An Act to Make Supplemental Appropriations and Allocations for the Expenditures of State Government and to Change Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary for the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2004 and June 30,2005 LR2700(28)
Maine Legislature, Session 121, LD 1828
Committee Amendment CA_A-SA_D_S369 (Senate)

SENATE 
AMENDMENT ~" to COMMITTEE 
AMENDMENT 
"A" to H. P . 
1351, 
L.D. 
1828, 
Bill, 
"An 
Act 
To 
Make 
Supplemental 
Appropriations 
and Allocations for the Expenditures 
of State 
Government and To Change Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary 
for the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal 
Years Ending June 30, 2004 and June 30, 2005" 
Amend 
the amendment in Part 
AA 
by striking out all of 
section 4 and inserting in its place the following: 
'Sec. AA·4. 
Appropriations and allocations. 
appropriations and allocations are made. 
HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF 
Medical Care - Payments to Providers 
0147 
The 
following 
Initiative: 
Appropriates funds to support a portion of the cost 
of not adopting rules to create 2 benefit levels in the low-cost 
drugs for the elderly program and not increasing the catastrophic 
cap to $1,200 per benefit year. 
General Fund 
All Other 
General Fund Total 
2003-04 
$410,000 
$410,000 
2004-05 
$0 
$0' 
Further amend the amendment by inserting after Part CC the 
following: 
SENATE AMENDMENT 
.'.:.' 
SENATE AMENDMENT "f'\" to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
L.D. 1828 
...l/ 
"A" to H.P. 1351, 
'PARTDD 
Sec. DD-l. PL 2003, c. 469, Pt. H, §l is amended to read: 
Sec. H-l. Transfer. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the State Controller shall transfer $96 r GGG r GGG a total of 
$52,590,000 from the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund 
to the Dirigo Health Fund in a 
manner 
to be determined in 
consultation with the Executive Director of Dirigo Health but in 
no case later than June 30, 2004. 
Sec. DD·2. Retroactivity. 
Section 
of this Part applies 
retroactively to September 13, 2003.' 
Further amend the bill by relettering 
nonconsecutive 
Part 
letter 
or 
section 
consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
or renumbering any 
number 
to 
read 
This amendment eliminates a 
$410,000 allocation from the 
Fund for a Healthy Maine in fiscal year 2003-04 for the Medical 
Care -
Payments to Providers program wi thin the Department of 
Human Services and replaces it with a General Fund appropriation 
of $410,000. 
It also decreases the amount of the unappropriated 
surplus of the General Fund that is scheduled to be transferred 
to the Dirigo Health Fund by $410,000 and makes the decrease in 
the transferred amount retroactive to September 13, 2003. 
SPONSORED BY: 
(Senator YOUNGBLOOD) 
COUNTY: 
Penobscot 
FISCAL \OT[ REQURED 
(See attached) 
SENATE AMENDMENT 
Net Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
Fund for a Healthy Maine 
Appropriations! Allocations 
General Fund 
Fund for a Healthy Maine 
Transfers 
General Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Approved: 01/29104 ~ae 
Office of Fiscal and Program Review 
LD 1828 
An Act to Make Supplemental Appropriations and Allocations for 
the Expenditures of State Government and to Change Certain 
Provisions of the Law Necessary for the Proper Operations of State 
Government for the Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2004 and June 
30,2005 
LR2700(28) 
Fiscal Note for Senate Amendment Do Committee Amendment" A" 
Sponsor: Sen. Youngblood 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
2003-04 
2004-05 
$0 
($410,000) 
$410,000 
($410,000) 
$410,000 
There would be no net effect on the General Fund balance, while the Fund for a Healthy Maine balance would 
increase in fiscal year 2003-04 by $410,000. 
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