LD 227, An Act Regarding Legally Protected Health Care Activity in the State

This law, signed and supported by Governor Mills, protects providers and patients from hostile laws enacted in other states and ensures that access to gender-affirming and reproductive care can continue consistent with Maine’s laws. It does this by ensuring resources in the state are not used to further hostile litigation from other states; creating a civil right of action to respond to litigation filed by other states against Maine health care providers; protecting providers’ personal contact information; and enhancing protections for related to medical records being sought by states where reproductive and gender-affirming health care is banned.