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MaineLD 1745132nd Maine Legislature (2025-2026)HouseWALLET

An Act to Stabilize Residential Treatment Capacity for Children and Youth in Maine

Sponsored By: Lori Gramlich (Democratic)

Became Law

CHILDREN AND FAMILIESCHILDREN AND FAMILIES - ABUSE AND NEGLECT

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Bill Overview

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2 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

Help providers keep kids’ treatment beds open

The health department must convene child residential treatment providers to identify short- and long-term staffing and resource needs. The department must send findings and recommendations to the Legislature by December 3, 2025, and lawmakers may propose related bills. The department must also reach out to residential, inpatient psychiatric, and community-based providers to advise on resource needs, prevent more closures, and encourage reopening of beds for children and youth.

Stronger tracking of children’s behavioral care

Beginning October 1, 2025, the health department must tell the Legislature within two weeks when a children’s residential care facility closes. The notice must list the facility name, services, bed and employee counts, reasons, a de-identified discharge plan summary, and steps taken to prevent closure. Every year by January 1, the department must send an expanded children’s behavioral health report with program data, waiting lists, ER boarding details, out-of-state placements and total State cost (including travel), long stays over one year, and the number of facility closures. The department must protect confidentiality and make reasonable efforts, including a standard reporting system, to get provider data. By December 3, 2025, the department must deliver a full data and policy report that shows beds and programs added and lost since 2018 and current wait times. It must also state how many children are homeless; give updates on wraparound, treatment foster care, home and community treatment, assertive community treatment, school-based services, psychiatric residential levels of care, the federal community behavioral health clinic Medicaid demo, and crisis receiving centers; and list missing services that keep children in ERs or inpatient units after they are cleared.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Lori Gramlich

    Democratic • House

Cosponsors

  • Daniel Shagoury

    Democratic • House

  • Flavia DeBrito

    Democratic • House

  • Holly Stover

    Democratic • House

  • Jeffrey L. Timberlake

    Republican • Senate

  • John Ducharme

    Republican • House

  • Kathy Javner

    Republican • House

  • Marianne Moore

    Republican • Senate

  • Michael Brennan

    Democratic • House

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

Actions Timeline

  1. ACTPUB Chapter 522

    5/1/2026

  2. HELD BY THE GOVERNOR.

    7/8/2025Senate

  3. This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.PASSED TO BE ENACTED.Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

    6/13/2025House

  4. PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence.

    6/13/2025Senate

  5. Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.READ ONCE.Committee Amendment "A" (H-674) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence.Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-674), in concurrence.Ordered sent down forthwith.

    6/13/2025Senate

  6. CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAYUnder suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-674).Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

    6/12/2025House

  7. The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES in concurrence

    4/22/2025Senate

  8. Committee on Health and Human Services suggested and ordered printed. The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

    4/22/2025House

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