An Act To Expand Services to Persons Who Are Disabled or Elderly on Wait Lists by Reducing Revenue Sharing
Maine Legislature, Session 126, LD 1857
Committee: Appropriations and Financial Affairs
Sponsors: AYOTTE
Amends: 30-A MRSA §5681

Legislative Document 
No. 1857 
H.P. 1344 
House of Representatives, April 10, 2014 
An Act To Expand Services to Persons Who Are Disabled or Elderly 
on Wait Lists by Reducing Revenue Sharing 
Reference to the Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs suggested and ordered 
printed. 
MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
Presented by Representative AYOTTE of Caswell.  (GOVERNOR'S BILL) 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1.  30-A MRSA §5681, sub-§5-C, as amended by PL 2013, c. 368, Pt. J, §1, 
is further amended to read: 
5-C.  Transfers to General Fund.  For the months beginning on or after July 1, 
2009, $25,383,491 in fiscal year 2009-10, $38,145,323 in fiscal year 2010-11, 
$40,350,638 in fiscal year 2011-12, $44,267,343 in fiscal year 2012-13, $73,306,246 in 
fiscal year 2013-14 and $85,949,391 $103,949,391 in fiscal year 2014-15 from the total 
transfers pursuant to subsection 5 must be transferred to General Fund undedicated 
revenue.  The amounts transferred to General Fund undedicated revenue each fiscal year 
pursuant to this subsection must be deducted from the distributions required by 
subsections 4-A and 4-B based on the percentage share of the transfers to the Local 
Government Fund pursuant to subsection 5.  The reductions in this subsection must be 
allocated to each month proportionately based on the budgeted monthly transfers to the 
Local Government Fund as determined at the beginning of the fiscal year. 
Sec. 2.  Legislative intent for future allocations.  Notwithstanding any 
provision of law to the contrary, it is the intent of the Legislature that, beginning with the 
2016-2017 biennium, funding above the level of funding provided in fiscal year 2013-14 
for the following come from the savings achieved by eliminating eligibility for the 
MaineCare program for parents with a household income equal to or greater than 100% 
of the nonfarm income official federal poverty level: 
1.  Community-based services provided under Chapter 101: MaineCare Benefits 
Manual, Chapter II, Sections 21 and 29 and Chapter III, Sections 21 and 29; 
2.  Homemaker services, home-based care and consumer-directed home-based care; 
and 
3.  Brain injury residential and community services waiver in the MaineCare 
program. 
Sec. 3.  Appropriations and allocations.  The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF (FORMERLY BDS) 
Developmental Services Waiver - MaineCare 0987 
Initiative: Provides funding on an ongoing basis for the community-based services 
provided under Department of Health and Human Services Rule Chapter 101: MaineCare 
Benefits Manual, Chapter II, Section 21 and Chapter III, Section 21. 
GENERAL FUND 
2013-14
2014-15
All Other 
$0
$11,235,400
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
$0
$11,235,400
Developmental Services Waiver - Supports Z006 
Initiative: Provides funding on an ongoing basis for the community-based services 
provided under Department of Health and Human Services Rule Chapter 101: MaineCare 
Benefits Manual, Chapter II, Section 29 and Chapter III, Section 29. 
Medicaid Waiver for Brain Injury Residential /Community Serv Z160 
Initiative: Provides funding on an ongoing basis for the brain injury residential and 
community services waiver in the MaineCare program. 
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF (FORMERLY DHS) 
Consumer-directed Services Z043 
Initiative: Provides funding on an ongoing basis for consumer-directed home-based care. 
Long Term Care - Office of Aging and Disability Services 0420 
Initiative: Provides funding on an ongoing basis for the independent support services, 
homemaker services, program. 
GENERAL FUND 
2013-14
2014-15
All Other 
$0
$4,000,000
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
$0
$4,000,000
GENERAL FUND 
2013-14
2014-15
All Other 
$0
$1,000,000
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
$0
$1,000,000
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, 
DEPARTMENT OF (FORMERLY BDS) 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
2013-14
2014-15
GENERAL FUND 
$0
$16,235,400
DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS 
$0
$16,235,400
GENERAL FUND 
2013-14
2014-15
All Other 
$0
$264,600
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
$0
$264,600
Long Term Care - Office of Aging and Disability Services 0420 
Initiative: Provides funding on an ongoing basis for home-based care. 
Medical Care - Payments to Providers 0147 
Initiative: Provides funding on an ongoing basis for the community-based services 
provided under Department of Health and Human Services Rule Chapter 101: MaineCare 
Benefits Manual, Chapter II, Section 29 and Chapter III, Section 29. 
Medical Care - Payments to Providers 0147 
Initiative: Provides funding on an ongoing basis for the community-based services 
provided under Department of Health and Human Services Rule Chapter 101: MaineCare 
Benefits Manual, Chapter II, Section 21 and Chapter III, Section 21. 
Medical Care - Payments to Providers 0147 
Initiative: Provides funding on an ongoing basis for the brain injury residential and 
community services waiver in the MaineCare program. 
GENERAL FUND 
2013-14
2014-15
All Other 
$0
$500,000
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
$0
$500,000
GENERAL FUND 
2013-14
2014-15
All Other 
$0
$1,000,000
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
$0
$1,000,000
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND 
2013-14
2014-15
All Other 
$0
$6,470,519
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND TOTAL 
$0
$6,470,519
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND 
2013-14
2014-15
All Other 
$0
$18,174,717
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND TOTAL 
$0
$18,174,717
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND 
2013-14
2014-15
All Other 
$0
$1,617,630
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND TOTAL 
$0
$1,617,630
SUMMARY 
This bill increases funding on an ongoing basis for developmental services waivers 
under Department of Health and Human Services Rule Chapter 101:  MaineCare Benefits 
Manual, Chapter II, Sections 21 and 29 and Chapter III, Sections 21 and 29 for consumer-
directed home-based care and for the brain injury residental and community services 
waiver.  In fiscal year 2014-15, the increased funding is offset by a reduction in the 
General Fund for municipal revenue sharing.  The bill states that, after fiscal year 2014-
15, it is the intent of the Legislature that funding for these allocations be paid for by 
savings achieved in the MaineCare budget as a result of the elimination of eligibility for 
parents with a household income equal to or greater than 100% of the nonfarm income 
official federal poverty level. 
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, 
DEPARTMENT OF (FORMERLY DHS) 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
2013-14
2014-15
GENERAL FUND 
$0
$1,764,600
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND 
$0
$26,262,866
DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS 
$0
$28,027,466
SECTION TOTALS 
2013-14
2014-15
GENERAL FUND 
$0
$18,000,000
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND 
$0
$26,262,866
SECTION TOTAL - ALL FUNDS 
$0
$44,262,866