Maine legislation · 132nd Legislature
Maine LD977: Resolve, Requiring the Maine Health Data Organization to Develop a Plan for Measuring Gaps in Home and Community-based Services
Status: Signed into law, July 1, 2025
What the bill says
From the introduced text:
APPROVED CHAPTER JULY 1, 2025 113 BY GOVERNOR RESOLVES STATE OF MAINE _____ IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE _____ H.P. 637 - L.D. 977 Resolve, Requiring the Maine Health Data Organization to Develop a Plan for Measuring Gaps in Home and Community-based Services Preamble. Whereas, continuing workforce challenges have contributed to a gap between home and community-based services that are authorized and those that are delivered under the MaineCare program and state-funded programs; and Whereas, consistent measurement of this care gap is critical to understanding whether the gap is expanding or contracting and whether policy interventions are needed; and Whereas, the federal Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services have published Medicaid home and community-based services gap measures that states will be required to submit to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; and Whereas, the Maine Health Data Organization has expertise that uniquely qualifies it to calculate valid and complex health care measures; now, therefore, be it Sec. 1. Maine Health Data Organization to develop measurement plan. Resolved: That the Maine Health Data Organization shall develop a plan for annual measurement of the State's home and community-based services care gap, using claims and care authorization data that currently exist. The plan must ensure that the measures meet federal Department of …
Sponsors
- Sally Cluchey (D, 52) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin taken from the Special Appropriations Table FINALLY PASSED in concurrence.
- : On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending FINAL PASSAGE in concurrence.
- : FINALLY PASSED.Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- : Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.READ ONCE.Committee Amendment "A" (H-175) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence.Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-175), in concurrence.Ordered sent down forthwith.
- : CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAYUnder suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.The Resolve was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-175).Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- : Carried over, in the same posture, to the next special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 519.
- : Report READ and ACCEPTED The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES in concurrence
- : Report of the Chair-Pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2Representative GRAMLICH from the Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES Reports a recommendation for a CHANGE OF COMMITEE.Report was READ and ACCEPTED.On motion of Representative GRAMLICH, the Resolve was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.Sent for concurrence.
- : Received by the Clerk of the House on March 7, 2025.The Resolve was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401.
Subjects: MAINECARE, Legislature, Senate, MEDICAID, Other, WAIVER PROGRAMS
Common questions
- What is LD977?
- LD977 is a bill in the Maine Legislature (132nd Legislature): Resolve, Requiring the Maine Health Data Organization to Develop a Plan for Measuring Gaps in Home and Community-based Services.
- What is the status of LD977?
- Signed into law as of July 1, 2025. Latest action: On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin taken from the Special Appropriations Table FINALLY PASSED in concurrence. (June 25, 2025).
- Who sponsored LD977?
- Sally Cluchey (D, 52).
- Where is the official record for LD977?
- On the Maine Legislature website: https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/display_ps.asp?LD=977&snum=132
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