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LD189 • 2025

An Act to Increase Availability and Affordability of Mental Health Care and Substance Use Disorder Services by Removing the Certificate of Need Requirement

An Act to Increase Availability and Affordability of Mental Health Care and Substance Use Disorder Services by Removing the Certificate of Need Requirement

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Sponsor
Representative Laurel Libby
Last action
2025-05-20
Official status
Taken from the table by the President On motion by Senator BAILEY of York to ACCEPT The Majority Ought Not To Pass Report in concurrence PREVAILED Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 187 Yeas 19 - Nays 13 - Excused 3 - Absent 0 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
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An Act to Increase Availability and Affordability of Mental Health Care and Substance Use Disorder Services by Removing the Certificate of Need Requirement

An Act to Increase Availability and Affordability of Mental Health Care and Substance Use Disorder Services by Removing the Certificate of Need Requirement Sponsor: Representative Laurel Libby Reference committee: Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP/OTP-AM

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to Increase Availability and Affordability of Mental Health Care and Substance Use Disorder Services by Removing the Certificate of Need Requirement Sponsor: Representative Laurel Libby Reference committee: Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP/OTP-AM

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Filed

Plain English: Page 1 - 132LR0440(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

  • Page 1 - 132LR0440(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
  • 189 2 Date: (Filing No.
  • H- ) 3HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL 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. 2025-05-20 Senate

    Taken from the table by the President On motion by Senator BAILEY of York to ACCEPT The Majority Ought Not To Pass Report in concurrence PREVAILED Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 187 Yeas 19 - Nays 13 - Excused 3 - Absent 0 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)

  2. 2025-05-06 House

    Reports READ . On motion of Representative MATHIESON of Kittery, the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report was ACCEPTED . ROLL CALL NO. 111 (Yeas 74 - Nays 67 - Absent 9 - Excused 0 - Restricted - 1) Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  3. 2025-05-02 Committee

    Reported Out; ONTP/OTP-AM

  4. 2025-03-19 Committee

    Work Session Held

  5. 2025-03-19 Committee

    Voted; Divided Report

  6. 2025-01-14 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services.

Official Summary Text

An Act to Increase Availability and Affordability of Mental Health Care and Substance Use Disorder Services by Removing the Certificate of Need Requirement
Sponsor:
Representative Laurel Libby
Reference committee:
Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services
Latest committee action:
Reported Out; ONTP/OTP-AM

Current Bill Text

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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 189
H.P. 122 House of Representatives, January 14, 2025
An Act to Increase Availability and Affordability of Mental Health
Care and Substance Use Disorder Services by Removing the
Certificate of Need Requirement
Reference to the Committee on Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services
suggested and ordered printed.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative LIBBY of Auburn.
Cosponsored by Senator BALDACCI of Penobscot and
Representatives: HASENFUS of Readfield, LAJOIE of Lewiston, MILLIKEN of Blue Hill,
SINCLAIR of Bath, SKOLD of Portland.

Page 1 - 132LR0440(01)
1Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
2Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §330, sub-§6, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 664, §2, is amended to
3 read:
46. Existing capacity. The use by an ambulatory surgical facility licensed on January
5 1, 1998 of capacity in existence on January 1, 1998; and
6Sec. 2. 22 MRSA §330, sub-§7, as amended by PL 2003, c. 621, §1, is further
7 amended to read:
87. Critical access hospitals. Conversion by a critical access hospital or a hospital in
9 the process of becoming a critical access hospital of licensed acute care beds to hospital
10 swing beds. ; and
11Sec. 3. 22 MRSA §330, sub-§8 is enacted to read:
128. Mental health and substance use disorder services. Mental and behavioral health
13 care services and substance use disorder detoxification and treatment services offered by a
14 health care facility.
15SUMMARY
16 This bill eliminates the requirement for health care facilities to obtain a certificate of
17 need for the provision of mental and behavioral health care services and substance use
18 disorder detoxification and treatment services.
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