Resolve, Directing the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention To Report on Progress toward Meeting Healthy Maine 2020 Goals Pertaining to Reproductive Health
Maine Legislature, Session 127, LD 1149
Committee: Health and Human Services
Sponsors: BURSTEIN, GRATWICK, GATTINE, HYMANSON, MALABY, MASTRACCIO, SANBORN, BRAKEY, VALENTINO

Legislative Document 
No. 1149 
H.P. 787 
House of Representatives, March 31, 2015 
Resolve, Directing the Maine Center for Disease Control and 
Prevention To Report on Progress toward Meeting Healthy Maine 
2020 Goals Pertaining to Reproductive Health 
Reference to the Committee on Health and Human Services suggested and ordered printed. 
ROBERT B. HUNT 
Clerk 
Presented by Representative BURSTEIN of Lincolnville. 
Cosponsored by Senator GRATWICK of Penobscot and 
Representatives: GATTINE of Westbrook, HYMANSON of York, MALABY of Hancock, 
MASTRACCIO of Sanford, SANBORN of Gorham, Senators: BRAKEY of Androscoggin, 
VALENTINO of York. 
Sec. 1.  Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention to report.  
Resolved:  That the Department of Health and Human Services, Maine Center for 
Disease Control and Prevention shall report by October 1, 2015 to the Joint Standing 
Committee on Health and Human Services on state-led efforts to achieve goals identified 
in its document "Healthy Maine 2020" pertaining to reproductive health, including 
strategies to reduce preterm births, increase the proportion of live births that are the result 
of an intended pregnancy, reduce the rate of infant death, increase the proportion of 
pregnant women who receive early and adequate prenatal care and increase abstinence 
from alcohol, cigarettes and illicit drugs among pregnant women.  The report must 
include a description of the activities and efforts led by the Maine Center for Disease 
Control and Prevention and other state-operated programs that seek to improve the health 
and welfare of citizens of the State, including efforts to increase high school graduation 
rates.  Where an effort has failed or is failing to meet a "Healthy Maine 2020" goal, the 
report must include an explanation why the effort has not or is not meeting the goal and 
include evidence-based strategies or recommendations on how state programs can meet 
the goal; and be it further 
Sec. 2.  Joint standing committee may report out a bill.  Resolved:  That the 
Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human Services may report out a bill based on 
the subject matter of the report under section 1 to the Second Regular Session of the 
127th Legislature. 
SUMMARY 
This resolve directs the Department of Health and Human Services, Maine Center for 
Disease Control and Prevention to report by October 1, 2015 to the Joint Standing 
Committee on Health and Human Services on state-led efforts to achieve goals identified 
in its document "Healthy Maine 2020" pertaining to reproductive health.  The report must 
include an explanation of failed or failing efforts to meet a goal and evidence-based 
strategies or recommendations on how state programs can meet the goal and a description 
of the State's efforts to improve the health and welfare of its citizens, including efforts to 
increase high school graduation rates.  The joint standing committee is authorized to 
report out a bill based on the report to the Second Regular Session of the 127th 
Legislature.