LD1204 • 2025

An Act to Support Direct Access Worker Employment by Removing Certain Employment Disqualifications

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Sponsor: Senator Rachel Talbot Ross
Last action: 2025-05-27
Official status: Taken from the table by the President ACCEPTANCE of the Majority Ought Not To Pass Report. PREVAILED Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 217 Yeas 28 - Nays 5 - Excused 2 - Absent 0 Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
Effective date: Not listed

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An Act to Support Direct Access Worker Employment by Removing Certain Employment Disqualifications

An Act to Support Direct Access Worker Employment by Removing Certain Employment Disqualifications Sponsor: Senator Rachel Talbot Ross Reference committee: Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP/OTP

What This Bill Does

An Act to Support Direct Access Worker Employment by Removing Certain Employment Disqualifications Sponsor: Senator Rachel Talbot Ross Reference committee: Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP/OTP

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Bill History

2025-05-27 House
Reports READ . On motion of Representative MATHIESON of Kittery, the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report was ACCEPTED . In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH. Placed in the Legislative Files. ( DEAD )
2025-05-22 Senate
Taken from the table by the President ACCEPTANCE of the Majority Ought Not To Pass Report. PREVAILED Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 217 Yeas 28 - Nays 5 - Excused 2 - Absent 0 Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
2025-05-20 Committee
Reported Out; ONTP/OTP
2025-04-23 Committee
Work Session Held
2025-04-23 Committee
Voted; Divided Report
2025-03-20 Committee
Referred to Committee on Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services.

Official Summary Text

An Act to Support Direct Access Worker Employment by Removing Certain Employment Disqualifications
Sponsor:
Senator Rachel Talbot Ross
Reference committee:
Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services
Latest committee action:
Reported Out; ONTP/OTP

Current Bill Text

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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 1204
S.P. 493 In Senate, March 20, 2025
An Act to Support Direct Access Worker Employment by Removing
Certain Employment Disqualifications
Reference to the Committee on Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services
suggested and ordered printed.
DAREK M. GRANT
Secretary of the Senate
Presented by Senator TALBOT ROSS of Cumberland.
Cosponsored by Representative BOYER of Poland and
Senators: HICKMAN of Kennebec, INGWERSEN of York, TIMBERLAKE of Androscoggin,
TIPPING of Penobscot, Representatives: CHAPMAN of Auburn, FAULKINGHAM of Winter
Harbor, MINGO of Calais, WOOD of Greene.

Page 1 - 132LR2393(01)
1Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
2Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §9054, sub-§11, ¶F, as enacted by PL 2015, c. 299, §25, is
3 amended to read:
4 F. Convictions for a Class A, B or C crime in this State or similar crime in another
5 jurisdiction for an offense relating to the unlawful manufacture, distribution,
6 prescription or dispensing of a controlled substance, except for a conviction for
7 aggravated cultivating of marijuana under Title 17-A, section 1105-D; and
8SUMMARY
9 This bill removes aggravated cultivating of marijuana as a disqualifying offense that
10 prohibits an individual's employment as a direct access worker for a personal care agency.
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