Press Releases

December 30, 2024

Senator Collins Championed 5 of 15 Health Care Bills Signed into Law in 118th Congress

Washington, D.C. – In the 118th Congress, there were 1,868 standalone health care bills introduced in both the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives. Of those bills,...

December 30, 2024

Senator Collins’ Autism CARES Act Signed into Law

Washington, D.C. – The President signed into law the Autism CARES Act of 2024, bipartisan legislation introduced by U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), members...

December 20, 2024

Senators Collins, Smith Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Build Rural Health Care Workforce

Washington, D.C. –U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Tina Smith (D-MN) introduced bipartisan legislation to improve access to health care and address the physician shortage in rural...

December 03, 2024

Senator Collins’ Bipartisan Bill to Expand Autism Research, Training, and Services Passes Senate

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), members of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, applauded Senate passage of...

December 02, 2024

Senators Collins, Manchin Introduce Bipartisan, Bicameral Bill to Expand Treat-in-Place Emergency Medical Services

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Susan Collins, a senior member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, and Senator Joe Manchin (I-WV) introduced the...

November 13, 2024

Senators Collins, Shaheen Lead Bipartisan Group Pushing for Reauthorization of Special Diabetes Program

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), co-chairs of the Senate Diabetes Caucus, led a bipartisan letter to Senate leadership emphasizing...

September 23, 2024

Senator Collins’ Two Bills to Combat Alzheimer’s Head to President’s Desk

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Susan Collins applauded the passage by the House of Representatives of two bipartisan bills that would cement and build on the important progress...

September 18, 2024

Collins Celebrates Passage of Her Bipartisan SIREN Reauthorization Act

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Susan Collins applauded the passage of a bill she authored with Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL), the bipartisan Supporting and Improving Rural EMS Needs...

September 06, 2024

Senator Collins Delivers Keynote Address at Cary Medical Center 100th Anniversary Celebration

Click HERE, HERE, HERE, and HERE for individual photos Caribou, ME – Last night, U.S. Senator Susan Collins delivered the keynote address during the 100th anniversary celebration...

September 05, 2024

Senator Collins Announces More Than $1.3 Million for Health Care Providers Serving Rural Maine Communities

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced that six health care organizations in Maine have been awarded a total of...

August 06, 2024

Collins, King Announce More Than $500,000 to Improve Rural Healthcare

Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King announced today that the Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is being awarded grant funding to help...

July 30, 2024

Senator Collins’ Two Bills to Combat Alzheimer’s Pass Senate

Click HERE to watch and HERE to download Senator Collins’ floor remarks in support of the NAPA-AAIA bill package Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Susan Collins led the...

June 10, 2024

Senator Collins Announces Nearly $1 Million for Geriatrics Workforce Program at UNE

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Susan Collins announced that the University of New England (UNE) will receive $999,917 in grant funding to educate and train primary care and...

May 23, 2024

Senator Collins Questions Top Health Officials on Tick-Borne Diseases

Click HERE to watch and HERE to download. Washington, D.C. – At an Appropriations hearing to review the Fiscal Year 2025 budget request for the National Institutes of Health (NIH),...

January 12, 2024

Senator Collins Tours St. Joseph Hospital in Bangor

Click HERE, HERE, and HERE for individual photos Bangor, ME – Today, U.S. Senator Susan Collins toured St. Joseph Hospital in Bangor and met with hospital leadership and staff to...

November 16, 2023

Collins, Cardin Introduce Bill to Improve Seniors’ Access to Substance Use Treatment

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Ben Cardin (D-MD) introduced the Supporting Seniors with Opioid Use Disorder Act. This bipartisan legislation would...

November 14, 2023

Senators Collins, Peters Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Improve Disease Management and Prevention for Seniors

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Gary Peters (D-MI) introduced the Medical Nutrition Therapy Act, bipartisan legislation that would expand Medicare...

November 01, 2023

Collins, Shaheen Issue Joint Statement on New Diabetes Data Showing Health Care Costs Continue to Skyrocket

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Co-Chairs of the U.S. Senate Diabetes Caucus and senior members of the U.S. Senate...

September 06, 2023

Senator Collins Announces $450,000 for Maine CDC Alzheimer’s Programs

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Susan Collins announced that the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC) has received $450,000 for Alzheimer’s disease...

June 22, 2023

Collins, King Join Legislation to Expand Telehealth Access

Washington, D.C. –U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Angus King (I-ME) joined a bipartisan group of 58 senators in reintroducing the Creating Opportunities Now for...