Resolve, "Resolve, Directing the Department of Health and Human Services To Develop a Model for Community-based Therapeutic Living Settings for Adults with Mental Illness
Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 1983
Committee Amendment CA_A_H932 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ,A to H.P. 1390, L.D. 1983, Resolve, "Resolve, 
Directing the Department of Health and Human Services To Develop a Model for 
Community-based Therapeutic Living Settings for Adults with Mental Illness" 
Amend the resolve by striking out everything after the title and before the summary 
and inserting in its place the following: 
'Sec. 1. Department of Health and Human Services to develop model. 
Resolved: That the Department of Health and Human Services shall develop a model 
for a system of community-based therapeutic living settings for adults with mental 
illness. This model must grant priority for services within the model to adults with 
mental illness who have been hospitalized at the Augusta Mental Health Institute or the 
Riverview Psychiatric Center or who have resided in community-based group homes for 
persons with mental illness The department shall include an examination of the financial 
implications of the model as part of its development of the model. The department shall 
develop the model using existing departmental resources. In developing the model the 
department, with the assistance of the Office of Fiscal and Program Review, shaH 
develop a per-unit cost comparison for residential placements for persons with mental 
illness that compares hospitalization settings, community-based group home settings, 
other community-based residential settings and community-based therapeutic living 
settings. The department shall submit a report on the development of this model to the 
Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human Services no later than September 1, 
2006.' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment makes the following changes to the resolve. 
It removes the 
requirement that the community-based therapeutic living model for adults with mental 
illness be limited to persons currently receiving services at Riverview Psychiatric Center 
or living in community-based group homes and adds a requirement that the model grant 
priority to persons who previously lived in those settings or in the Augusta Mental Health 
Institute. It requires the development of a per-unit comparison of residential placements 
with the assistance of the Office of Fiscal and Program Review. It requires a report no 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT #1' to H.P. 1390, L.D. 1983 
later than September 1, 2006. It deletes a study of community-based therapeutic living 
settings for adults in Montana. 
FISCAL \() 11-. REQUlIU:J) 
(See Attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 03/27/06 wac 
LD 1983 
LR 3094(02) 
Resolve, Directing the Department of Health and Human Services to Develop a Model for Community 
Based Therapeutic Living Settings for Adults with Mental Illness 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment '14" 
Committee: Health and Human Services 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - General Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Any adrlitional costs to the Department of Health and Human Services in implementing this legislation can be 
absorbed by the depmiment utilizing existing budgeted resources. The additional costs associated with the Office of 
Fiscal and Program Review assisting the Department of Health and Human Services in the development of a per unit 
cost companson of residential placements can be absorbed by the Legislature utilizing existing budgeted resources. 
LR3094(2) - Fiscal Note - Page I of 1