Resolve, To Demonstrate Cost Savings by Preventing the Onset of Severe Mental Illness in Youth
Maine Legislature, Session 123, LD 1567
Committee Amendment CA_B_H652 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ,~" to H.P. 1092, L.D. 1567, "Resolve, To 
Demonstrate Cost Savings by Preventing the Onset of Severe Mental Illness in Youth" 
Amend the resolve by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'Resolve, To Continue the Work of Preventing the Onset of Severe Mental 
Illness in Youth' 
Amend the resolve in the emergency preamble in the 4th paragraph after the title in 
the first and 2nd lines (page 1, lines 7 and 8 in L.D.) by striking out the following: 
"referred to in this resolve as" and inserting the following: 'or' 
Amend the resolve by striking out all of the 9th paragraph after the title (page 1, lines 
and 21 in L.D.) 
Amend the resolve by striking out all of sections 1 and 2 and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. Appropriations and allocations. Resolved: 
That the following 
appropriations and allocations are made. 
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF (FORMERLY BDS) 
Mental Health Services - Children 0136 
Initiative: Appropriates funds to provide financial resources to the Portland Identification 
and Early Referral Program (PIER) to prevent new cases of psychosis and psychotic 
disorders in adolescents and young adults. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
2007-08 
$0 
$0 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
2008-09 
$240,000 
$240,000 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ~ 
" to H.P. 1092, L.D. 1567 
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, 
DEPARTMENT OF (FORMERLY BDS) 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
GENERAL FUND 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
2007-08 
2008-09 
$0 
$240,000 
$0 
$240,000 
HEAL TH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF (FORMERLY DHS) 
Medical Care - Payments to Providers 0147 
Initiative: Appropriates and allocates funds for additional costs to the MaineCare program 
as a result of a restructuring of the Portland Identification and Early Referral Program 
(PIER) that will result in increased MaineCare billing for eligible youth. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND TOTAL 
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, 
DEPARTMENT OF (FORMERLY DHS) 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
GENERAL FUND 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
SECTION TOTALS 
GENERAL FUND 
2007-08 
$0 
$0 
2007-08 
$0 
$0 
2007-08 
$0 
$0 
$0 
2007-08 
$0 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
2008-09 
$58,704 
$58,704 
2008-09 
$101,296 
$101,296 
2008-09 
$58,704 
$101,296 
$160,000 
2008-09 
$298,704 
COMMITTEE AMENDMEN~ " to H.P. 1092, L.D. 156, 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND 
SECTION TOTAL - ALL FUNDS 
SUMMARY 
$0 
$101,296 
$0 
$400,000 
This amendment changes the title of the resolve. The amendment provides resources 
to the Portland Identification and Early Referral Program, or PIER, to continue to prevent 
new cases of psychosis and psychotic disorders in adolescents and young adults in the 
greater Portland area through a General Fund grant appropriation, an additional 
MaineCare appropriation and the matching federal allocation for some of the service 
II 
costs ofthe project. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 12/28/07 wac:.. 
LD 1567 
LR 1757(04) 
Resolve, To Demonstrate Cost Savings by Preventing the Onset of Severe Mental Illness in Youth 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment J)" 
Committee: Health and Human Services 
Net Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
Appropriations/Allocations 
General Fund 
Federal Expenditures Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
2007-08 
$0 
$0 
$0 
2008-09 
$298,704 
$298,704 
$101,296 
Projections 
2009-10 
$298,704 
$298,704 
$101,296 
Projections 
2010-11 
$298,704 
$298,704 
$101,296 
Appropriates $240,000 in 2008-09 to provide financial resources to the Portland Identification and Early Referral 
(PIER) program to continue its efforts to prevent new cases of psychosis and psychotic disorders in adolescents and 
young adults. Also appropriates $58,704 million in 2008-09 (and allocates federal funds) for additional costs to the 
MaineCare program as a result of a restructuring of the PIER program that will result in increased MaineCare billing 
for eligible youth. 
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