Maine legislation · 132nd Legislature
Maine LD893: An Act to Exempt Nonprofit Agricultural Membership Organizations from Insurance Requirements
Status: Failed, April 29, 2026
What the bill says
An Act to Exempt Nonprofit Agricultural Membership Organizations from Insurance Requirements" Amend the bill by striking out all of section 2 and inserting the following: 'Sec. 2. 24-A MRSA §704, sub-§4 is enacted to read: 4. Nonprofit agricultural membership organization. As used in this Title and Title 24, the use of "health insurance" and related terms such as "accident and health insurance," "accident and sickness insurance," "carrier," "health," "health benefit plan," "health care," "health insurer" or "insurer" do not include, unless specifically provided otherwise in the law, a nonprofi.
From the engrossed text:
An Act to Exempt Nonprofit Agricultural Membership Organizations from Insurance Requirements" Amend the bill by striking out all of section 2 and inserting the following: 'Sec. 2. 24-A MRSA §704, sub-§4 is enacted to read: 4. Nonprofit agricultural membership organization. As used in this Title and Title 24, the use of "health insurance" and related terms such as "accident and health insurance," "accident and sickness insurance," "carrier," "health," "health benefit plan," "health care," "health insurer" or "insurer" do not include, unless specifically provided otherwise in the law, a nonprofit agricultural membership organization providing health care benefits in accordance with this subsection, and a nonprofit agricultural membership organization providing health care benefits in accordance with this subsection may not be considered to be engaged in the business of insurance for the purposes of this Title. A. For the purposes of this subsection, "nonprofit agricultural membership organization" means a statewide nonprofit agricultural membership organization that is exempt from taxation under the federal Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and (2) Provides health care benefits coverage for the payment of medical expenses to or for members of the organization, their dependents and others who provide documentation of one of the following: (a) That the farm owned or operated by the member meets the United States Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service, Census of …