Upcoming Public Hearings
Monday, 4/7/03
1 p.m., Health and Human Services - L.D. 1127, An Act to Require Fire-safe Cigarettes in the State; L.D. 896, Resolve, to Establish a System for Electronic Filing of Death Certificates; L.D. 1356, An Act to Provide Fair Hearing Procedures in the Department of Human Services
3 p.m., Health and Human Services - L.D. 1346, An Act to Protect Workers from Secondhand Smoke and to Promote Worker Safety
1 p.m., Insurance and Financial Services - L.D. 492, An Act to Encourage Agricultural Cooperative Associations to Provide Group Health Plans; L.D. 1353, An Act to Ensure Women's Health Care Coverage for All Maine Women; L.D. 1386, Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Portions of Chapter 840, Private Purchasing Alliances, a Major Substantive Rule of the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation, Bureau of Insurance
1 p.m., Judiciary - L.D. 1211, An Act to Amend the Laws Relating to Medical Certification of the Cause of Death and the Medical Examiner Act
Tuesday, 4/8/03
1 p.m., Business, Research and Economic Development - L.D. 649, An Act to Allow the Practice of Optometry on the Same Premises as an Optical Shop or Other Establishment; L.D. 1411, An Act to Increase the Licensing Fee Caps of the State Board of Optemetry
1 p.m., Health and Human Services - L.D. 1301, Resolve, to Establish the Maine Public Health Commission
3 p.m., Health and Human Services - L.D. 1220, An Act to Amend the Dates for Implementation of the Maine Rx Program and the Prescription Drug Price Reduction Act; L.D. 1288, An Act to Increase Public Access to the Prior Authorization Process
1 p.m., Insurance and Financial Services - L.D. 1363, An Act to Create Lower-cost Health Insurance Options; L.D. 1490, An Act to Update and Clarify the Law Regarding the Conversion of a Nonprofit Hospital and Medical Service Organization to a Domestic Sock Insurer
1 p.m.,Judiciary - L.D. 720, An Act to Protect Health Care Workers Who Report Medical Errors
Wednesday, 4/9/03
9 a.m., Appropriations and Financial Affairs - L.D. 292, An Act to Support Individuals With Developmental Disabilities Who Have Been Physically or Sexually Abused
9:30 a.m., Health and Human Services - L.D. 800, Resolve, to Provide Training on Autistic Behaviors to Crisis Professionals; L.D. 1099, An Act to Amend the Laws Governing the Maine Developmental Disabilities Council; L.D. 1108, Resolve, to Establish Equitable Rates for In-home Behavioral Health Services for Children; L.D. 1291, An Act to Establish a System of Advocacy and Oversight to Benefit Persons with Mental Health Retardation and Autism; L.D. 480, Resolve, to Maintain Flexibility and Safety in Caring for People with Severe and Persistent Mental Illness
1 p.m., Health and Human Services - L.D. 1293, An Act to Improve the Fairness of the Health Care Provider Tax and to Ensure Fair Implementation of Health Care Reimbursement Reforms; L.D. 1341, Resolve, Directing the Department of Human Services to Adopt Rules to Reduce Regulatory Burdens on Home Health Agencies
9:30 a.m., Transportation - An Act to Protect Young Drivers and Passengers
Thursday, 4/10/03
1:15 p.m., Education and Cultural Affairs - L.D. 751, An Act to Implement the Recommendations of the Legislative Youth Advisory Council
1 p.m., Health and Human Services - L.D. 553, Resolve, to Study the Needs of Deaf and Hard-of-hearing Children and Adolescents
Monday, 4/14/03
1 p.m., Judiciary - L.D. 299, An Act to Amend the Abortion Reporting Laws to Eliminate Immunity for a Physician Who Reports Data on an Abortion; L.D. 798, An Act to Amend the Abortion Consent Laws; L.D. 1101, An Act to Establish and Enforce Abortion Facility Safety Requirements; L.D. 1102, An Act to Protect the Mental Health of Women and Girls; L.D. 1129, An Act to Amend the Laws Governing Abortion Reporting
Tuesday, 4/15/03
1 p.m., Insurance and Financial Services - L.D. 1502, An Act to Clarify the Exclusion of Assumed Reinsurance from Policy Claims Priority; L.D. 1507, An Act to Clarify and Update the Laws Related to Health Insurance
1 p.m., Judiciary - L.D. 1487, An Act to Allow Judges' Faxed Signatures in Involuntary Psychiatric Commitment Proceedings
Wednesday, 4/16/03
1 p.m., Insurance and Financial Services - L.D. 1087, An Act to Require All Health Insurers to Cover the Costs of Hearing Aids
Thursday, 4/17/03
9 a.m., Labor - L.D. 1013, An Act to Address Maine's Direct Care Worker Shortage
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