Press Releases

January 13, 2021

Bill to Support the Health and Wellbeing of Family Caregivers Signed into Law

Washington, D.C. — Following unanimous passage by the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives, the Lifespan Respite Care Reauthorization Act has been...

December 31, 2020

Legislation to Protect Patients from Surprise Medical Bills is Now Law

Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator Susan Collins announced that bipartisan legislation to protect patients from surprise medical bills was signed into law as part of the...

December 30, 2020

Provision Senator Collins Championed to Prevent Medicare Physician Payment Cuts Signed into Law

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Susan Collins announced that the year-end government funding bill that was signed into law includes a provision based...

December 23, 2020

Senators Collins, King Announce More Than $34 Million for Maine Health Care Providers Amid COVID-19

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King announced that 234 Maine health care providers—including behavioral health providers such as addiction counseling...

December 22, 2020

Senate Passes $900 Billion in COVID-19 Emergency Relief to Support Families, Health Care System, and Small Businesses

Legislation includes a provision authored by Senator Collins to allow hardest-hit small businesses to receive second forgivable Paycheck Protection Program...

December 20, 2020

Senator Collins’ Statement on COVID-19 Relief Agreement

Washington, D.C.—This evening, the final Covid-19 emergency relief package was released, which was based on the framework developed by a bipartisan, bicameral group led by U.S....

December 16, 2020

Senators Collins, King Announce More Than $900,000 to Support Drug-Free Communities in Maine

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King announced that Maine communities have been awarded a total of $914,156 to prevent youth substance misuse and foster...

December 14, 2020

Collins, Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Stop Medicare Physician Payment Cuts

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME), John Boozman (R-AR), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), and Tom Cotton (R-AR) introduced legislation to prevent...

December 14, 2020

Senators Collins, King Announce $5.5 Million for Costs of Mitigating Spread of COVID-19 in Maine

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King announced that Maine has received an additional $5,570,755 to reimburse the purchase of personal protective equipment...

December 10, 2020

Maine Delegation Urges Transparency on State’s COVID-19 Vaccine Allocation

WASHINGTON, D.C.— Today, U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King and U.S. Representatives Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden wrote to U.S. Health and Human Services...

December 09, 2020

Senators Collins, King Announce Nearly $3.7 Million for Maine Health Centers to Combat COVID-19

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Susan Collins, the Chairman of the Aging Committee, and Angus King announced that two Health Centers in Maine have been awarded a total of...

December 09, 2020

Bill to Protect Seniors with Alzheimer’s & Other Dementias from Elder Abuse to be Signed into Law

Washington, D.C.— The U.S. Senate and House of Representatives have unanimously passed legislation authored by Senators Susan Collins (R-ME), Bob Menendez (D-NJ), and Chuck...

December 08, 2020

Bill Cosponsored by Collins, King to Increase Disability Insurance Access for Individuals with ALS to be Signed into Law

Washington, D.C. – Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the ALS Disability Insurance Access Act by voice vote. This bipartisan legislation will eliminate the...

December 08, 2020

Collins, King Call for Permanent Expansion of Telehealth Coverage in End of Year Legislation

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Angus King (I-Maine) joined a bipartisan, bicameral group of 49 lawmakers in calling for the expansion of access to...

December 03, 2020

Senate Passes Bill Cosponsored by Collins, King to Increase Disability Insurance Access for Individuals with ALS

Washington, D.C. – The U.S. Senate passed the ALS Disability Insurance Access Act by a vote of 96 to 1. This bipartisan legislation would eliminate the five-month waiting...

December 02, 2020

Collins, King Announce Funding to Combat Youth Substance Use

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Angus King (I-Maine) announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded $375,000...

November 24, 2020

Senators Collins, King Announce Nearly $650,000 for Maternal and Child Health Services in Maine

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King announced that the Maine Department of Health and Human Services has received $649,998 to improve the...

October 29, 2020

Senator Collins Participates in Groundbreaking Ceremony for Central Maine Healthcare Cancer Care Center in Lewiston

Click HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, and HERE for high-resolution photos Lewiston, ME — This morning, U.S. Senator Susan Collins, the Chairman of the...

October 28, 2020

Following Bipartisan Effort Led by Senator Collins, Medicare Proposes Coverage Expansion of Continuous Glucose Monitors

Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-ME), the founder and co-chair of the Senate Diabetes Caucus, applauded the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS)...

October 23, 2020

Collins, Cardin Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Improve Access to Home Health Care Furnished By Telehealth Amid Public Health Emergencies

Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Ben Cardin (D-MD) introduced the Home Health Emergency Access to Telehealth (HEAT) Act, a bipartisan bill to provide...