An Act Regarding State Costs for Public Assistance to Working Families Further amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the summary and inserting in its place the following: Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §3, sub-§2 is enacted to read: 2. Report on working families. The department shall by February 1st annually prepare and submit to the Legislature a public assistance beneficiary employer report. A. For purposes of this sUbsection. public assistance beneficiary" means a person who receives benefits from the Medicaid program under chapter 855. the food stamp program under section 3104, the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program under chapter 1053-8 or the Additional Support for People in Retraining and Employment -Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program under chapter 1054-A. B. The report must include the following information for each employer of 50 or more public assistance beneficiaries. aggregated for all of the business locations of the employer within the State: (1) The name and address of the employer: Page 1-LR0486(3) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 1553
Committee Amendment CA_A_H604 (House)
Amends: 22 MRSA §3

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" 
To Impose a Gross Receipts 
to H.P. 1094, L.D. 1553, 
Tax on "Big Box" Stores" 
Bill, "An 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting 
the following: 
'An Act Regarding State Costs for Public Assistance to Working 
Families' 
Further amend the bill by striking out everything after the 
enacting clause and before the summary and inserting in its place 
the following: 
'Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §3, sub-§2 is enacted to read: 
2. 
Report on working families. 
The department shall by 
February 1st annually prepare and submit to the Legislature a 
public assistance beneficiary employer report. 
A. 
For 
purposes of this 
sUbsection. 
"public assistance 
beneficiary" means a person who receives benefits from the 
Medicaid program under chapter 855. the food stamp program 
under 
section 
3104, 
the 
Temporary Assistance 
for 
Needy 
Families 
program under chapter 1053-8 or 
the Additional 
Support for People in Retraining and Employment -
Temporary 
Assistance for Needy Families program under chapter 1054-A. 
B. 
The report must include the following information for 
each employer of 50 or more public assistance beneficiaries. 
aggregated for all of the business locations of the employer 
within the State: 
(1) 
The name and address of the employer: 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ,A" to H.P. 1094, L.D. 1553 
(2) 
The number of public assistance beneficiaries who 
are employees of the employer and the employee's length 
of service with the employer: 
(3) 
The number of public assistance beneficiaries who 
are spouses or dependents of employees of the employ~r; 
(4) 
Whether the employer offers health benefits to its 
employees or their spouses or dependents; and 
(5) 
The 
cost 
to 
the 
State 
of 
providing 
public 
assistance benefits for the employees and their spouses 
and dependents. 
The report may not include any individually identifiable 
information 
about 
any 
individual 
public 
assistance 
beneficiary. 
C. 
The 
department 
shall 
adopt 
procedures 
to 
obtain 
information 
about 
the 
number 
of 
public 
assistance 
beneficiaries per 
employer, 
their spouses 
and dependents 
from those beneficiaries and may not disclose the receipt of 
benefits by any individual to employers for purposes of this 
subsection. 
Sec. 
2. 
Appropriations 
and 
allocations. 
appropriations and allocations are made. 
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPAR'.l'MENT OF 
Bureau of Family Independence - Central 
0100 
The 
following 
Initiative: 
Appropriates 
funds 
for 
the 
system 
enhancements 
needed to develop and implement 
a 
unique employer identifier 
required to prepare 
a 
public assistance beneficiary employer 
report. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
SUMMARY 
2005-06 
$350,000 
$350,000 
2006-07 
$0 
$0' 
This amendment replaces the bill with provl.Sl.ons directing 
the Department of Health and Human Services to prepare and submit 
a report annually to the Legislature providing information about 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 'A" to H.P. 1094, L.D. 1553 
employers in the State that have 50 or more employees who are 
recipients of certain public assistance benefits. 
The amendment 
also adds an appropriations and allocations section. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 05127/05 frac 
LD 1553 
LR 0486(03) 
An Act To Impose a Gross Receipts Tax on "Big Box" Stores 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment ,A" 
Committee: Taxation 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
2005-06 
2006-07 
Projections 
2007-08 
Projections 
2008-09 
Net Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
Appropriations/Allocations 
General Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
$350,000 
$350,000 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$0 
Assumes the Department of Health and Human Services will require a one-time appropriation of $350,000 for the 
system enhancements needed to develop and implement the unique employer identifier required for the public 
assistance beneficiary employer report. 
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$0