An Act To Establish a Single-payor Health Care System
Maine Legislature, Session 123, LD 1072
Committee Amendment CA_A_H644 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" n " 
to H.P. 790, L.D. 1072, Bill, "An Act To 
Establish a Single-payor Health Care System" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'Resolve, To Conduct an Updated Study of the Feasibility of Establishing a 
Single-payor Health Care System in the State' 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the title and before the summary and 
inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. Update to feasibility study. Resolved: That the Legislature shall 
contract with a qualified consultant to update the December 2002 document titled 
"Feasibility Study of a Single-payer Health Plan Model for the State of Maine" produced 
by Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. The Legislature shall seek outside grant funding to 
fully fund all costs of the updated study. If sufficient outside funding has not been 
received by the Legislature by August 1,2008 to fully fund all costs of the updated study, 
no expenses of any kind related to the study may be incurred without authorization from 
the Legislative Council. The updated study must be submitted no later than December 3, 
2008 to the First Regular Session of the 124th Legislature. The joint standing committee 
of the Legislature having jurisdiction over health insurance matters may submit 
legislation based on the updated feasibility study to the First Regular Session of the l24th 
Legislature; and be it further 
Sec. 2. 
Appropriations and allocations. 
Resolved: 
That the following 
appropriations and allocations are made. 
LEGISLATURE 
Legislature 0081 
Initiative: Appropriates funds to the Legislature to contract out for professional services 
for grant writing and other technical assistance. 
An Other Special Revenue Funds 
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allocation to the Legislature of $235,100 is required to expend any outside grant received 
to fund all costs of updating the 2002 study. 
II 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
OTHERSPEClALREVENUEFUNDS 
All Other 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL 
SUMMARY 
2007-08 
$0 
$0 
2007-08 
$0 
$0 
2008-09 
$5,750 
$5,750 
2008-09 
$235,100 
$235,100 
This amendment replaces the bill and is the majority report of the committee. The 
amendment changes the bill from an act to a resolve. The amendment requires the 
Legislature to contract for an update to a 2002 study of the feasibility of establishing a 
single-payor health plan in the State. The amendment requires that the updated study be 
submitted to the First Regular Session of the 124th Legislature and authorizes the joint 
standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over health insurance matters to 
submit legislation based on the updated feasibility study. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 12113/07 
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LD 1072 
LR 603(02) 
An Act To Establish a Single-payor Health Care System 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment " ~ " 
Committee: Insurance and Financial Services 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
2007-08 
2008-09 
Projections 
2009-10 
Net Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
.\ppropriations/ Allocations 
General Fund 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$5,750 
$5,750 
$235,100 
$0 
$0 
$0 
Projections 
2010-11 
$0 
$0 
$0 
The Legislature is required to seek an outside grant to fund updating a 2002 study. The bill includes a General Fund 
appropriation to the Legislature of $5,750 in fiscal year 2008-09 to contract out for professional services for grant 
writing and technical assistance. The bill also includes an Other Special Revenue Funds allocation to the Legislature 
of $235, 1 00 in fiscal year 2008-09 to permit expenditure of an outside grant. 
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