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LD253 • 2025

An Act to Prevent the MaineCare Program from Covering Abortion Services

An Act to Prevent the MaineCare Program from Covering Abortion Services

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Sponsor
Representative Kathy Javner
Last action
2025-06-10
Official status
Reports Read On motion by Senator CARNEY of Cumberland the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report ACCEPTED in concurrence. PREVAILED Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 426 Yeas 20 - Nays 14 - Excused 1 - Absent 0 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
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An Act to Prevent the MaineCare Program from Covering Abortion Services

An Act to Prevent the MaineCare Program from Covering Abortion Services Sponsor: Representative Kathy Javner Reference committee: Judiciary Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP/OTP-AM

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to Prevent the MaineCare Program from Covering Abortion Services Sponsor: Representative Kathy Javner Reference committee: Judiciary Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP/OTP-AM

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Amendments

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Filed

Plain English: Page 1 - 132LR1134(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

  • Page 1 - 132LR1134(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
  • 253 2 Date: (Filing No.
  • H- ) 3JUDICIARY 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. 2025-06-10 Senate

    Reports Read On motion by Senator CARNEY of Cumberland the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report ACCEPTED in concurrence. PREVAILED Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 426 Yeas 20 - Nays 14 - Excused 1 - Absent 0 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)

  2. 2025-06-09 House

    Reports READ . On motion of Representative KUHN of Falmouth, the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report was ACCEPTED . ROLL CALL NO. 384 (Yeas 80 - Nays 66 - Absent 3 - Excused 2) Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  3. 2025-06-09 Committee

    Reported Out; ONTP/OTP-AM

  4. 2025-04-01 Committee

    Work Session Held

  5. 2025-04-01 Committee

    Voted; Divided Report

  6. 2025-01-21 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Judiciary.

Official Summary Text

An Act to Prevent the MaineCare Program from Covering Abortion Services
Sponsor:
Representative Kathy Javner
Reference committee:
Judiciary
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. 253
H.P. 162 House of Representatives, January 21, 2025
An Act to Prevent the MaineCare Program from Covering Abortion
Services
Reference to the Committee on Health and Human Services suggested and ordered printed.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative JAVNER of Chester.
Cosponsored by Senator GUERIN of Penobscot and
Representatives: GRIFFIN of Levant, PAUL of Winterport.

Page 1 - 132LR1134(01)
1Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
2Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §3196, as enacted by PL 2019, c. 274, §1, is repealed.
3SUMMARY
4 Public Law 2019, chapter 274 enacted the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 22, section
5 3196, which requires the Department of Health and Human Services to provide coverage
6 to a MaineCare member for abortion services. Abortion services that are not federally
7 approved Medicaid services must be funded by the State.
8 This bill repeals Title 22, section 3196, removing the requirement that the department
9 fund abortion services for MaineCare members and removing the requirement that the State
10 pay when the abortion services are not covered by Medicaid.
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