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LD249 • 2025
An Act to Update Certain Medical Examiner Fees
An Act to Update Certain Medical Examiner Fees
Healthcare
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- Sponsor
- Senator Anne Carney
- Last action
- 2026-04-29
- Official status
- Died in Possession of the Senate when the Legislature adjourned Sine Die and was PLACED IN THE LEGISLATIVE FILES . (DEAD)
- Effective date
- Not listed
Plain English Breakdown
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An Act to Update Certain Medical Examiner Fees
An Act to Update Certain Medical Examiner Fees
Sponsor:
Senator Anne Carney
Reference committee:
Judiciary
Latest committee action:
Reported Out; OTP-AM/ONTP
What This Bill Does
- An Act to Update Certain Medical Examiner Fees
Sponsor:
Senator Anne Carney
Reference committee:
Judiciary
Latest committee action:
Reported Out; OTP-AM/ONTP
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Amendments
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Adopted by House & Senate
Plain English: Page 1 - 132LR0145(02)
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
1 L.D.
- Page 1 - 132LR0145(02)
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
1 L.D.
- 249
2 Date: (Filing No.
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3JUDICIARY
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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2026-04-29
Senate
Died in Possession of the Senate when the Legislature adjourned Sine Die and was PLACED IN THE LEGISLATIVE FILES . (DEAD)
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2025-05-27
House
PASSED TO BE ENACTED . Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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2025-05-15
Committee
Reported Out; OTP-AM/ONTP
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2025-02-27
Committee
Work Session Held
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2025-02-27
Committee
Voted; Divided Report
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2025-01-21
Committee
Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
Official Summary Text
An Act to Update Certain Medical Examiner Fees
Sponsor:
Senator Anne Carney
Reference committee:
Judiciary
Latest committee action:
Reported Out; OTP-AM/ONTP
Current Bill Text
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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 249
S.P. 116 In Senate, January 21, 2025
An Act to Update Certain Medical Examiner Fees
Submitted by the Department of the Attorney General pursuant to Joint Rule 204.
Reference to the Committee on Judiciary suggested and ordered printed.
DAREK M. GRANT
Secretary of the Senate
Presented by Senator CARNEY of Cumberland.
Page 1 - 132LR0145(01)
1Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
2Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §3024, first ¶, as amended by PL 2017, c. 284, Pt. EEE, §1, is
3 further amended to read:
4 The salary of the Chief Medical Examiner of the State must be set by the Governor.
5 Other nonsalaried medical examiners and nonsalaried medicolegal death investigators,
6 upon the submission of their completed report to the Chief Medical Examiner, must be paid
7 a fee of up to $100 $150 for an inspection and view and are entitled to receive travel
8 expenses to be calculated at the mileage rate currently paid to state employees pursuant to
9 Title 5, section 8. An additional fee of $50 may be authorized by the Chief Medical
10 Examiner for payment to other nonsalaried medical examiners and nonsalaried medicolegal
11 death investigators for visits to death scenes other than hospitals.
12Sec. 2. 22 MRSA §3024, 4th ¶, as amended by PL 2011, c. 445, §1 and affected
13 by §3, is further amended to read:
14 The Chief Medical Examiner may authorize any other expenses necessary to carry out
15 the Chief Medical Examiner's duties. The Chief Medical Examiner shall reimburse a
16 funeral establishment that transports a body to Augusta at the request of the Office of Chief
17 Medical Examiner at the following rates: for up to and including the first 25 miles, $120;
18 for the next 25 miles, $2 per mile traveled while actually transporting a body; and for miles
19 in excess of 50, $1.75 per mile traveled while actually transporting a body.
20SUMMARY
21 This bill increases the fee paid to nonsalaried medical examiners and nonsalaried
22 medicolegal death investigators from $100 to $150 and eliminates the authority of the Chief
23 Medical Examiner to authorize any other expenses necessary to carry out the Chief Medical
24 Examiner's duties.
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