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Rep. Sharon Treat


Representative
Sharon Anglin Treat
District 79 -
Representing Farmingdale, Hallowell and West Gardiner
22 Page Street
Hallowell, ME 04347
Home tel: 207-623-7161

About Rep. Treat

Rep. Sharon Anglin Treat is in her fifth nonconsecutive term in the House. She previously also served four terms in the Senate, including two as Senate Majority Leader and two as Assistant Leader.

Professionally, Treat is Executive Director of the National Legislative Association on Prescription Drug Prices, a nonpartisan organization of state legislators working jointly across state lines to reduce prescription drug prices and expand access.

Treat has an A.B. degree from Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and graduated with honors from Georgetown University Law Center. As an attorney, she has practiced law with the Natural Resources Council of Maine, as well as in state government and private practices. She has taught environmental law at several colleges in Maine and at the University of Maine Law School. Additionally, she was the coordinator of the Environmental Studies Program at Colby College from 2000 to 2004.

In the Legislature, Treat has chaired the Health and Human Services, Judiciary, and Natural Resources committees, and has sponsored significant environmental and health-care legislation including reducing mercury and other toxics in the environment, increasing recycling, supporting downtown revitalization and smart growth, Maine Rx Plus discount drug program, drug marketing disclosure, PBM regulation, and Maine’s uninsured health access law creating Dirigo Health. Other significant legislation sponsored by Rep. Treat include the Health care Bill of Rights and a law providing protections to homeowners facing foreclosure.

She currently is House Chair of the Legislature's Joint Standing Committee on Insurance & Financial Affairs, and is a member of the Joint Select Committee on Maine's Energy Future, the Maine Citizen Trade Policy Commission, the Commission to Study Energy Infrastructure, and the House Committee on Elections. Rep. Treat is a member of the White House Working Group on Health Reform and the National Caucus of Environmental Legislators. She was elected to the Executive Committee of the National Conference of State Legislatures in 2008 and in 2009 was elected Secretary-Treasurer of the National Labor Caucus of State Legislators.

Rep. Treat lives in Hallowell with her partner Robert Collins.

To view high resolution photos of Rep. Sharon Treat click here.

News

October 20, 2009Treat lobbies for health-care reform at White House
To read Rep. Sharon Treat’s quotes in the October 20, 2009 issue of the Capital Weekly, by John Hale (you will be redirected to the Capital Weekly website)
October 13, 2009Rep. Treat part of D.C. delegation representing over 1000 state legislators supporting robust health care reform
Delegation to Capitol Hill and White House represents 50 states
October 1, 2009Area reps. recognized for conservation and environmental work
League of Conservation Voters gives high ranks to lawmakers’ work in 2009 legislative session
August 24, 2009Maine legislators favor public option as part of national health care reform
Insurance Committee members celebrate passage of Maine Health Care Bill of Rights, but more work remains
June 24, 2009Treat to present on foreclosure law at lawyers’ conference
New foreclosure law highlighted at annual meeting of attorneys
June 17, 2009Maine Rep. Sharon Treat represents state legislators in meetings with White House and Congress to urge choice of public health care plan
As health care battle heats up on Capitol Hill, Maine takes central role in pushing for reform
June 17, 2009Rep. Treat speaks about the upcoming health care reform efforts

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Committees

Rep. Treat serves as House chair of the Joint Standing Committee on Insurance and Financial Services and is a member of the Joint Select Committee on Maine’s Energy Future.

For more information about the schedule of committee hearings or to sign up for advance notice of public hearings click here.

Issues

To read Rep. Sharon Treat’s quotes in the October 20, 2009 issue of the Capital Weekly, by John Hale (you will be redirected to the Capital Weekly website)

Treat lobbies for health-care reform at White House ....read more
To read Rep. Sharon Treat's quote in the June 17, 2009 press release (you will be redirected to the Bureau of Consumer Credit Protection's website)

State Highlights New Home Foreclosure Law and Services ....read more

To read Rep. Sharon Treat's quote in the June 11, 2009 KJ/MS (you will be redirected to the KJ/MS website)

Help for Owners of Homes ....read more

To read Rep. Sharon Treat’s quote in the May 19, 2009 issue of The New York Times (you will be redirected to The New York Times website) -

Vermont Acts to Make Drug Makers’ Gifts Public ....read more

Maine State Representative Sharon Treat is among delegates to deliver a letter to President Obama and Congress during a visit to Washington D.C. this June urging them to pass comprehensive health care reform within the year.

State legislators from across nation sign letter to Obama, Congress urging health care reform within the year published May 13, 2009 in the Progressive States Network ....read more

To read Rep. Sharon Treat’s quote in the April 27, 2009 issue of the BDN (you will be redirected to the Bangor Daily News website)

Public hearings set Tuesday on foreclosure bills by BDN staff Kevin Miller ....read more

To read Rep. Sharon Treat’s quote in the May 3, 2009 issue of the Morning Sentinel (you will be redirected to the Morning Sentinel website) -

Many in dark about how foreclosure process works by Staff Writer Matt Difilippo ....read more

Federal Initiative Expected to Reduce Maine Foreclosures - MPBN News - Portland,ME,USA

State Representative Sharon Treat has introduced legislation she believes will compliment the Obama Initiative. The Hallowell Democrat's bill has a number ...read more

To read Rep. Sharon Treat's quote in the January 26, 2009 issue of the RX Compliance Report - Revised Sunshine Act deals pharma sharp blow by eliminating preemption of state laws .... read more

To read Rep. Sharon Treat's quote in the September edition of NCSL Magazine - Marketing Drugs: Debating the Real Cost .... read more (You will be redirected to the NCSL Website.)

Making Prescription Drugs More Affordable - For more information on what Rep. Sharon Treat is doing to lower prescription drug costs click here.

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Legislation

124th Legislative Session listed by date

LD157 - "Maine's Superintendent of Insurance Granted Authority over the Insurance Plans of the Freemasons and Oddfellows"

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LD 1418 - “An Act to Preserve Home Ownership and Stabilize the Economy by Preventing Unnecessary Foreclosures”

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LD 157 - “AN ACT To Enhance Oversight of Fraternal Benefit Societies”

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LD 759 - “An Act To Require State-owned Solid Waste Disposal Facilities To Demonstrate a Public Benefit”

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LD 1183, “An Act to Prevent Predatory Marketing Practices Against Minors Regarding Data Concerning Health Care Issues”

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LD 323 - “An Act to Improve Transparency in the Health Insurance Markets”& LD 859 - “An Act To Control Premium Costs in the Small Group Health Insurance Market”& LD 1205 - “An Act to Establish a Health Care Bill of Rights”

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LD 1339, “An Act to Improve Oversight of Pharmaceutical Purchasing”

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LD 1005 - "An Act To Continue Access to Dirigo Choice Health Insurance by Reducing Administrative Costs and Replacing the Savings Offset Payment" & LD 1264 - "An Act To Stabilize Funding and Enable DirigoChoice To Reach More Uninsured"

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LD 1423, “ An Act to Improve Toxics Use Reduction and Reduce Energy Costs by Maine Businesses”

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123rd Legislative Session listed by date

LD 416 – “An act to protect seniors and the public from unfair health insurance sales practices”

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LD 1256 - “An act to authorize a general fund bond issue for community recycling and household hazardous waste collection”

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LD 838 - "An Act Protecting the Confidentiality of Prescription Information"

Why is this bill necessary? This bill is a matter of protecting privacy; safeguarding public health; and reducing unnecessary prescription drug costs so that more people in Maine can have access to needed medications. On the privacy front, currently patient data is inadequately protected and prescriber data isn’t protected at all. On the cost end, the use of this information for marketing purposes is a key factor in the skyrocketing costs of prescription drugs and the increased usage of expensive brand-name medicines. And from a public health perspective, use of prescriber data for marketing facilitates the provision of biased and inaccurate information about health risks, and encourages the prescription of new products that might be riskier to patients than known agents on the market. Click here to view fact sheet.

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LD 1294 - "An act to establish a health care bill of rights"

Click here to view Majority Report - Committee Amendment "B" and fact sheet.

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LD 1551 - “An Act to Establish a Seasonal Ban on the Operation of Outdoor Wood Boilers”

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LD 1703 - “An Act to Regulate Presettlement Lawsuit Funding”

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LD 1187 - “An act to Recoup Health Care Funds through the Maine False Claims Act”

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LD 839 - “An Act to Establish A Prescription Drug Academic Detailing Program”

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LD 1440 - “An act to prohibit inappropriate software advertising of prescription drugs"

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LD 2083 - "Resolve, to Expand Access to Foreign Language Instruction in Maine Schools"

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Click on the buttons below to see all bills and joint resolutions and orders I sponsored or cosponsored this session, as well as legislative sentiments that honor and recognize people from our district and throughout the state.

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Contact Me

Thank you for taking time to contact me. You may use the online Contact Form to reach me.

You can also contact me at my home:

22 Page Street
Hallowell, ME 04347
Home tel: 207-623-7161

When the Legislature is in session, you can leave a message for me by calling the State House Message Phone: (800) 423-2900 or the State House TTY Line: (207) 287-4469.

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