She has worked hard to successfully cosponsor several bills working collaboratively with her colleagues, including:

LD 84: Resolve, Directing the Department of Health and Human Services To Allow Spouses To Provide Home and Community-based Services to Eligible MaineCare Members, LD 136: An Act To Establish a Special Education Circuit Breaker Reimbursement Program, LD 145: An Act To Expand the Membership of the Wild Blueberry Commission of Maine, LD 359: An Act To Address Student Hunger with a “Breakfast after the Bell” Program, LD 985: An Act To Maintain High School Diploma Standards by Repealing Proficiency-based Diploma Standards, LD 1263: An Act To Prevent Sexual and Domestic Violence and To Support Survivors, and LD 1319: An Act To Prohibit Employer Disciplinary Action against Firefighters and Emergency Medical Services Persons Responding to an Emergency.

Health & Human Services

The HHS Committee is responsible for reviewing all new bills relating to the Department of Health and Human Services; MaineCare/Medicaid; children’s welfare and mental health services; child care; maternal and infant health; public health; lead and water testing; immunization; tobacco and e-cigarette sale and use; medical use of marijuana; eating, lodging and campground licensing and inspection; opioid medications and limits; state health system planning; health care facilities; health care workforce; telemedicine; oral health and dental care; substance use disorder; mental health; developmental disability; aging; elderly and disability issues; home and community-based longterm care; nursing facilities and residential care; palliative and end- of-life care; and public assistance.

“I’m looking forward to learning a lot more about what Maine is doing to promote the health and wellbeing of our citizens. I think there is a lot more that can be done, especially in rural areas like ours, and it will be up to the HHS Committee to endorse proposals that help the Department make improvements where they are needed, and to keep successful programs going strong.”

Constituent Services

Congratulatory letters, Legislative Sentiments, flags flown over the Capitol, assistance with state departments, general comments or questions about legislative matters. 

Contact Information

Mail: 2 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04330

Email: Abigail.Griffin@legislature.maine.gov

Legislative Office: (207) 287-1440

Sponsored Legislation (2019-2020)

LD 71	(SP24)
An Act To Reinstate the Income Tax Deduction for Contributions to College Savings Accounts
LD 84	(HP70)
Resolve, Directing the Department of Health and Human Services To Allow Spouses To Provide Home and Community-based Services to Eligible MaineCare Members
LD 136	(HP118)
An Act To Establish a Special Education Circuit Breaker Reimbursement Program
LD 145	(HP127)
An Act To Expand the Membership of the Wild Blueberry Commission of Maine
LD 188	(HP151)
An Act To Provide for an Expanded Muzzle-loading-only Deer Hunting Season
LD 205	(HP168)
An Act To Add Work Assignments to the Law Regarding Notification of a Defendant’s Release or Escape
LD 359	(SP99)
An Act To Address Student Hunger with a “Breakfast after the Bell” Program
LD 451	(SP129)
An Act To Repeal the Recently Enacted Changes to the Law Governing Tax Lien Foreclosure
LD 864	(HP638)
An Act To Make Whole Family Support Available Statewide
LD 871	(HP645)
An Act To Establish the Crime of Endangering the Welfare of a Child by Transferring Illegal Drugs through Breast Milk
LD 899	(HP663)
An Act To Increase Access to Health Care by Attracting Qualified Physicians to Maine
LD 985	(HP740)
An Act To Maintain High School Diploma Standards by Repealing Proficiency-based Diploma Standards
LD 1052	(SP312)
An Act To Require Regular and Transparent Review of MaineCare Reimbursement Rates
LD 1171	(SP357)
An Act To Prevent Sexual and Domestic Violence and To Support Survivors
LD 1188	(HP862)
An Act To Provide Preventive Counseling to Firefighters and Emergency Medical Services’ Persons as Part of Their Training
LD 1227	(HP888)
An Act To Allow Parents To Apply to the Commissioner of Education To Enroll Their Children in a Receiving School Administrative Unit and To Remove Limitations on Which Students May Be So Enrolled
LD 1263	(SP383)
An Act Regarding Telehealth
LD 1319	(HP954)
An Act To Prohibit Employer Disciplinary Action against Firefighters and Emergency Medical Services Persons Responding to an Emergency
LD 1351	(SP419)
An Act To Allow for the Recovery and Redistribution of Food in Public Schools
LD 1422	(HP1035)
An Act Regarding Conditions in Correctional Facilities for Female Prisoners
LD 1446	(HP1058)
An Act To Remove Sales and Use Taxation on Gold and Silver Coins
LD 1616	(HP1168)
An Act To Establish the Vaccine Consumer Protection Program
LD 1880	(HP1346)
An Act To Repeal and Replace the Canton Water District Charter