# Maine LD 765: An Act to Amend the Laws Governing the Controlled Substances Prescription Monitoring Program Maine LD 765, An Act to Amend the Laws Governing the Controlled Substances Prescription Monitoring Program, is a 132nd Maine Legislature (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by Michele Meyer (Democratic); status signed, last action 2025-04-22 (Signed by Governor, ACTPUB Chapter 37); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD765-132 - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Maine LD 765 - State: Maine - Session: 132nd Maine Legislature (2025-2026) - Title: An Act to Amend the Laws Governing the Controlled Substances Prescription Monitoring Program - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-02-25 - Last action: 2025-04-22, Signed by Governor, ACTPUB Chapter 37 - Sponsor: Michele Meyer (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: HEALTH CARE SERVICES, HEALTH CARE SERVICES - PRESCRIPTION DRUGS - Touches household money: yes - Economic provisions PRIA read: 4 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Drug‑monitoring report due April 15: benefit, low. Each year by April 15, the department reports to the Legislature’s health and human services committee. The report includes total prescriptions by drug, prescriber counts by specialty, statewide prescribing trends, and progress on data‑sharing deals. All data must be de‑identified so no patient or… - New reporting rules for dispensers: cost, medium. Dispensers, like pharmacies and clinics, must send required drug data in the format the department sets. The exact data items now come from department rules, not a fixed list in law. You must submit electronically or in a department‑approved format, unless an exception in law applies. Rule changes… - Old drug‑monitoring law repealed; rules govern: mixed, low. The law repeals a section of the drug‑monitoring statute. Other laws remove its cross‑references. The department now defines certain "other circumstances" by rule instead of that repealed section. This shift lets details be set and updated through rulemaking. - Telehealth prescribers now in monitoring program: mixed, low. The law treats licensed prescribers and veterinarians who use telehealth with Maine patients as prescribers in the drug‑monitoring program. They must follow the program’s rules when prescribing controlled substances to patients located in Maine. The program uses the same meaning of “telehealth” as… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Michele Meyer (Democratic), House ## Actions (8) - 2025-04-22: Signed by Governor, ACTPUB Chapter 37 - 2025-04-17: PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. (Senate) - 2025-04-15: PASSED TO BE ENACTED. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH. (House) - 2025-04-10: Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.READ ONCEUnder suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED, in concurrence.Ordered sent down forthwith. (Senate) - 2025-04-08: CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAYUnder suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED.Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH. (House) - 2025-03-21: Carried over, in the same posture, to the next special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 519. (House) - 2025-02-25: The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES in concurrence (Senate) - 2025-02-25: 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. (House) ## Bill text - Enacted: [PDF](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0495&item=2&snum=132) - Introduced: [PDF](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0495&item=1&snum=132) ## Related bills - LD 1522: An Act to Establish the Maine Eviction Prevention Program (failed) - LD 1665: An Act to Provide Property Tax Relief to Maine Families (failed) - LD 1872: An Act to Reinvest in the Pension Funds of the Maine Public Employees Retirement System (failed) - LD 2067: An Act to Include Community Mental Health Workers Under the 1998 Special Plan for Retirement (failed) - LD 1611: An Act to Decrease the Retirement Contributions Required for Teachers and State Employees (failed) - LD 1294: An Act to Expand the Dependent Exemption Tax Credit (failed) ## Sources - [Enacted (PDF)](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0495&item=2&snum=132) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0495&item=1&snum=132) ## Related - [LD 1522: An Act to Establish the Maine Eviction Prevention Program](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD1522-132) - [LD 1665: An Act to Provide Property Tax Relief to Maine Families](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD1665-132) - [LD 1872: An Act to Reinvest in the Pension Funds of the Maine Public Employees Retiremen…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD1872-132) - [LD 2067: An Act to Include Community Mental Health Workers Under the 1998 Special Plan f…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD2067-132) - [LD 1611: An Act to Decrease the Retirement Contributions Required for Teachers and State…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD1611-132) - [LD 1294: An Act to Expand the Dependent Exemption Tax Credit](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD1294-132) - [Maine bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/maine/bills) - [Maine state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/maine) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD765-132 (as of 2026-10-17).