2-4-26 Committee On Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services

Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services Committee · February 4, 2026

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Opening and member introductions

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Committee convened; Senator Donna Bailey (co-chair) opened the meeting and asked members to introduce themselves. Members present included senators and representatives from districts across Maine; committee announced it would take LD 2087 first and proceed slightly out of order. (Chair: Senator Donna Bailey)

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Work sessions of the Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services Committee covering licensing changes for interpreters and social workers, pharmacy access and PBM issues, grants for FQHC pharmacies, changes to the government-shutdown loan guarantee program, an optometry/ophthalmology scope dispute and related study proposals, a GEA review of the State Employee Health Commission, and committee next steps on licensing-board consolidation.

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