An Act To Strengthen the Economic Stability of Qualified Maine Citizens by Expanding Coverage of Reproductive Health Care and Family Services
Maine Legislature, Session 127, LD 0319
Committee: Health and Human Services
Sponsors: McCREIGHT, GRATWICK, BRYANT, GATTINE, GIDEON, HOBART, MONAGHAN, GERZOFSKY, KATZ, LANGLEY
Amends: 22 MRSA §3173-G

Legislative Document 
No. 319 
H.P. 213 
House of Representatives, February 10, 2015 
An Act To Strengthen the Economic Stability of Qualified Maine 
Citizens by Expanding Coverage of Reproductive Health Care and 
Family Services 
Reference to the Committee on Health and Human Services suggested and ordered printed. 
ROBERT B. HUNT 
Clerk 
Presented by Representative McCREIGHT of Harpswell. 
Cosponsored by Senator GRATWICK of Penobscot and 
Representatives: BRYANT of Windham, GATTINE of Westbrook, GIDEON of Freeport, 
HOBART of Bowdoinham, MONAGHAN of Cape Elizabeth, Senators: GERZOFSKY of 
Cumberland, KATZ of Kennebec, LANGLEY of Hancock. 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1.  22 MRSA §3173-G is enacted to read: 
§3173-G.  Medicaid coverage for reproductive health care and family planning 
services 
The department shall provide for the delivery of federally approved Medicaid 
services to a qualified adult or adolescent when the adult's or adolescent's individual 
income is equal to or below 209% of the nonfarm income official poverty line for 
reproductive health care and family planning services, including pregnancy prevention, 
testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infection or cancer and access to 
contraception, in accordance with the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, 
Public Law 111-148, as amended by the federal Health Care and Education 
Reconciliation Act of 2010, Public Law 111-152. 
Sec. 2.  Medicaid state plan amendment.  The Department of Health and 
Human Services shall prepare and submit a Medicaid state plan amendment to the United 
States Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid 
Services that, effective October 1, 2015, provides Medicaid coverage for reproductive 
health care and family planning services for adults and adolescents who have individual 
incomes less than or equal to 209% of the nonfarm income official poverty line, as 
defined by the federal Department of Health and Human Services and updated annually 
in the Federal Register under authority of 42 United States Code, Section 9902(2), and 
who are not otherwise eligible for Medicaid. 
Sec. 3.  Contingent effective date.  That section of this Act that enacts the Maine 
Revised Statutes, Title 22, section 3173-G takes effect only if: 
1.  The Commissioner of Health and Human Services receives written approval of the 
state plan amendment submitted in accordance with section 2 from the United States 
Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; 
and 
2.  The Commissioner of Health and Human Services notifies the Secretary of State, 
the Secretary of the Senate, the Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Revisor of 
Statutes that written approval of the state plan amendment has been received. 
SUMMARY 
This bill expands Medicaid coverage for reproductive health care and family planning 
services to adults and adolescents who have individual incomes less than or equal to 
209% of the nonfarm income official poverty line as defined in accordance with federal 
law, which is the same Medicaid coverage level as for pregnant women.