1-28-26 Committee On Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services

Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services Committee · January 28, 2026

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Committee convenes and introductions

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Chair opens the joint standing committee, explains agenda (public hearing, presentations, afternoon work sessions) and asks members to introduce themselves; Senator Donna Bailey and Representative Christy Matheson are identified as co-chairs.

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Joint standing committee heard public testimony on LD 2087 (ASL interpreter licensure), received the government evaluation report on the State Employee Health Commission, heard an NCOIL presentation, and spent the afternoon in work sessions on funding for the Maguera program, a proposed moratorium on shared-appreciation agreements, earned-wage-access legislation, CON thresholds, PBM/MaineCare policy, and scope-of-practice changes for independent dental hygienists.

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