An Act To Ensure an Adequate Supply of a Skilled Health Care Workforce
Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 0892
Committee Amendment CA_A_S241 (Senate)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A to S . P . 
To 
Ensure 
an 
Adequate Supply of 
300, L.D. 892, Bill, 
a 
Skilled Health 
"An 
Care 
Workforce" 
Amend the bill by inserting after section 3 the following: 
'Sec. 4. Funding; existing emergency preparedness funds. 
The 
Department of Health and Human Services shall contract with the 
Department of Labor and others as appropriate to undertake the 
research required under the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 22, 
sections 256-A and 256-B. 
The Department of Health and Human 
Services 
shall 
coordinate 
this 
effort 
and 
shall 
fund 
any 
contracts 
awarded 
under 
this section using existing federal 
emergency preparedness funds held within the Department of Health 
and Human Services. 
Sec. 5. Seek other funds; report. The Department of Health and 
Human Services and the Department of Labor shall jointly seek 
other public 
and private 
funding 
sources 
to 
supplement 
the 
emergency preparedness funding referenced in section 4 that is 
necessary to complete the research required under 
the Maine 
Revised Statutes, Title 22, sections 256-A and 256-B and shall 
report to 
the Joint Standing Committee on Health and 
Human 
Services on those efforts at the first meeting of that committee 
held between October 1, 2005 and December 31, 2005.' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment adds a provision to the bill that directs the 
Department of Health and Human Services to contract with the 
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Department of Labor and others as appropriate to undertake the 
research described in the bill using existing federal emergency 
management funds. 
The amendment also adds a provision directing 
both departments to seek additional public and private funds to 
continue the research and to report on those efforts to the Joint 
Standing Committee on Health and Human Services at the first 
meeting of that committee held between October 1, 
2005 
and 
December 31, 2005. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Revised: 05/19/05 ~ac:.. 
LD892 
0186(02) 
An Act To Ensure an Adequate Supply of a Skilled Health Care Workforce 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment ,A 
Committee: Health and Human Services 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Undetermined current biennium cost increase - Federal Expenditures Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
The total cost to the Department of Health and Human Services associated with the requirements of this legislation, 
estimated to be $25,000 to $35,000, can be funded using existing balances of federal emergency preparedness funds. 
Of that amount, the Department of Labor estimates the cost to conduct the labor market analysis to be between 
$10,000 and $20,000. This fiscal note assumes that funding provisions included in this legislation will be sufficient 
for the department to fulfill its requirements. 
Any additional costs to the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation can be absorbed within existing 
budgeted resources. 
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