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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 562S.P. 241 In Senate, February 25, 2025
An Act to Update Reimbursement Rates for Transportation of
Deceased Persons by Funeral Homes When the Transport is at the
Request of the Chief Medical Examiner
Received by the Secretary of the Senate on February 19, 2025. Referred to the Committee
on Health and Human Services pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed.
DAREK M. GRANT
Secretary of the Senate
Presented by Senator BALDACCI of Penobscot.
Cosponsored by Senators: MOORE of Washington, RAFFERTY of York, Representatives:
LEMELIN of Chelsea, SHAGOURY of Hallowell. Page 1 - 132LR2232(01)
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2 as amended by PL 2011, c. 445, §1 and affected
3 by §3, is further amended to read:
4 The Chief Medical Examiner may authorize any other expenses necessary to carry out
5 the Chief Medical Examiner's duties. The Chief Medical Examiner shall reimburse a
6 funeral establishment that transports a body to Augusta at the request of the Office of Chief
7 Medical Examiner at the following rates: for up to and including the first 25 miles, $120
8 $300; for the next 25 miles, $2 $4.50 per mile traveled while actually transporting a body;
9 and for miles in excess of 50, $1.75 $4 per mile traveled while actually transporting a body.
10 If an employee of a funeral establishment is required to wait at the Office of Chief Medical
11 Examiner due to processes or other official activities of the Chief Medical Examiner, the
12 Chief Medical Examiner shall reimburse the funeral establishment at a rate equal to the
13 wage rate in Title 26, section 664, subsection 1 for the period of time the employee waits.
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15 This bill increases the transportation reimbursement rate, and establishes a
16 reimbursement rate for employees required to wait, for funeral establishments requested to
17 transport a body for the Office of Chief Medical Examiner.
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