An Act To Implement the Recommendations of the Streamline and Prioritize Core Government Services Task Force for the Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2012 and June 30, 2013 and To Make Certain Other Allocations and Appropriations and Changes to the Law Necessary to the Operation of State Government
Maine Legislature, Session 125, LD 1816
House Amendment HA_A_H700 (House)
Amends: 36 MRSA §5111

HOUSE AMENDMENT "(/" to H.P. 1339, L.D. 1816, Bill, "An Act To Implement 
the Recommendations of the Streamline and Prioritize Core Government Services Task 
Force for the Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2012 and June 30, 2013 and To Make Certain 
Other Allocations and Appropriations and Changes to the Law Necessary to the 
Operation of State Government" 
Amend the bill by striking out all of Parts I, M, 0, P, X, Y, Z, AA, BB and CC. 
Amend the bill by striking out all of Part II and inserting the following: 
'PART II 
Sec. 11-1. PL 2011, c. 380, Pt. JJJ, §1 is amended ~o read: 
Sec. JJJ-l. 
Transfer from 
Other Special Revenue Funds to 
unappropriated surplus of the General Fund. 
Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the State Controller shall transfer $43,000,000 $115,000,000 on June 
30,2012 from Other Special Revenue Funds to the unappropriated surplus of the General 
Fund. On July 1, 2012, the State Controller shall transfer $43,000,000 $115,000,000 from 
the General Fund unappropriated surplus to Other Special Revenue Funds as repayment. 
This transfer is considered an interfund advance. 
PARTJJ 
Sec. JJ-l. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF 
Statewide Radio Network System 0112 
Initiative: Deappropriates debt service savings due to an unanticipated delay in the public 
safety radio system project. 
HOUSE AMENDMENT 
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HOUSEAMENDMENT'~ "toH.P. 1339,L.D.1816 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL 
SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
GENERAL FUND 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
2011-12 
($1,728,198) 
($1,728,198) 
2011-12 
($1,728,198) 
($1,728,198) 
2012-13 
$0 
$0 
2012-13 
$0 
$0 
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF (FORMERLY BDS) 
Developmental Services - Community 0122 
Initiative: Reduces funding for reimbursement in rental assistance to United States 
Department of Housing and Urban Development levels. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
Developmental Services Waiver - MaineCare 0987 
2011-12 
2012-13 
$0 
($1,200,000) 
$0 
($1,200,000) 
Initiative: Provides funding in the MaineCare and MaineCare-related accounts necessary 
to make cycle payments through the remainder of fiscal year 2011-12. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
Developmental Services Waiver - Supports Z006 
2011-12 
$5,808,535 
$5,808,535 
2012-13 
$0 
$0 
Initiative: Provides funding in the MaineCare and MaineCare-related accounts necessary 
to make cycle payments through the remainder of fiscal year 2011-12. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
2011-12 
$1,967,371 
$1,967,371 
HOUSE AMENDMENT 
2012-13 
$0 
$0 
o~<:, 
~1 
HOUSE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 1339, L.D. 1816 
Mental Health Services - Child Medicaid 0731 
Initiative: Provides funding in the MaineCare and MaineCare-related accounts necessary 
to make cycle payments through the remainder of fiscal year 2011-12. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
Office of Substance Abuse - Medicaid Seed 0844 
2011-12 
$5,290,051 
$5,290,051 
2012-13 
$0 
$0 
Initiative: Provides funding in the MaineCare and MaineCare-re1ated accounts necessary 
to make cycle payments through the remainder of fiscal year 2011-12. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, 
DEPARTMENT OF (FORMERLY BDS) 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
GENERAL FUND 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
2011-12 
$983,953 
$983,953 
2011-12 
$14,049,910 
$14,049,910 
2012-13 
$0 
$0 
2012-13 
($1,200,000) 
($1,200,000) 
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF (FORMERLY DHS) 
Departmentwide 0019 
Initiative: Reduces funding from salary savings. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the State Budget Officer shall calculate the amount of savings in this Part that 
applies to each General Fund account in the Department of Health and Human Services 
and shall transfer the amounts by financial order upon the approval of the Governor. 
These transfers are considered adjustments to appropriations in fiscal year 2011-12 and 
fiscal year 2012-13. 
GENERAL FUND 
Personal Services 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
Low-cost Drugs To Maine's Elderly 0202 
2011-12 
($5,000,000) 
($5,000,000) 
HOUSE AMENDMENT 
2012-13 
($3,000,000) 
($3,000,000) 
HOUSE AMENDMENT"~" to H.P. 1339, L.D. 1816 
Initiative: Provides funding in the MaineCare and MaineCare-related accounts necessary 
to make cycle payments through the remainder of fiscal year 2011-12. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
Medical Care - Payments to Providers 0147 
2011-12 
$1,401,437 
$1,401,437 
2012-13 
$0 
$0 
Initiative: Restores funding reduced in this Act from limiting access to buprenorphine and 
naloxone combination drugs for MaineCare recipients. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND TOTAL 
Medical Care - Payments to Providers 0147 
2011-12 
$0 
$0 
2011-12 
$0 
$0 
2012-13 
$600,000 
$600,000 
2012-13 
$1,033,542 
$1,033,542 
Initiative: Restores funding reduced in this Act from reducing the number of specialty 
pharmacy providers to a single exclusive provider. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND TOTAL 
Medical Care - Payments to Providers 0147 
2011-12 
$0 
$0 
2011-12 
$0 
$0 
2012-13 
$200,000 
$200,000 
2012-13 
$344,514 
$344,514 
Initiative: Restores funding reduced in this Act for outpatient services at acute care 
hospitals. 
HOUSE AMENDMENT 
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HOUSE AMENDMENT" fl" to H.P. 1339, L.D. 1816 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND TOTAL 
Medical Care - Payments to Providers 0147 
2011-12 
$0 
$0 
2011-12 
$0 
$0 
2012-13 
$3,180,269 
$3,180,269 
2012-13 
$5,478,236 
$5,478,236 
Initiative: Restores funding reduced in this Act from eliminating coverage of certain 
diabetic supplies when purchased in medical supply stores. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
All Other 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL 
Medical Care - Payments to Providers 0147 
2011-12 
$0 
$0 
2011-12 
$0 
$0 
2012-13 
$100,000 
$100,000 
2012-13 
($100,000) 
($100,000) 
Initiative: Reduces funding as a result of the collection of overpayments to MaineCare 
providers due to errors in calculating cost of care. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
Medical Care - Payments to Providers 0147 
2011-12 
2012-13 
$0 ($11,000,000) 
$0 ($11,000,000) 
Initiative: Reduces funding on a one-time basis as a result of the collection of legal 
settlement payments from MaineCare providers. 
HOUSE AMENDMENT 
HOUSE AMENDMENT" If, to H.P. 1339, L.D. 1816 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
Medical Care - Payments to Providers 0147 
2011-12 
($363,696) 
($363,696) 
2012-13 
$0 
$0 
Initiative: Reduces funding through increased cost avoidance efforts due to claims being 
submitted to a 3rd-party carrier as the primary payer and MaineCare as the payer of last 
resort. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND TOTAL 
Medical Care - Payments to Providers 0147 
2011-12 
($500,000) 
($500,000) 
2011-12 
($861,285) 
($861,285) 
2012-13 
($500,000) 
($500,000) 
2012-13 
($861,285) 
($861,285) 
Initiative: Provides funding in the MaineCare and MaineCare-related accounts necessary 
to make cycle payments through the remainder of fiscal year 2011-12. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND TOTAL 
State-funded Foster Care/Adoption Assistance 0139 
2011-12 
$91,805,960 
$91,805,960 
2011-12 
$207,077,368 
$207,077,368 
2012-13 
$0 
$0 
2012-13 
$0 
$0 
Initiative: Eliminates funding for the supplemental services for children with complex 
emotional and behavioral needs. 
HOUSE AMENDMENT 
HOUSE AMENDMENT" fr' to H.P. 1339, L.D. 1816 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
State-funded Foster Care/Adoption Assistance 0139 
2011-12 
2012-13 
$0 
($1,999,984) 
$0 
($1,999,984) 
Initiative: Reduces funding by reducing contracts in the alternative response program. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, 
DEPARTMENT OF (FORMERLY DHS) 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
GENERAL FUND 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS 
SECTION TOTALS 
GENERAL FUND 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
SECTION TOTAL - ALL FUNDS 
PARTKK 
2011-12 
2012-13 
$0 
($1,290,000) 
$0 
($1,290,000) 
2011-12 
2012-13 
$87,343,701 ($13,709,715) 
$206,216,083 
$5,995,007 
$0 
($100,000) 
$293,559,784 
($7,814,708) 
2011-12 
2012-13 
$99,665,413 ($14,909,715) 
$206,216,083 
$5,995,007 
$0 
($100,000) 
$305,881,496 
($9,014,708) 
Sec. KK-l. 36 MRSA §5111, sub-§l-B, as amended by PL 2011, c. 380, Pt. N, 
§ 1 and affected by § 19, is further amended to read: 
I-B. Single individuals and married persons filing separate returns; tax years 
from 2002 to 2013. For tax years beginning on or after January 1,2002 but not later than 
December 31, ~ 
2013, for single individuals and married persons filing separate 
returns: 
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If Maine Taxable income is: 
Less than $4,200 
At least $4,200 but less than $8,350 
At least $8,350 but less than $16,700 
$16,700 or more 
The tax is: 
2% of the Maine taxable income 
$84 plus 4.5% of the excess over $4,200 
$271 plus 7% of the excess over $8,350 
$856 plus 8.5% of the excess over $16,700 
Sec. KK-2. 36 MRSA §Sl11, sub-§l-C, as enacted by PL 2011, c. 380, Pt. N, 
§2 and affected by §19, is amended to read: 
I-C. Single individuals and married persons filing separate returns; tax years 
beginning 2014. For tax years beginning on or after January 1, ~ 
2014, for single 
individuals and married persons filing separate returns: 
If Maine Taxable income is: 
At least $5,000 but less than $19,950 
$19,950 or more 
The tax is: 
6.5% of the excess over $5,000 
$972 plus 7.95% of the excess over 
$19,950 
Sec. KK-3. 36 MRSA §Sl11, sub-§2-B, as amended by PL 2011, c. 380, Pt. N, 
§3 and affected by § 19, is further amended to read: 
2-D. Heads of households; tax years from 2002 to 2013. For tax years beginning 
on or after January 1, 2002 but not later than December 31, ;;wg 2013, for unmarried 
individuals or legally separated individuals who qualify as heads of households: 
If Maine Taxable income is: 
Less than $6,300 
At least $6,300 but less than $12,500 
At least $12,500 but less than $25,050 
$25,050 or more 
The tax is: 
2% of the Maine taxable income 
$126 plus 4.5% of the excess over $6,300 
$405 plus 7% of the excess over $12,500 
$1,284 plus 8.5% of the excess over 
$25,050 
Sec. KK-4. 36 MRSA §Sl11, sub-§2-C, as enacted by PL 2011, c. 380, Pt. N, 
§4 and affected by § 19, is amended to read: 
2-C. Heads of households; tax years beginning 2014. For tax years beginning on 
or after January 1, ;w.H 2014, for unmarried individuals or legally separated individuals 
who qualify as heads of households: 
If Maine Taxable income is: 
At least $7,500 but less than $29,900 
$29,900 or more 
The tax is: 
6.5% of the excess over $7,500 
$1,456 plus 7.95% of the excess over 
$29,900 
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Sec. KK-S. 36 MRSA §Sl11, sub-§3-B, as amended by PL 2011, c. 380, Pt. N, 
§ 5 and affected by § 19, is further amended to read: 
3-B. Individuals filing married joint return or surviving spouses; tax years from 
2002 to 2013. For tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2002 but not later than 
December 31, ~ 
2013, for individuals filing married joint returns or surviving spouses 
permitted to file a joint return: 
If Maine Taxable income is: 
Less than $8,400 
At least $8,400 but less than $16,700 
At least $16,700 but less than $33,400 
$33,400 or more 
The tax is: 
2% of the Maine taxable income 
$168 plus 4.5% of the excess over $8,400 
$542 plus 7% of the excess over $16,700 
$1,711 plus 8.5% of the excess over 
$33,400 
Sec. KK-6. 36 MRS A §Sl11, sub-§3-C, as enacted by PL 2011, c. 380, Pt. N, I 
§6 and affected by § 19, is amended to read: 
3-C. Individuals filing married joint return or surviving spouses; tax years 
beginning 2014. 
For tax years beginning on or after January 1, ~ 
2014, for 
individuals filing married joint returns or surviving spouses permitted to file a joint 
return: 
If Maine Taxable income is: 
At least $10,000 but less than $39,900 
$39,900 or more 
The tax is: 
6.5% of the excess over $10,000 
$1,944 plus 7.95% of the excess over 
$39,900 
Sec. KK-7. 36 MRSA §S126, first~, as amended by PL 2011, c. 380, Pt. N, § 11 
and affected by § 19, is further amended to read: 
For income tax years beginning on or after January 1, 1998 but before January 1, 
1999, a resident individual is allowed $2,400 for each exemption that the individual 
properly claims for the taxable year for federal income tax purposes, unless the taxpayer 
is claimed as a dependent on another return. For income tax years beginning on or after 
January 1, 1999 but before January 1,2000, a resident individual is allowed $2,750 for 
each exemption that the individual properly claims for the taxable year for federal income 
tax purposes, unless the taxpayer is claimed as a dependent on another return. 
For 
income tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2000 but before January 1, ~ 
2014, 
a resident individual is allowed $2,850 for each exemption that the individual properly 
claims for the taxable year for federal income tax purposes, unless the taxpayer is claimed 
as a dependent on another return. For income tax years beginning on or after January 1, 
~ 
2014, a resident individual is allowed a deduction equal to the total amount of 
deductions allowed for personal exemptions in accordance with the Code, Section 151.' 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or 
section number to read consecutively. 
HOUSE AMENDMENT 
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HOUSE AMENDMENT 'ft" to H.P. 1339, L.D. 1816 
SUMMARY 
This amendment delays for one year the effective date of the decrease in the 
individual income tax rates and the conformity of the personal exemption with the 
amount allowed under federal law, scheduled to take effect beginning January 1,2013, as 
enacted in Public Law 2011, chapter 380. 
This amendment restores MaineCare reductions proposed in the bill. 
This amendment increases the one-day interfund advance from $102,000,000 as 
proposed in the bill to $115,000,000. 
The effect of the one-year delay in the individual income tax rate decrease and 
personal exemption conformity, when combined with the removal of those parts of the 
bill that reduced MaineCare benefits, is that a savings is created in fiscal year 2011-12 in 
the amount of$30,866 and in fiscal year 2012-13 of$600,612. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
SPONSOREDBY: __ ~~~~~_'~ 
____________ _ 
(Representative CHIPMA 
TOWN: Portland 
HOUSE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 02114112 ;lYac 
LD 1816 
LR 2701(04) 
An Act To Implement the Recommendations of the Streamline and Prioritize Core Government 
Services Task Force for the Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2012 and June 30,2013 and To Make Certain 
Other Allocations and Appropriations and Changes to the Law Necessary to the Operation of State 
Net Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
Appropriations/Allocations 
General Fund 
Federal Expenditures Fund 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
Revenue 
General Fund 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
Dirigo Health Fund 
Transfers 
General Fund 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
Dirigo Health Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Government 
A 
Fiscal Note for House Amendment" f1 " 
Sponsor: Rep. Chipman of Portland 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
FY 2011-12 
FY 2012-13 
($30,866) 
($600,612) 
$12,969,134 
$44,712,055 
$5,034,486 
$70,903,885 
($10,472,800) 
($2,956,881 ) 
$0 
$58,312,667 
$0 
$2,535,333 
$0 
($4,812,061) 
$13,000,000 
($13,000,000) 
($23,472,800) 
$3,233,119 
$10,472,800 
$9,766,881 
Projections 
Projections 
FY 2013-14 
FY 2014-15 
($57,066,157) 
$23,635,174 
$29,135,176 
$23,635,174 
$49,008,654 
$39,534,518 
($100,000) 
($100,000) 
$86,201,333 
$0 
$5,070,667 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$0 
This amendment reduces the General Fund cost of the bill by $30,866 in fiscal year 2011-12 and $600,612 in fiscal 
year 2012-13. 
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