Lawmakers have introduced two bills that aim to address deficiencies in Maine’s system for caring for people with developmental disabilities that were highlighted in a critical federal report released last summer. An Office of Inspector General report released in August found that Maine – from January 2013 through June 2015 – failed to investigate 133 deaths of intellectually disabled people who have Medicaid insurance. In addition, the auditors found that community-based providers reported only 66 percent of the 2,243 critical incidents during that period that required emergency room treatment of adults with intellectual disabilities. The audit was part of a series of reviews in several states that focused on the reporting and monitoring of deaths and abuse of residents with intellectual disabilities being cared for by community-based providers. One of the bills, sponsored by state Rep.