LD1204 is a bill in the Maine Legislature (132nd Legislature): An Act to Support Direct Access Worker Employment by Removing Certain Employment Disqualifications.

What is the status of LD1204?

Failed as of May 27, 2025. Latest action: Reports READ.On motion of Representative MATHIESON of Kittery, the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report was ACCEPTED.In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.Placed in the Legislative Files. (DEAD) (May 27, 2025).

Who sponsored LD1204?

Rachel Talbot Ross (D, 28), with 9 co-sponsors.

Where is the official record for LD1204?

On the Maine Legislature website: https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/display_ps.asp?LD=1204&snum=132

Maine legislation · 132nd Legislature

Maine LD1204: An Act to Support Direct Access Worker Employment by Removing Certain Employment Disqualifications

Q: What does LD1204 do?

In its own words: An Act to Support Direct Access Worker Employment by Removing Certain Employment Disqualifications Reference to the Committee on Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services suggested and ordered printed. DAREK M. GRANT Secretary of the Senate Presented by Senator TALBOT ROSS of Cumberland. Cosponsored by Representative BOYER of Poland and Senators: HICKMAN of Kennebec, INGWERSEN of York, TIMBERLAKE of Androscoggin, TIPPING of Penobscot, Representatives: CHAPMAN of Auburn, FAULKINGHAM of Winter Harbor, MINGO of Calais, WOOD of Greene. Printed on recycled paper.

Status: Failed, May 27, 2025

What the bill says

An Act to Support Direct Access Worker Employment by Removing Certain Employment Disqualifications Reference to the Committee on Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services suggested and ordered printed. DAREK M. GRANT Secretary of the Senate Presented by Senator TALBOT ROSS of Cumberland. Cosponsored by Representative BOYER of Poland and Senators: HICKMAN of Kennebec, INGWERSEN of York, TIMBERLAKE of Androscoggin, TIPPING of Penobscot, Representatives: CHAPMAN of Auburn, FAULKINGHAM of Winter Harbor, MINGO of Calais, WOOD of Greene. Printed on recycled paper.

From the introduced text:

An Act to Support Direct Access Worker Employment by Removing Certain Employment Disqualifications Reference to the Committee on Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services suggested and ordered printed. DAREK M. GRANT Secretary of the Senate Presented by Senator TALBOT ROSS of Cumberland. Cosponsored by Representative BOYER of Poland and Senators: HICKMAN of Kennebec, INGWERSEN of York, TIMBERLAKE of Androscoggin, TIPPING of Penobscot, Representatives: CHAPMAN of Auburn, FAULKINGHAM of Winter Harbor, MINGO of Calais, WOOD of Greene. Printed on recycled paper Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §9054, sub-§11, ¶F, as enacted by PL 2015, c. 299, §25, is amended to read: F. Convictions for a Class A, B or C crime in this State or similar crime in another jurisdiction for an offense relating to the unlawful manufacture, distribution, prescription or dispensing of a controlled substance, except for a conviction for aggravated cultivating of marijuana under Title 17-A, section 1105-D; and SUMMARY This bill removes aggravated cultivating of marijuana as a disqualifying offense that 1100 prohibits an individual's employment as a direct access worker for a personal care agency. Page 1 - 132LR2393(01)

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Maine LD1204: An Act to Support Direct Access Worker Employment by Removing Certain Employment Disqualifications

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