Maine 2025-2026 Regular Session

Maine House Bill LD1830

Introduced
4/30/25  
Refer
4/30/25  
Refer
4/30/25  
Engrossed
6/3/25  
Enrolled
6/4/25  

Caption

Resolve, to Expand the Recipients of the Report on the Public Safety Health and Wellness Grant Pilot Program and Authorize Legislation to Be Submitted in Response to the Report

Summary

LD 1830 is a narrow resolve concerning the Public Safety Health and Wellness Grant Pilot Program. It requires the Department of Public Safety to submit the pilot program report, already required under prior law, to an additional legislative committee: the Joint Standing Committee on Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services. The report must be submitted by January 10, 2026, and the existing recipients—the Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human Services and the Joint Standing Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety—remain included. The resolve also authorizes any of the three named committees to report out legislation in response to the report during the Second Regular Session of the 132nd Legislature. In practical terms, the bill does not itself change the grant program or create new substantive requirements; instead, it broadens legislative review and creates a pathway for follow-up legislation based on the pilot program’s findings.

Impact

The bill amends the reporting and legislative-review process tied to a previously enacted public safety health and wellness grant pilot program. It expands the list of committees receiving the required report and expressly permits those committees to introduce legislation in response, which could lead to future changes affecting public safety employee health, wellness, and related insurance or benefits policy. It does not directly alter any existing benefit, grant, or program eligibility statutes in this resolve itself.

Sentiment

The available record suggests a generally procedural and noncontroversial measure, with no recorded floor votes or committee transcript debate in the provided materials. The bill was enacted as a resolve without the Governor’s signature, indicating it moved through the legislative process without evident public dispute in the materials provided. Overall, the sentiment appears neutral to supportive, focused on oversight and the possibility of future policy refinement.

Contention

No specific points of contention are documented in the provided transcripts or vote history. The only notable policy choice is which committees should receive the report and have authority to act on it: the bill adds the health coverage and insurance committee to the existing recipients, which may reflect an interest in insurance, benefits, or health coverage implications of the pilot program. Any disagreement, if it existed, is not reflected in the supplied record.

Companion Bills

No companion bills found.

Previously Filed As

ME LD1004

An Act to Adjust Certain Implementation and Reporting Dates in Legislation Held by the Governor That Became Law

ME SJR13

Directing The Delaware Judiciary To Establish A Pilot Court Date Reminder Program And To Study And Report On The Feasibility Of Expanding The Program Statewide.

ME HB4666

Relating to certain reports required to be prepared or submitted by or in collaboration with the Health and Human Services Commission or submitted to the governor or a member of the legislature under the Health and Safety Code.

ME S3453

Establishes pilot program in DOE to use therapy dogs in public elementary school wellness programs.

ME A4204

Establishes pilot program in DOE to use therapy dogs in public elementary school wellness programs.

ME SB146

Department of Public Safety Mental Wellness Division; expanding scope of eligibility. Effective date.

ME SB146

Department of Public Safety Mental Wellness Division; expanding scope of eligibility. Effective date.

ME SB5775

Expanding local taxing authority to fund public safety and community protection focused programs and services.

ME HJ57

Study resolution examining the effects of public safety communications on extreme weather responses

ME H7222

Creates rodent integrated pest management pilot programs for municipalities that choose to participate. Reports to be approved by the municipality's mayor or administrator and submitted to the department of environmental management.

Similar Bills

No similar bills found.