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An Act to Clarify the Availability of Alternative Claims Payment Methods to Dental Care Providers
An Act to Clarify the Availability of Alternative Claims Payment Methods to Dental Care Providers
Enacted
This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.
- Sponsor
- Senator Joseph Baldacci
- Last action
- 2025-06-12
- Official status
- Signed by the Governor
- Effective date
- Not listed
Plain English Breakdown
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An Act to Clarify the Availability of Alternative Claims Payment Methods to Dental Care Providers
An Act to Clarify the Availability of Alternative Claims Payment Methods to Dental Care Providers
Sponsor:
Senator Joseph Baldacci
Reference committee:
Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services
Governor action:
Signed by the Governor
What This Bill Does
- An Act to Clarify the Availability of Alternative Claims Payment Methods to Dental Care Providers
Sponsor:
Senator Joseph Baldacci
Reference committee:
Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial 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 - 132LR1972(02)
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
1 L.D.
- Page 1 - 132LR1972(02)
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
1 L.D.
- 1834
2 Date: (Filing No.
- S- )
3HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES
4 Reproduced and distributed under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate.
- 5STATE OF MAINE
6SENATE
7132ND LEGISLATURE
8FIRST SPECIAL SESSION
9 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT “ ” to S.P.
Bill History
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2025-06-12
Governor
Signed by the Governor
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2025-06-09
House
PASSED TO BE ENACTED . Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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2025-06-09
Senate
PASSED TO BE ENACTED , in concurrence.
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2025-06-03
Committee
Reported Out; OTP-AM
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2025-05-15
Committee
Work Session Held
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2025-05-15
Committee
Voted; OTP-AM
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2025-04-30
Committee
Referred to Committee on Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services.
Official Summary Text
An Act to Clarify the Availability of Alternative Claims Payment Methods to Dental Care Providers
Sponsor:
Senator Joseph Baldacci
Reference committee:
Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services
Governor action:
Signed by the Governor
Current Bill Text
Read the full stored bill text
Page 1 - 132LR1972(03)
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE
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S.P. 716 - L.D. 1834
An Act to Clarify the Availability of Alternative Claims Payment Methods to
Dental Care Providers
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 24-A MRSA §2436, sub-§1-A, as amended by PL 2023, c. 232, §1, is
further amended to read:
1-A. A claimant, including a health care provider, may submit simultaneously a claim
for payment with all carriers potentially liable for payment of the claim whether primary
or secondary. Payment or denial of a claim by each carrier must be made within 30 calendar
days after the carrier has received all information needed to pay or deny the claim whether
or not another carrier with which it is attempting to coordinate has acted on the claim. Upon
request by a health care provider, a carrier shall provide the health care provider a method
for making a claims payment using an electronic funds transfer through the automated
clearinghouse network. Any payment made must be in accordance with rules adopted by
the superintendent relative to coordination of benefits. For the purposes of this subsection,
"health care provider" includes a person licensed to provide dental care services under Title
32, chapter 143, subchapter 3 and "carrier" includes an insurer that provides dental
insurance.
APPROVED
JUNE 12, 2025
BY GOVERNOR
CHAPTER
300
PUBLIC LAW