MaineMaine removes anabolic steroid records from prescription monitoring program
Maine’s health department must remove existing anabolic steroid records from its prescription monitoring program when the law takes effect.
What it does
The law’s definition of controlled substances covered by the monitoring program excludes anabolic steroids.
The health department must remove existing information about anabolic steroid prescriptions and dispensing from the monitoring program.
The law provides $62,000 for database maintenance and a one-time $15,000 payment to remove the records.
Argument forExcluding anabolic steroids and removing their records could reduce the information providers and pharmacies report to the monitoring program.
Argument againstRemoving these records could leave health officials with less information about past anabolic steroid prescribing and dispensing.
More detail
The law excludes anabolic steroids from the controlled substances covered by the prescription monitoring program. The definition covers controlled substances in federal Schedules II through V, except anabolic steroids.
The Department of Health and Human Services must remove existing information about anabolic steroid prescribing and dispensing from the program’s records. The records are those in Maine’s Controlled Substances Prescription Monitoring Program. The removal is due immediately when the law takes effect.
The law provides state funding for database maintenance and a one-time records purge. The funding is for the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Behavioral Health. The funding is listed for fiscal year 2026–27.
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- Introduced
- Passed 1st Chamber
- Passed 2nd Chamber
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
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History
- 2026
- Apr 16Signed by Governor Janet MillsLatest
- Apr 13PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.Major
- Apr 13Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- Apr 13PASSED TO BE ENACTED.Passed 2nd Chamber
- Apr 13ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- Apr 13The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-551) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-680) thereto.Minor
- Apr 13Sent down for concurrence.
- Apr 13PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-551) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-680) thereto in NON-CONCURRENCE.Minor
- Apr 13Committee Amendment "A" (H-551) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-680) thereto ADOPTED.Minor
- Apr 13On further motion by Same Senator Senate Amendment "A" (S-680) to Committee Amendment "A" (H-551) READ and ADOPTED.
- Apr 13On further motion by Same Senator the Senate SUSPENDED THE RULES to RECONSIDER their actions whereby Committee Amendment "A" (H-551) was ADOPTED.Minor
- Apr 13On motion by Same Senator the Senate SUSPENDED THE RULES to RECONSIDER their actions whereby the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-551) in concurrence.Minor
- Apr 13On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin taken from the Special Appropriations Table
- 2025
- Jun 25CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800.
- Jun 10On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending ENACTMENT in concurrence
- Jun 10Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- Jun 10PASSED TO BE ENACTED.Became Law
- Jun 9Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-551) in concurrence.Minor
- Vote recorded ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP. Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT. Result: pass.Upper
- Jun 9Committee Amendment "A" (H-551) READ and ADOPTEDMinor
- Jun 9Bill READ ONCEMinor
- Jun 9Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 407 Yeas 21 - Nays 13 - Excused 1 - Absent 0
- Jun 9On motion by Senator INGWERSEN of York the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED. PREVAILED
- Jun 9Reports Read
- Jun 9Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- Jun 9The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-551).Minor
- Jun 9Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- Jun 9Committee Amendment "A" (H-551) was READ and ADOPTED.Minor
- Jun 9The Bill was READ ONCE.Minor
- Jun 9(Yeas 79 - Nays 66 - Absent 4 - Excused 2)
- Jun 9ROLL CALL NO. 357
- Jun 9On motion of Representative MEYER of Eliot, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- Jun 9Reports READ.
- Jun 6Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP
- May 1Voted - Divided Report
- May 1Work Session Held
- Mar 25The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES in concurrenceMinor
- Mar 25Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- Mar 25The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.Minor
- Mar 25Committee on Health and Human Services suggested and ordered printed.Introduced
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