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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 904S.P. 393 In Senate, March 11, 2025
An Act to Exempt from Fees Certain Services Performed by the
Health and Environmental Testing Laboratory for Criminal
Investigations
Received by the Secretary of the Senate on March 5, 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 HAGGAN of Penobscot.
Cosponsored by Senators: BALDACCI of Penobscot, CYRWAY of Kennebec,
Representatives: ARDELL of Monticello, BISHOP of Bucksport, NUTTING of Oakland,
PERKINS of Dover-Foxcroft. Page 1 - 132LR1405(01)
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2 as enacted by PL 1991, c. 499, §2 and affected by
3 §26, is amended to read:
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5 services rendered by the Health and Environmental Testing Laboratory based on the
6 average costs for those services. The department shall establish services essential to the
7 public health. These services must be provided free to residents of the State. The schedule
8 of charges must exempt from fees testing for substance use or to determine a blood-alcohol
9 or drug concentration level or for analysis of a substance that is suspected of being an illegal
10 drug when such testing or analysis is conducted pursuant to a criminal investigation.
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12 This bill prohibits the Department of Health and Human Services from establishing a
13 fee for certain testing or analysis conducted by the Health and Environmental Testing
14 Laboratory when such testing or analysis is conducted pursuant to a criminal investigation.
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