An Act to Protect Health Care Professionals P1 ov1dmg Reproductive Health Care Services
Maine Legislature, Session 131, LD 0616
Committee Amendment CA_A_H402 (House)
Amends: 24-A MRSA §2159-F

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" A 
"to HP 393, L D. 616, "An Act to Protect Health 
Care Professionals P1 ov1dmg Reproductive Health Care Services" 
Amend the bill by stnkmg out everything afte1 the enactmg clause and msertmg the 
following 
'Sec. 1. 24-A MRSA §2159-F 1s enacted to 1ead· 
§2159-F. 
Discrimination based solely on provision of reproductive health care 
services in medical malpractice insurance 
1. Definitions. As used m this section, unless the context othe1 wise indicates. the 
followmg te1ms have the following meanmgs 
A "Adve1se act1on
means revocation, suspens10n 01 other d1sciplmruy act10n agamst 
a health care profess1onal's license 
B "Health care professional who provides reproductive health caie services" means a 
health care professional who provides, auth01 izes, recommends, ruds, assists, refers fo1 
or otherwise participates in an abortion 01 any other 1 eproducttve health care services 
p10v1ded for the purpose of an abortion performed on an 111d1vidual 
2. 
Discrimination prohibited. 
An msm er that pl ov1des medical mal01 actice 
insurance in this State may not refuse to issue or renew covet age, cancel 01 1 estnct coverage 
or require the payment of additional charges by a health care professional who provides 
reproductive health care services on the sole basis that the health cat e profess10nal 1s actmg 
m v10lation of another state's law or 1s sub1ect to an adverse action agamst the health caie 
profess10nal's license 111 another state for a v10lat1011 of that state's law 
3. Action based on adverse action in another state prohibited. An msm et that 
provides medical malpractice msurance m this State may not refuse to issue or 1 enew 
coveiage, cancel or 1estr1ct coverage or 1equ11e the payment of additional chatges by a 
health care professional who p1ovides reproductive health care services as a result of an 
adverse action agamst the health care ptofessional's license m another state if the adve1se 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMEITT "A" to HP 393, L D 6 I 6 
action 1s solelx based on a v10lat1on of the other state's law that prohibits abortion and any 
related reproductive health care set vices in that state or for a resident of that state ' 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section 
number to read consecutively 
SUMMARY 
This amendment 1s the maJonty report of the committee and replaces the bill The 
amendment reallocates the p1 ov1s1on 111 the bill to the chapter m the Mame Revised Statutes, 
Title 24-A that relates to trade practices and ftauds and makes other clanfymg changes 
The amendment prohibits an insurer that provides medical malpractice msmance m this 
State from d1scnmmatmg or takmg any adverse action agamst a health care professional 
who provides abortion or other reproductive health care services on the sole basts that the 
health care professrnnal 1s actmg m v1olat1on of anothet state's law or 1s subJect to an 
adverse action agamst the health care profess1onal's hcense m another state 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT