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LD 1640 (SP 631)

"An Act To Enhance the Stability and Predictability of Health Care Costs for Returning Veterans and Others by Addressing the Issues Associated with Hospital Charity Care and Bad Debt"

Sponsored by President Troy Jackson

Date	Chamber	Action
12/23/2013	Senate	Received by the Secretary of the Senate on December 23, 2013 and REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2
3/28/2014	Senate	Reports READ Senator CRAVEN of Androscoggin moved to ACCEPT the Majority OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED Report On motion by Same Senator Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending ACCEPTANCE of her motion to accept the Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report Unfinished Business
3/31/2014	Senate	(Unfinished Business)
4/1/2014	Senate	Unfinished Business
4/2/2014	Senate	Unfinished Business
4/3/2014	Senate	Unfinished Business
4/4/2014	Senate	Unfinished Business
4/7/2014	Senate	Unfinished Business
4/8/2014	Senate	Unfinished Business
4/9/2014	Senate	Unfinished Business
4/10/2014	Senate	Unfinished Business
4/11/2014	Senate	Unfinished Business
4/14/2014	Senate	Unfinished Business
4/15/2014	Senate	TAKEN from the Table by the President. Subsequently, Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED Roll Call Ordered Roll Call # 581 21 Yeas - 14 Nays- 0 Excused - 0 Absent PREVAILED READ ONCE Committee Amendment "A" (S-464) READ and ADOPTED Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-464) Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
4/16/2014	House	Reports READ. On motion of Representative BERRY of Bowdoinham, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED. ROLL CALL NO. 711 (Yeas 94 - Nays 48 - Absent 9 - Excused 0) The Bill was READ ONCE. Committee Amendment "A" (S-464) was READ and ADOPTED. Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading. The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-464). In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
4/16/2014	House	PASSED TO BE ENACTED. ROLL CALL NO. 716 (Yeas 93 - Nays 50 - Absent 8 - Excused 0) Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
4/16/2014	Senate	On motion by Senator HILL of York PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending ENACTMENT , in concurrence.
4/17/2014	Senate	TAKEN from the Special Appropriations Table by Senator Hill of York. PASSED TO BE ENACTED , in concurrence.
5/1/2014	Senate	LD 1640 In Senate, May 1, 2014, this Bill, having been returned by the Governor, together with objections to the same pursuant to the provisions of the Constitution of the State of Maine, after reconsideration, the Senate proceeded to vote on the question: "Shall this Bill become a law notwithstanding the objections of the Governor?" 21 In the Affirmative and 14 In the Nagative , accordingly it was the vote of the Senate that the Bill not become law and the VETO was SUSTAINED. Roll Call # 629 21 Yeas - 14 Nays- 0 Excused - 0 Absent