An Act to Make Suppleme~ntal Appropriations and Allocations for the Expenditures of State Gove~rnment and to Change Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2004 and June 30, 2005 LR 2833(09)
Maine Legislature, Session 121, LD 1919
Committee Amendment CA_A-SA_L_S531 (Senate)
Amends: 22 MRSA §3174-G

SENATE 
AMENDMENT "\.-,, to COMMITTEE 
AMENDMENT 
"A" to H.P. 
1420, 
L.D. 
1919, 
Bill, 
"An 
Act 
To 
Make 
Supplemental 
Appropriations 
and Allocations for the Expenditures of State 
Government and To Change Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary 
to the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Years 
Ending June 30, 2004 and June 30, 2005" 
Amend the amendment by striking out all of Part D. 
Further amend the amendment by striking out all of Part X. 
Further amend the amendment by striking out all of Parts BB 
and CC. 
Further amend the amendment by striking out all of Part PP. 
Further amend the amendment by adding at the end before the 
emergency clause the fOllowing: 
'PARTFFFF 
Sec. FFFF-l. 22 MRSA §3174-G, sub-§l, 1JE, as amended by PL 
2001, c. 450, Pt. A, §1, is further amended to read: 
E. 
The parent or caretaker relative of a child described in 
paragraph B or D when the child's family income is equal to 
or below 150% of the nonfarm income official poverty line, 
subject 
to 
adjustment 
by 
the 
commissioner 
under 
this 
paragraph. 
Medicaid services provided under this paragraph 
must be provided within the limits of the program budget. 
Funds appropriated for services under this paragraph must 
include an annual inflationary adjustment equivalent to the 
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SENATE AMENDMENT 
SENATE AMENDMENT "L-" to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 1420, 
L.D. 1919 
rate of inflation in the Medicaid program. 
On a quarterly 
basis, the commissioner shall determine the fiscal status of 
program 
expenditures 
under 
this 
paragraph. 
If 
the 
commissioner determines that expenditures will exceed the 
funds available to provide Medicaid coverage pursuant to 
this paragraph, 
the commissioner must adjust the 
income 
eligibility limit for new applicants to the extent necessary 
to operate the program within the program budget. 
If, after 
an 
adjustment has 
occurred pursuant to 
this paragraph, 
expenditures fall below the program budget, the commissioner 
must 
raise the 
income eligibility limit to 
the extent 
necessary to provide services to as many eligible persons as 
possible 
within 
the 
fiscal 
constraints 
of 
the 
program 
budget, as long as the income limit does not exceed 150~ of 
the nonfarm income official poverty line. 
Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law. 
beginning July 1. 
2004, all 
individuals eligible under this paragraph with incomes at or 
below 150% of the nonfarm income official poverty line are 
deemed participants in the Dirigo Health Program wi th the 
Dirigo Health Fund responsible for providing state matching 
funds 
for their Medicaid services. 
Indiyiduals eligible 
under this paragraph with incomes above 
l50~ and not more 
than 200°'0 of the nonfarm income official poverty line are 
deemed participants in the Dirigo Health Program upon the 
date coverage is first provided to eligible enrollees and 
eligible 
individuals 
under 
the 
Dirigo 
Health 
Program 
established under Title 24-A. section 6910, as amended, with 
the Dirigo Health Fund responsible for providing all state 
matching funds for their Medicaid services; and 
PARTGGGG 
Sec. GGGG-l. Appropriations and allocations. 
appropriations and allocations are made. 
The 
following 
ADMINISTRATIVE AND FIRARCIAL SERVICES, 
DEPARTMENT OF 
Maine Residents Property Tax Program 
0648 
Initiative: 
Provides 
funding in fiscal year 
2003-04 for the 
circuitbreaker program. 
General Fund 
All Other 
General Fund Total 
ADMINISTRATIVE AND FIRARCIAL SERVICES, 
2003-04 
$933,244 
$933,244 
2004-05 
$0 
$0 
SENATE AMENDMENT 
SENATE AMENDMENT "L-" to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 1420, 
L.D. 1919 
DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
GENERAL FUND 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL -
ALL FUNDS 
2003-04 
2004-05 
$933,244 
$0 
$933,244 
$0 
B!,;'HAVIORAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES, 
[EPAR'TMENT OF 
Mental Health Services -
Community 
0121 
Initiative: 
Provides for the appropriation of funds for housing 
assistance to persons with mental illness. 
General Fund 
Al1 Other 
General Fund Total 
BEHAVIORAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES, 
DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPAR'l"MENT TOTALS 
GENERAL FUND 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL -
ALL FUNDS 
BAXTER COMPENSATION AUTHORITY 
E;iu:ter Compensation Authority 0117 
2003-04 
$0 
$0 
2003-04 
$0 
$0 
2004-05 
$900,000 
$900,000 
2004-05 
$900,000 
$900,000 
Initiative: 
Provides 
additional 
funds 
to 
disb~rse to 
those 
former students who are found to have suffered physical or sexual 
abuse while they were students at and under the care of the 
Governor Baxter School for the Deaf or the Maine School for the 
Deaf. 
General Fund 
2003-04 
2004-05 
Al1 Other 
$0 
$1,000,000 
General Fund Total 
$0 
$1,000,000 
BAXTER COMPENSATION AUTHORITY 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
2003-04 
2004-05 
GENERAL FUND 
$0 
$1,000,000 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL -
ALL FUNDS 
$0 
$1,000,000 
SENATE AMENDMENT 
SENATE AMENDMENT "i-" to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 1420, 
L.D. 1919 
CORRECTIONS, DEPARTMENT OF 
Correctional Center 0162 
Initiative: 
Provides funds to establish 6 Correctional Officer 
positions, 
one 
Personnel/Payroll 
Technician 
position, 
one 
Correctional 
Trades 
Instructor position 
and 
one 
Correctional 
Sergeant position and related All Other to open a vacant unit at 
t~e Maine Correctional Center in Windham. 
General Fund 
Positions - Legislative Count 
Personal Services 
All Other 
General Fund Total 
2003-04 
(0.000) 
$0 
o 
$0 
2004-05 
(9.000) 
$495,573 
87,040 
$582,613 
Correctional Center 0162 
Initiative: 
Deappropriates 
funds 
to 
offset 
a 
General 
Fund 
appropriation in Part A of this Act. 
General Fund 
Personal Services 
All Other 
General Fund Total 
Charleston Correctional Facility 0400 
2003-04 
$0 
o 
$0 
2004-05 
($385,360) 
(87,040) 
($472,400) 
Initiative: 
Provides funds to establish 9 Correctional Officer 
p~sitions, 
Correctional 
Trades 
Instructor 
positions, 
one 
Correctional Unit Manager position, one Clerk Typist· II position, 
one 
Correctional 
Sergeant 
position 
and 
one 
Correctional 
Caseworker position and related All Other to open a vacant unit 
at the Charleston Correctional Facility in Charleston. 
General Fund 
Positiong - Legislative Count 
Personal Services 
All Other 
General Fund Total 
State Prison 
0144 
2003-04 
(0.000) 
$0 
o 
$0 
2004-05 
(15.000) 
$867,493 
123,768 
$991,261 
Initiative: 
Provides funds to establish 14 Correctional Officer 
positions 
and related All Other expenses at the Maine State 
Prison in Warren. 
SENATE AMENDMENT 
,..-
.t; 
SENATE AMENDMENT" L.--" to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 1420, 
L.D. 1919 
General Fund 
Positions - Legislative Count 
Personal Services 
All Other 
General Fund Total 
State Prison 0144 
2003-04 
(0.000) 
$0 
o 
$0 
2004-05 
(14.000) 
$821,688 
11,635 
$833,323 
Initiative: 
Deappropriates 
funds 
to 
offset 
a 
General 
Fund 
appropriation in Part A of this Act. 
General Fund 
Personal Services 
All Other 
General Fund Total 
CORRECTIONS, DEPARnmNT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
GENERAL FOND 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL -
ALL FONDS 
CULTURAL AFFAIRS COUNCIL, MAINE STATE 
Hew Century Community Program 
2003-04 
2004-05 
$0 
($762,996) 
(10,804) 
$0 
($773,800) 
2003-04 
2004-05 
$0 
$1,160,997 
$0 
$1,160,997 
Initiative: 
Provides funds for the New Century Community Program 
to be administered by the Maine State Cultural Affairs Council. 
General Fund 
All Other 
General Fund Total 
CULTURAL AFFAIRS COUNCIL, MAINE STATE 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
GENERAL FUm> 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL -
ALL FONDS 
DEFENSE, VETERANS AND EMERGENCY 
MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF 
Veterans Services 
0110 
2003-04 
2004-05 
$0 
$1,000,000 
$0 
$1,000,000 
2003-04 
2004-05 
$0 
$1,000,000 
$0 
$1,000,000 
SENATE AMENDMENT 
SENATE AMENDMENT "L·' to COMMITTEE 
AMENDMENT " A" to H. P . 
2 ° , 
L.D. 1919 
Initiative: 
Appropriates funds for a veterans cemetery to be 
established in southern Maine. 
General Fund 
All Other 
General Fund Total 
DEFENSE, VETERANS AND EMERGENCY MAlfA,GEMENT, 
DEPAR'l'MENT OF 
DEPAR"l'MENT 'l'OTALS 
GENERAL FUND 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL -
ALL FUHDS 
EDUCATION, DEPAR'l"MENT OF 
Magnet Schools 
0791 
2003-04 
$0 
$0 
2003-04 
$0 
$0 
2004-05 
$150,000 
$150,000 
2004-05 
$150,000 
$150,000 
Initiative: 
Provides 
funds 
to 
support the 
Maine 
School 
of 
Science and Mathematics in Limestone. 
General Fund 
All Other 
General Fund Total 
EDUCATION, DEPAR"J."MENT OF 
0 
DEPAR'l'MENT TOTALS 
GENERAL FUND 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL -
ALL FUHDS 
BDMAR SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF 
General Assistance -
Reimbursement to 
Cities and Towns 0130 
2003-04 
2004-05 
$0 
$32,000 
$0 
$32,000 
2003-04 
2004-05 
$933,244 
$4,242,991 
$933,244 
$4,242,997 
Initiative: 
Appropriates funds as a result of an anticipated 
shortfall in fiscal year 2004-05. 
General Fund 
All Other 
General Fund Total 
Medical Care -
Payment to Providers 0147 
2003-04 
$0 
$0 
2004-05 
$700,000 
$700,000 
SENATE AMENDMENT 
--• 
~ 
SENATE AMENDMENT "L" to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 1420, 
L.D. 1919 
Initiative: 
Deappropriates and allocates funds to reflect the 
movement of current MaineCare participating parents of State 
Child Health Insurance Program-eligible children to the Dirigo 
Health program, with the Dirigo Health Fund providing the seed 
for 
the 
federal 
Medicaid matching 
funds 
for 
their services 
beginning July 1, 
2004, 
by increasing the transfer from the 
Dirigo Health Fund to the Medical Care -
Payments to Providers 
Other Special Revenue Funds. 
General Fund 
A1l Other 
General Fund Total 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
A1l Other 
Other Special Revenue Funds Total 
HUMAN SERVICES, DEPAR7MENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
GENERAL FUND 
O'l'BER SPECIAL REVENUE FONDS 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL -
ALL FONDS 
JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT 
2003-04 
$0 
$0 
2003-04 
$0 
$0 
2003-04 
$0 
$0 
Courts -
Supreme, Superior and District 
0063 
2004-05 
($8,965,242) 
($8,965,242) 
2004-05 
$8,965,242 
$8,965,242 
2004-05 
($8,265,242) 
8,965,242 
$700,000 
Initiative: 
Provides funds for contracted court security. 
General Fund 
2003-04 
2004-05 
A1l Other 
$0 
$194,000 
General Fund Total 
$0 
$194,000 
JUDICIAL DEPAR"l"MENT 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
2003-04 
2004-05 
GENERAL FOND 
$0 
$194,000 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL -
ALL FUNDS 
$0 
$194,000 
SECTION TOTALS 
2003-04 
2004-05 
GENERAL FUND 
$933,244 
($3,828,245) 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FONDS 
8,965,242 
SENATE AMENDMENT 
", .. 
SENATE AMENDMENT "L" to COMMITTEl2: AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 1420, 
L.D. 1919 
SECTION TOTAL -
ALL FUNDS 
$933,244 
$5,136,997' 
Further amend the amendment by 
any 
nonconsecutive 
Part 
letter 
or 
consecutively. 
relettering or renumbering 
section 
number 
to 
read 
SUMMARY 
This amendment generates savings by moving certain people 
insured under the state children's health insurance program into 
Dirigo Health and applies the savings to the following. 
1. 
It provides funding to the New Century Fund. 
2. 
It restores funding to the E-9-1-1 fund. 
3. 
It provides funding for court security. 
4. 
It provides funding for the Department of Corrections. 
5. 
It restores funding for revenue sharing. 
6. 
It restores funding for t,he so-called "circuit breaker" 
program. 
7. 
It restores funding for General Assistance. 
8. 
It provides funding for the math and science magnet 
school. 
9. 
It 
removes 
fees 
on 
certain 
eating 
and 
lodging 
establishments. 
10. 
It removes the retail tobacco fee. 
11. 
It 
provides 
funding 
for 
the 
Baxter 
Compensation 
Authority. 
12. 
It provides funding for a, veterans' cemetery. 
SENATE AMENDMENT 
~.'f 
SENATE AMENDMENT "L,," to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H. P • 14 2 0, 
L.D. 1919 
13. 
It provides 
funding 
for 
the 
Augusta Mental Health 
Institute consent decree. 
14. 
It eliminates certain estate tax provisions. 
SPONSORED 
(Senator NASS) 
COUNTY: 
York 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
SENATE AMENDMENT 
Net Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
Appropriationsl Allocations 
General Fund 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
Revenue 
General Fund 
Transfers 
General Fund 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Approved: 04/14/04 ;:f!;?ae 
121s1t Maine Legislature 
Office of Fiiscal and Program Review 
LD 1919 
An Act to Make Suppleme~ntal Appropriations and Allocations for the 
Expenditures of State Gove~rnment and to Change Certain Provisions of 
the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the 
Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2004 and June 30, 2005 
LR 2833(09) 
Fiscal Note for Senate Amendment "1.:' to Committee Amendment" A" 
Sponsor: Sen. Nass 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Current biennium cost decrease- General Fund 
2003·04 
$1,976,704 
$933,244 
$0 
$0 
($1,043,460) 
$0 
2004-05 
($2,310,639) 
$20,914,612 
$8,965,242 
$23,225,251 
$0 
$0 
This amendment will increase the General Fund cost of the bill by $1,976,704 in fiscal year 2003-04 and will decrease 
the General Fund cost of the bill by $2,310,639 in fiscal year 2004-05. Based on the estimated year-end balances, this 
amendment maintains a balanced budget for the 2004-2005 biennium. 
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