An Act To Update the Powers and Duties of the Bureau of Maine Veterans' Services
Maine Legislature, Session 125, LD 1719
Committee Amendment CA_A_S430 (Senate)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" P\" to S.P. 584, L.D. 1719, Bill, "An Act To 
Update the Powers and Duties of the Bureau of Maine Veterans' Services" 
Amend the bill by striking out all of section 1 (page 1, lines 2 to lOin L.D.) 
Amend the bill by adding after section 2 the following: 
'Sec. 3. Report on coordination of efforts to identify veterans who may be 
entitled to additional benefits. No later than February 15,2013, the office for family 
independence within the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department 
of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management, Bureau of Maine Veterans' Services 
shall report to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over 
veterans matters and the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction 
over health and human services matters regarding the coordination of their efforts to 
identify veterans who have received or are receiving Medicaid benefits and may be 
entitled to, but are not receiving, federally funded benefits from the United States 
Department of Veterans Affairs. The report may include recommendations for legislation 
to assist in this veteran identification effort. 
The joint standing committee of the 
Legislature having jurisdiction over veterans matters is authorized to report out a bill to 
the First Regular Session of the 126th Legislature.' 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or 
section number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment strikes a provision in the bill that authorizes the Director of the 
Bureau of Maine Veterans' Services within the Department of Defense, Veterans and 
Emergency Management to enter into an agreement with a health care provider to assist 
the director in obtaining benefits for veterans. The amendment directs the Bureau of 
Maine Veterans' Services and the office for family independence within the Department 
of Health and Human Services to submit a report to the joint standing committee of the 
Legislature having jurisdiction over veterans matters and the joint standing committee of 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" " " to S.P. 584, L.D. 1719 
the Legislature having jurisdiction over health and human services matters on their 
ongoing efforts to identify veterans who have received or are receiving Medicaid benefits 
in order to determine if a veteran is eligible for federally funded benefits from the United 
States Department of Veterans Affairs. The joint standing committee of the Legislature 
having jurisdiction over veterans matters may report out a bill to the First Regular Session 
of the 126th Legislature. 
FISCAL XOT£ REQlIKED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 03/08112 frac.. 
LD 1719 
LR 2462(02) 
An Act To Update the Powers and Duties of tile Bureau of Maine Veterans' Services 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment" A" S - Jf 3 0 
Committee: Veterans and Legal Affairs 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - General Fund 
Additional costs to the Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management and to the Department of 
Health and Human Services associated with reporting on efforts to coordinate identification of veterans who have or 
are receiving Medicaid benefits and who are entitled to, but are not receiving, federally funded veterans benefits can 
be absorbed within existing budgeted resources. 
LR2462(02) - Fiscal Note - Page 1 of 1