funding which ensures more than four million low-income Americans can access essential reproductive health care. Speaker of the House Sara Gideon released...
by Mary-Erin Casale | Feb 21, 2019 | Environment, Jobs, Maine Legislature
LD 923 – An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Upgrade Municipal Culverts at Stream Crossings AUGUSTA – Speaker of the House Sara Gideon (D-Freeport) introduced LD 923, legislation that would make critical habitat and safety improvements. This...
by Mary-Erin Casale | Feb 19, 2019 | Maine Legislature
Testimony of Speaker Sara Gideon In Support of LD 295 An Act to Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue to Increase Rural Maine’s Access to Broadband Internet Service Tuesday, February 19, 2019 Senator Breen, Representative Gattine and distinguished members of the Joint...
