Maine State Legislature Legislative History Collection

Updated through the 130th Legislature

Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Legislation in Maine

Maine established advanced practice registered nursing in 1995 (see Public Law 1995, Chapter 379). This practice is defined in 32 MRS Section 2102(2-A) and (5-A). Advanced practice nursing is further governed by Title 32, Chapter 31, numerous other statutes, and rules promulgated by the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation. This legislative history includes proposed and enacted legislation from 1995 to present related to the regulation, scope of practice, and insurance coverage of advanced practice registered nurses, specifically. It does not include legislation that refers only to certified nurse practitioners, certified nurse midwives, etc.

Legislative History Table
Year	Bill	Amendments	Final Disposition	Legislative Record Remarks & Debate	Other Documents & News Clips	Full LD History
1995	Legislative Document 948 An Act to Provide Greater Access to Health Care	Enacted with amendments: S-279 S-304	Public Law 1995, Chapter 379	Senate, June 19, 1995 p. S-1211-S-1216 Senate, June 23, 1995 p. S-1310-S-1314 House, June 26, 1995 p. H-1304-H-1313 House, June 26, 1995 p. H-1336-H-1341 Senate, June 28, 1995 p. S-1443-S-1445	Committee File: Please contact a Reference Librarian.	Yes
1995	Legislative Document 1300 An Act Concerning the Practice of Professional Nursing	N/A	Ought Not To Pass	No debate.	Committee File: Please contact a Reference Librarian.	Yes
1997	Legislative Document 1063 An Act Allowing Registered Nurses EmPublic Lawoyed by Licensed Home Health Care Agencies to Possess and Administer Certain Noncontrolled Prescription Drugs under Certain Conditions	Enacted with amendment: S-67	Public Law 1997, Chapter 109	No debate.	Committee File: Please contact a Reference Librarian.	Yes
1999	Legislative Document 857 An Act Concerning Certified Nurse Practitioners and Certified Nurse Midwives as Primary Care Providers	Enacted with amendment: H-630	Public Law 1999, Chapter 396	Senate, May 24, 1999 p. S-1197	Committee File: Please contact a Reference Librarian.	Yes
1999	Legislative Document 992 An Act to Establish Parity for Patients of Certified Nurse Practitioners and Certified Nurse Midwives	N/A	Ought Not To Pass	No debate.	Committee File: Please contact a Reference Librarian.	Yes
2001	Legislative Document 588 An Act Concerning Nurses in Advanced Practice	N/A	Ought Not To Pass	No debate.	Committee File: Please contact a Reference Librarian.	Yes
2002	Legislative Document 361 An Act to Adopt the Model Business Corporation Act in Maine	Enacted with amendment: H-1037	Public Law 2001, Chapter 640	No debate.	Committee File: Please contact a Reference Librarian.	Yes
2002	Legislative Document 2105 An Act to Enact the Maine Professional Service Corporation Act	N/A	Ought Not To Pass	No debate.	Committee File: Please contact a Reference Librarian.	Yes
2005	Legislative Document 697 An Act To Clarify Reporting Responsibilities to Licensing Boards	Enacted with amendment: S-130	Public Law 2005, Chapter 221	No debate.	Committee File: Please contact a Reference Librarian.	Yes
2005	Legislative Document 809 An Act To Facilitate Testimony in Workers' Compensation Proceedings	Enacted with amendment: H-146	Public Law 2005, Chapter 99	No debate.	Committee File: Please contact a Reference Librarian.	Yes
2005	Legislative Document 1568 An Act To Allow Nurse Practitioners To Sign Death Certificates	Enacted with amendment: H-594	Public Law 2005, Chapter 359	No debate.	Committee File: Please contact a Reference Librarian.	Yes
2006	Legislative Document 1839 An Act To Clarify the Accountability of Advanced Practice Registered Nurses	N/A	Ought Not To Pass	No debate.	Committee File: Please contact a Reference Librarian.	Yes
2007	Legislative Document 981 An Act Concerning the Supervision of Nursing Support Staff	N/A	Public Law 2007, Chapter 197	No debate.	Committee File: Please contact a Reference Librarian.	Yes
2007	Legislative Document 1598 An Act To Grant Supervisory Privileges to Qualified Independent Nurse Practitioners	Enacted with amendment: H-386	Public Law 2007, Chapter 316	No debate.	Committee File: Please contact a Reference Librarian.	Yes
2008	Legislative Document 1986 An Act To Expand the Pool of Qualified Mental Health Examiners for Purposes of Involuntary Treatment	Enacted with amendment: S-396	Public Law 2007, Chapter 472	No debate.	Committee File: Please contact a Reference Librarian.	Yes
2008	Legislative Document 2024 An Act To Clarify the Licensure of Advanced Practice Registered Nurses	Enacted with amendment: H-694	Public Law 2007, Chapter 498	No debate.	Committee File: Please contact a Reference Librarian.	Yes
2010	Legislative Document 1617 An Act Enabling Expedited Partner Therapy	Enacted with amendment: H-653	Public Law 2009, Chapter 533	No debate.	Committee File: Please contact a Reference Librarian.	Yes
2010	Legislative Document 1702 An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Advanced Practice Registered Nurses	N/A	Public Law 2009, Chapter 512	No debate.	Committee File: Please contact a Reference Librarian.	Yes
2011	Legislative Document 1472 An Act To Create the State Advanced Practice Registered Nursing Board	Proposed amendment: S-137	Ought Not To Pass	No debate.	Committee File: Please contact a Reference Librarian.	Yes
2011	Legislative Document 1501 An Act To Reduce Opioid Overprescription, Overuse and Abuse	Enacted with amendment: H-542	Resove 2011, Chapter 81	House, January 31, 2012 p. H-1132	Report: LD 1501 Workgroup. Substance Abuse Services Commission Report on: LD 1501 Resolve (Dec. 2011) Committee File: Please contact a Reference Librarian. News Clips: Please contact a Reference Librarian.	Yes
2012	Legislative Document 1692 An Act To Clarify Case Management Supervision Authority and Ensure Access to Case Management Services	Proposed amendment: H-782	Indefinitely postponed	No debate.	Committee File: Please contact a Reference Librarian.	Yes
2012	Legislative Document 1816 An Act To ImPublic Lawement the Recommendations of the Streamline and Prioritize Core Government Services Task Force for the Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2012 and June 30, 2013 and To Make Certain Other Allocations and Appropriations and Changes to the Law Necessary to the Operation of State Government	Enacted with amendment: H-707	Public Law 2011, Chapter 477	House, February 16, 2012 p. H-1157-H-1165 House, February 16, 2012 p. H-1166 Senate, February 16, 2012 p. S-1711-S-1717 Senate, February 16, 2012 p. S-1717-S-1724 Senate, February 23, 2012 p. S-1745-S-1746	Report: Report of the LD 1816 Section W-1 Adult Developmental Services Work Group (Feb. 2013) Report: Biennial Public Lawan for Services to Adults with Intellectual Disabilities or Autism: 2013-2014 (Dec. 2013) Committee File: Please contact a Reference Librarian. News Clips: Please contact a Reference Librarian.	Yes
2014	Legislative Document 1727 An Act To Establish Guidelines for the Stocking and Administration of Epinephrine in Schools	Enacted with amendment: H-779	Public Law 2013, Chapter 526	No debate.	Committee File: Please contact a Reference Librarian.	Yes
2014	Legislative Document 1739 An Act To Amend the Maine Medical Use of Marijuana Act	Enacted with amendments: H-713 H-732	Public Law 2013, Chapter 516	House, March 24, 2014 p. H-1661-H-1662	Report: Medical Use of Marijuana Program January 1, 2014 - December 31, 2014 (June 2015) Report: Maine Medical Use of Marijuana Program January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2015: Annual Report to the Maine State Legislature (Aug. 2016) Committee File: Please contact a Reference Librarian. News Clips: Please contact a Reference Librarian.	Yes
2015	Legislative Document 970 An Act Regarding Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Requirements	Proposed amendments: S-176 S-211	Died between houses	Senate, June 8, 2015 p. S-867-S-872 Senate, June 9, 2015 p. S-913-S-914 Senate, June 15, 2015 p. S-1026-S-1029	Committee File: Please contact a Reference Librarian.	Yes
2017	Legislative Document 538 An Act To Allow Advanced Practice Registered Nurses Who Have Attained Certain Degrees To Use the Title of Doctor	Proposed amendment: H-50	Ought Not To Pass	No debate.	Committee File: Please contact a Reference Librarian.	Yes
2018	Legislative Document 1763 An Act To Authorize Certain Health Care Professionals Who Are Not Physicians To Perform Abortions	N/A	Died on adjournment	No debate.	News Clips: Please contact a Reference Librarian.	Yes
2019	Legislative Document 340 An Act To Establish a Temporary Terminal Condition Medical Allowance for Lobster and Crab Fishing License HoLegislative Documenters	Enacted with amendment: H-70	Public Law 2019, Chapter 68	No debate.	Committee File: Please contact a Reference Librarian. News Clips: Please contact a Reference Librarian.	Yes
2019	Legislative Document 1256 An Act To Provide a Health Care Preceptor Tax Credit	Proposed amendment: H-331	Died Upon Conclusion of the 129th Legislature	No debate.	Committee File: Please contact a Reference Librarian.	Yes
2019	Legislative Document 1261 An Act To Authorize Certain Health Care Professionals To Perform Abortions	N/A	Public Law 2019, Chapter 262	House, May 21, 2019 p. H-617-H-619 House, May 23, 2019 p. H-650 Senate, May 23, 2019 p. S-739-S-742	Committee File: Please contact a Reference Librarian. News Clips: Please contact a Reference Librarian.	Yes
2019	Legislative Document 1277 An Act To Require the Director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention To Be Credentialed	Enacted with amendments: S-101 S-339	Public Law 2019, Chapter 523	No debate.	Committee File: Please contact a Reference Librarian.	Yes
2020	Legislative Document 1660 An Act To Improve Access to Physician Assistant Care	Enacted with amendments: S-432 S-444	Public Law 2019, Chapter 627	No debate.	Committee File: Please contact a Reference Librarian. News Clips: Please contact a Reference Librarian.	Yes
2020	Legislative Document 1938 An Act Concerning MaineCare Coverage for Donor Breast Milk	Proposed amendment: H-706	Died Upon Conclusion of the 129th Legislature	No debate.	Committee File: Please contact a Reference Librarian.	Yes
2021	Legislative Document 1 An Act To Establish the COVID-19 Patient Bill of Rights	Enacted with amendments: S-16 S-22	Public Law 2021, Chapter 28, Section D-1	Senate, March 11, 2021 p. S-240-S-241	Committee File: Please contact a Reference Librarian. News Clips: Please contact a Reference Librarian.	Yes
2021	Legislative Document 295 An Act To Repeal Restrictions That Prohibit Certain Advanced Practice Registered Nurses from Providing Essential Health Care Services	N/A	Ought Not To Pass	No debate.	Committee File: Please contact a Reference Librarian.	Yes
2021	Legislative Document 1194 An Act To Reduce Health Care Worker Shortages	N/A	Ought Not To Pass	No debate.	Committee File: Please contact a Reference Librarian.	Yes
2022	Legislative Document 85 An Act Concerning MaineCare Coverage for Donor Breast Milk	Adopted with amendments: H-45 S-585	Public Law 2021, Chapter 708	No debate.	Committee File: Please contact a Reference Librarian.	Yes

Legislative History Table

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