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An Act to Prevent Denial of Patient Access Through Collaborative Care

An Act to Prevent Denial of Patient Access Through Collaborative Care

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Sponsor
Senator Joseph Baldacci
Last action
2025-04-08
Official status
Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act to Prevent Denial of Patient Access Through Collaborative Care

An Act to Prevent Denial of Patient Access Through Collaborative Care Sponsor: Senator Joseph Baldacci Reference committee: Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to Prevent Denial of Patient Access Through Collaborative Care Sponsor: Senator Joseph Baldacci Reference committee: Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2025-04-08 Senate

    Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)

  2. 2025-04-01 Committee

    Reported Out; ONTP

  3. 2025-03-26 Committee

    Work Session Held

  4. 2025-03-26 Committee

    Voted; ONTP

  5. 2025-02-27 Committee

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

  6. House

    None

Official Summary Text

An Act to Prevent Denial of Patient Access Through Collaborative Care
Sponsor:
Senator Joseph Baldacci
Reference committee:
Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services
Latest committee action:
Reported Out; ONTP

Current Bill Text

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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 790
S.P. 353 In Senate, March 4, 2025
An Act to Prevent Denial of Patient Access Through Collaborative
Care
Received by the Secretary of the Senate on February 27, 2025. Referred to the Committee
on Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered
printed.
DAREK M. GRANT
Secretary of the Senate
Presented by Senator BALDACCI of Penobscot.

Page 1 - 132LR1720(01)
1Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
2Sec. 1. 24 MRSA §2908 is enacted to read:
3§2908. Denial of patient access prohibited
4 A health care practitioner may not deny a patient access to health care services to be
5 performed by another health care practitioner when those services are within the lawful
6 scope of practice of the other health care practitioner.
7SUMMARY
8 This bill prohibits a health care practitioner from denying a patient access to health care
9 services to be performed by another health care practitioner when those services are within
10 the lawful scope of practice of the other health care practitioner.
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