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State Legislation/Regulation


The Maine State Legislature adjourned the First Regular Session of the 123rd Legislature on Thursday, June 21, 2007 at approximately 10:30 p.m. The general effective date for non-emergency laws passed in the First Regular Session of the 123rd Legislature is Thursday, September 20, 2007.

The Second Regular Session will begin on Wednesday, January 2, 2008.

The First Regular Session of the 123rd Maine State Legislature considered a number of issues supported by the Maine Association of Area Agencies on Aging (M4A). Legislative action on those issues is summarized below.

 

LD 499, Biennial Budget Bill:

LD 819, “An Act to Provide Supplemental Funding for Mileage Reimbursement for Volunteers for Meals on Wheels Programs”

LD 818, “An Act to Provide Support for the Volunteer Medical Ride Network”

LD 1805, “An Act to Preserve Home Care Coordination Services for Long-term Care Consumers Served in the Community”

LD 1661, “Resolve, To Support Community Planning for the Aging of the Population”

LD 1407, “Resolve, To Address Issues Concerning the Employment of Senior Citizens”

LD 1869, “An Act to Protect Maine Homeowners from Predatory Lending”


LD 1714, “Resolve, To Expand the Maine Registry of Certified Nursing Assistants”

LD 1687, “An Act to Increase Health Insurance Coverage for Front-line Direct Care Workers Providing Long-term Care”

LD 817, “An Act to Support the Maine Keeping Seniors Home Program”

LD 1428, “An Act to Facilitate Reporting by Maine Financial Institutions of Elder Financial Exploitation”

OTHER BILLS OF INTEREST:

LD 519, “An Act to Provide Assistance to Family Members, Friends and Neighbors Who Provide Home Health Care for Senior Citizens”

LD 1544, “An Act to Enact the Home Care Consumer and Worker Protection Act”

LD 1764, “An Act to Increase the Wages of Direct Support Professional Staff Based on Increases in the State Minimum Wage”

LD 1699, “Resolve, To Improve Maine’s Homemaker Services Program”

LD 155, “An Act to Eliminate the Offset for Social Security and Certain Other Pensions for Unemployment Benefits.”

LD 1055, “An Act to Establish the Hearing Assistance Program for Low-Income Persons Who Are Elderly or Disabled”

LD 416, “An Act to Protect Seniors and the Public from Unfair Health Insurance Sales Practices”

 

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