AUGUSTA — Lawmakers on the Legislature’s Health and Human Services Committee thumbed their noses at Maine’s open-meeting law Thursday, taking their deliberations behind locked doors after being challenged by the Sun Journal on the matter. The committee was meeting to debate proposed Department of Health and Human Services rule changes that could result in the […]
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Families worried DHHS cuts could leave thousands of Maine autistic children in lurch
AUGUSTA — A legislative committee voted Thursday to move forward with a bill that would seek a moratorium on rule changes that could cut millions of dollars to agencies that provide services to children with autism and their families. The Legislature’s Health and Human Services Committee voted 6-5 along party lines to block a Maine […]
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Legislative committee splits on welfare reforms
AUGUSTA — Lawmakers split along party lines repeatedly Thursday as they debated and voted on a series of bills aimed at reforming the state’s welfare system. Democrats on the Health and Human Services Committee expressed outrage over proposals by the Maine Department of Health and Human Services that would spend some of more than $110 million […]
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Proposed mental health bill remains tabled
For the second time, the Legislative Council has put off deciding whether a bill to study the state of mental health care in Maine should move forward in the legislative session next month. The council Thursday kept tabled the bill sponsored by Rep. Drew Gattine, D-Westbrook. The proposal seeks a study on the state of […]