U.S. Senator Susan Collins, R-Maine, chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced that she advanced $70,872,000 in Congressionally Directed Spending for Maine hospitals and health centers in the Fiscal Year 2026 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations bill.
Funding advanced by Collins includes $1,599,000 for Northern Light Eastern Maine Health for maternal delivery and new infant projects in Bangor, Dover-Foxcroft, Ellsworth, Portland and Presque Isle to replace and modernize equipment across hospitals with labor and delivery units.