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2 days ago · An Act to Protect the Health of Medical Cannabis Patients and Streamline the Mandatory Testing of Cannabis. Sponsored by: Rep. Marc Malon (D-Biddeford) Committee: Veterans and Legal Affairs The Office of Cannabis Policy has drafted a bill that would establish for the first time a mandatory testing requirement for the medical cannabis program in Maine.

2 days ago · The bill process. Idea developed . An idea for a bill can originate from a number of places, including legislators, committees, study groups, lobbyists, public interest groups, municipal officials, the Governor, state agencies and individual citizens, according to the Maine Legislature website.. A bill may have up to ten sponsors, according to a …

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Jan 17, 2025 · The scaled back staffing ratios are still higher than current staffing requirements, which require residential care facilities with more than 10 beds to have one direct care worker for every 12 residents during the day; one to 18 in the evening; and one to 30 overnight.

Jan 18, 2025 · Federal agencies say DOT plan for Machias dike likely to have “significant adverse effects” on fish, marsh. Four years ago, Maine DOT published a “Purpose and Need for Action” report, detailing studies dating to 2016. Since then flood waters have exceeded the base flood elevation eight times ...

Nov 24, 2024 · In the first major update to assisted living and residential care regulations in more than 15 years, the Maine Department of Health and Human Services has proposed significantly increasing staffing requirements, among other changes.

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Nov 24, 2024 · Dover-Foxcroft select board chair Tom Lizotte sees that vote as a byproduct of the mistrust between the town and many of its residents, who were suspicious of the removal proposals and their connection to environmental groups, as well as the dam’s prominence in town.