An Act Reqarding the Administration of Medication by Sheriffs to Prisoners Further amend the bill by inserting after the title and before the enacting clause the following: Mandate preamble. This measure requires one or more local units of government to expand or modify activities so as to necessitate additional expenditures from local revenues but does not provide funding for at least 90~ of those expenditures. Pursuant to the Constitution of Maine, Article IX, Section 21, 2/3 of all of the members elected to each House have determined it necessary to enact this measure. Further amend the bill in section I in subsection 1 by striking out all of the last 3 underlined sentences (page 1, lines to in L.D.) and inserting in their place the following: A jail may not be required to dispense medications in blister packs. A jail's medication formulary must have the same medications available as in other state institutions, and when possible the Department of Health and Human Services shall assist jails in ensuring that the formulary is the same as that in state institutions. When possible, the Department of Corrections also shall assist jails with the purchase of medications through joint purchasing agreements. Page l-LR0615(2) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 0927
Committee Amendment CA_A_H386 (House)
Committee: Criminal Justice and Public Safety

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A-" to H.P. 646, L.D. 927, Bill, "An 
Act To Decrease the Burden on Jails and Improve Treatment for 
People Living with Mental Illness by Fostering Jail Diversion" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting 
the following: 
'An Act Reqarding the Administration of Medication by Sheriffs to 
Prisoners' 
Further amend the bill by inserting after the title and 
before the enacting clause the following: 
'Mandate preamble. 
This measure requires one or more local 
units of government to expand or modify activities so as to 
necessitate additional expenditures from local revenues but does 
not provide funding for at least 
90~ of those expenditures. 
Pursuant to the Constitution of Maine, Article IX, Section 21, 
2/3 of all of the members elected to each House have determined 
it necessary to enact this measure.' 
Further amend the bill in section I 
in subsection 1 
by 
striking out all of the last 3 underlined sentences (page 1, 
lines 
to 
in L.D.) 
and inserting in their place the 
following: 
'A jail may not be required to dispense medications 
in blister packs. 
A jail's medication formulary must have the 
same medications available as in other state institutions, and 
when possible the Department of Health and Human Services shall 
assist jails in ensuring that the formulary is the same as that 
in 
state 
institutions. 
When 
possible, 
the 
Department 
of 
Corrections 
also 
shall 
assist 
jails 
with 
the 
purchase 
of 
medications through joint purchasing agreements.' 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT A " to H.P. 646, L.D. 927 
Further amend the bill by striking out all of sections 2 to 
7. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment is the minority report of the Joint Standing 
Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety. 
The amendment 
strikes everything from the bill, except the provision regarding 
the distribution of medication by sheriffs to prisoners. 
The 
amendment maintains the provision authorizing jails to administer 
medication 
that 
is 
not 
in blister 
packs 
and 
directs 
the 
Department of Health and 
Human 
Services to assist jails in 
ensuring that their formulary is the same as that for state 
institutions. 
It clarifies that the Department of Corrections is 
required to assist jails with the purchase of medications through 
joint purchasing agreements. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 04/26/05 ~ae 
LD927 
0615(02) 
An Act To Decrease the Burden on Jails and Improve Treatment for People Living with Mental Illness 
by Fostering Jail Diversion 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment ,~ " 
Committee: Criminal Justice and Public Safety 
State Mandate 
New or Expanded Activity 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Minority Report 
Fiscal Note 
Exempted state mandate 
Minor cost increase - General Fund 
Requiring a jail's medication formulary to have the same medications available as in 
other state institutions is a state mandate pursuant to the Maine constitution. 
Pursuant to the Mandate Preamble, the two-thirds vote of all memb~rs elected to 
each House exempts the State from the constitutional requirement to fund 90% of 
the additional local costs. 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Unit Affected 
County 
Costs 
Significant 
The cost to certain county jails for new formulary standards may be mitigated by the assistance provided by the 
Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Corrections. Any additional costs to the 
departments can be absorbed utilizing existing budgeted resources. 
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