Lawmakers probe state's contract with MaineCare transportation provider after bankruptcy

Lawmakers pressed state officials Tuesday on whether the state should keep its contract with a financially troubled company that transports low-income and disabled Mainers to medical appointments.

But the CEO of Modivcare — the Colorado-based company that provides transportation services in dozens of states — assured lawmakers that there will be no impacts on services in Maine as the firm moves through bankruptcy.

"There hasn't been any disruption and there won't be any disruption," Modivcare's Heath Sampson told members of the Legislature's Health and Human Services Committee.

Modivcare already provides non-emergency transportation to roughly half of the the state by contracting with local firms and drivers who then drive qualifying MaineCare clients to doctor's offices or other medica