Bill > LD1390

Introduced Session

This bill establishes a process to identify individuals and families who are uninsured but potentially eligible for benefits under the MaineCare program or enrollment in a qualified health plan in the Maine Health Insurance Marketplace through the state income tax filing system. It requires the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of Revenue Services to add check-off boxes to the state income tax form that allow an individual who is filing a state income tax return to identify that the individual or the individual's spouse or dependents are uninsured and authorize the bureau to share that information with the marketplace. The marketplace must determine eligibility and follow up with the individual filing the tax return. A special enrollment period on the exchange is available to the uninsured individuals. The marketplace must offer assistance with the enrollment process for a qualified health plan and the Department of Health and Human Services must offer assistance with MaineCare enrollment. Outreach materials and programming for educational purposes are developed by the Superintendent of Insurance within the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation, the marketplace and the Department of Health and Human Services. An advisory group is created to assist the superintendent with improving the effectiveness of the program. The superintendent must submit an annual report with related data to the joint standing committees of the Legislature having jurisdiction over health insurance matters and MaineCare matters.

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Richard Evans (D)*,  Heidi Brooks (D),  Ned Claxton (D),  Benjamin Collings (D),  Patricia Hymanson (D),  Sam Zager (D), 

Senate: S-A to C-A (S-616) - Senate: S-A to C-A (S-616) (on 04/25/2022)

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