{"id":"DUT-ME-016","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Maine","state":"ME","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"130th Maine Legislature (L.D. 1, S.P. 29); became law without the Governor\u0027s signature","authority":"Me. Const. art. IV, pt. 3, secs. 2 and 16 (emergency legislation)","instrument":"Public Law 2021, chapter 28 (L.D. 1), An Act To Establish the COVID-19 Patient Bill of Rights and To Amend the Governor\u0027s Emergency Powers, Part C, enacting 37-B M.R.S. sec. 742(1)(E)","title":"An Act To Establish the COVID-19 Patient Bill of Rights and To Amend the Governor\u0027s Emergency Powers","dateIssued":"2021-03-25","effective":"2021-03-25 (emergency measure: \u0027this legislation takes effect when approved\u0027)","end":"standing","startDate":"2021-03-25","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["EMER","HC","OTHER"],"addressees":["the Governor (exercise of emergency powers); health care providers and facilities; insurers and pharmacies (Parts A, B and D)"],"clause":"E. In dealing with a declared state of emergency under this subsection, the Governor shall ensure that: (1) Medical privacy and confidentiality requirements, including but not limited to requirements under the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, are followed; and (2) Health care services and surgeries are not considered to be nonessential services.","enforcement":"n/a (a limitation on the Governor\u0027s powers and a patient-rights statute); the enforcement provisions of 37-B M.R.S. sec. 786 (Ex. DUT-ME-004) continued to apply to every order under sec. 742","functions":[],"notes":"The Legislature, sitting in the emergency\u0027s thirteenth month, amended the Governor\u0027s emergency powers to require that health care services and surgeries never be treated as nonessential in a declared emergency, confirmed the remainder of the sec. 742 regime under which every order in force on March 25, 2021 continued to bind, and enacted a COVID-19 patient bill of rights (cost-sharing for testing and vaccination) with a pharmacist delegation provision for vaccine administration.","sourceUrl":"https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0029\u0026item=10\u0026snum=130","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":172634,"grade":"primary","character":"statutory_duty","description":"","collection":"DUT-ME","url":"/library/DUT-ME-016","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-ME-016","citation":"130th Maine Legislature (L.D. 1, S.P. 29); became law without the Governor\u0027s signature, Public Law 2021, chapter 28 (L.D. 1), An Act To Establish the COVID-19 Patient Bill of Rights and To Amend the Governor\u0027s Emergency Powers, Part C, enacting 37-B M.R.S. sec. 742(1)(E) (standing) (Ex. DUT-ME-016)","stateName":"Maine","related":["ME-003","DUT-ME-004"]}