139

days since Governor LePage first submitted a bill to pay the hospitals

AUGUSTA – Governor Paul R. LePage announced today that his plan to pay Maine’s hospitals and create a new contract for the state’s liquor business has come out of the revisor’s office and has been sent to the Appropriations and Financial Affairs Committee.

The bill, “An Act to Strengthen Maine’s Hospitals and to Provide for a New Spirits Contract,” is essentially the same as the Governor’s proposal that was submitted 139 days ago. The new bill was submitted last week as emergency legislation, which means that once it is passed it will go into effect as soon as the Governor signs it.

“The hospitalsundefinedand the Maine peopleundefinedhave waited long enough,” the Governor said. “It’s time to pay the hospitals. No excuses, no stalling, no last-minute political stunts: let’s get it done.”

To track the progress of the Governor’s bill, click here.