MEET ANNE C. PERRY
Maine State House of Representatives - District 9
Rep. Anne Perry is a Family Nurse Practitioner working at Calais Regional Medical Services in Calais, ME.
She previously served in the Maine State Legislature from 2003-2010, where she served as House chair of the Joint Standing Committees on Insurance & Financial Services and Health & Human Services. She is the chair of Washington County: One Community, President of St. Croix Area Rotary Club, member of University of Maine at Machias Board of visitors, vice-chief-of-staff of Calais Regional Hospital, Board member of Eastern Maine Health Systems and President-elect of the Maine Nurse Practitioner Association.
Rep. Perry is a graduate of University of Southern Maine with BSN and Husson College with MSN.
Anne has three grown children and five grandchildren.
Committee
Rep. Perry is a member of the Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human Services.
Brief description of the subject matter handled by the committee: Department of Health and Human Services; Parts of the Dirigo Health Act, including the State Health Plan, the Maine Quality Forum and Advisory Council on Health Systems Development; Maine Health Data Organization; health and medical data; MaineCare, Medicaid, and Medicare Part D; children’s welfare and mental health services; childcare; public health and disease control; tobacco addiction prevention and control; sale of tobacco; prescription drugs; health care facilities and health care workforce; social and rehabilitation services; state health system planning; substance abuse; mental health; developmental and other disabilities; poverty, homelessness and public assistance; home and community-based long-term care; aging, elderly and disability issues; medical use of marijuana; maternal and infant health; and nursing facilities and residential care.
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