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An Act to Provide Comprehensive Perimenopause and Menopause Education

An Act to Provide Comprehensive Perimenopause and Menopause Education

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Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Representative Kristen Cloutier
Last action
2025-07-01
Official status
Signed by the Governor
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act to Provide Comprehensive Perimenopause and Menopause Education

An Act to Provide Comprehensive Perimenopause and Menopause Education Sponsor: Representative Kristen Cloutier Reference committee: Health and Human Services Governor action: Signed by the Governor

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to Provide Comprehensive Perimenopause and Menopause Education Sponsor: Representative Kristen Cloutier Reference committee: Health and Human Services Governor action: Signed by the Governor

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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Adopted by House & Senate

Plain English: Page 1 - 132LR1262(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

  • Page 1 - 132LR1262(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
  • 1079 2 Date: (Filing No.
  • H- ) 3HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 4 Reproduced and distributed under the direction of the Clerk of the House.
  • 5STATE OF MAINE 6HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 7132ND LEGISLATURE 8FIRST SPECIAL SESSION 9 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT “ ” to H.P.

Bill History

  1. 2025-07-01 Governor

    Signed by the Governor

  2. 2025-06-25 Senate

    On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin taken from the Special Appropriations Table PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence.

  3. 2025-05-29 House

    PASSED TO BE ENACTED . Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  4. 2025-05-27 Committee

    Reported Out; OTP-AM

  5. 2025-04-02 Committee

    Work Session Held

  6. 2025-04-02 Committee

    Voted; OTP-AM

  7. 2025-03-14 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services.

Official Summary Text

An Act to Provide Comprehensive Perimenopause and Menopause Education
Sponsor:
Representative Kristen Cloutier
Reference committee:
Health and Human Services
Governor action:
Signed by the Governor

Current Bill Text

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Page 1 - 132LR1262(03)
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE
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H.P. 701 - L.D. 1079
An Act to Provide Comprehensive Perimenopause and Menopause Education
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 22 MRSA c. 279 is enacted to read:
CHAPTER 279
PERIMENOPAUSE AND MENOPAUSE EDUCATION
§1700-F. Perimenopause and menopause education materials
The department shall enter into partnerships with health care providers, including
obstetricians, gynecologists, primary care providers, nurse practitioners and physician
assistants, and community-based health care programs and hospitals to create and
disseminate informational materials in electronic and physical form to educate
menstruating persons and all individuals on the symptoms and processes of and other issues
surrounding perimenopause and menopause. The informational materials must include
symptoms of and treatments for perimenopause and menopause, symptoms of
perimenopause and menopause for which a person should contact a health care provider,
the biological process behind perimenopause and menopause, how to talk to family and
friends about perimenopause and menopause and any other information the department
determines necessary to prepare and educate individuals regarding perimenopause and
menopause.
Sec. 2. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and
allocations are made.
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF
Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention 0143
Initiative: Provides funding to create and disseminate informational materials on issues
surrounding perimenopause and menopause.
GENERAL FUND 2025-26 2026-27
All Other $20,000 $20,000
APPROVED
JULY 1, 2025
BY GOVERNOR
CHAPTER
472
PUBLIC LAW
Page 2 - 132LR1262(03)
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $20,000 $20,000