An Act To Improve Education about and Awareness of Maine's Health Laws and Resources
Maine Legislature, Session 126, LD 1719
Committee: Health and Human Services
Sponsors: ROCHELO, SAVIELLO, BEAVERS, BECK, MAKER, MASTRACCIO, PLANTE, SANBORN, LANGLEY

Legislative Document 
No. 1719 
H.P. 1229 
House of Representatives, January 9, 2014 
An Act To Improve Education about and Awareness of Maine's 
Health Laws and Resources 
Approved for introduction by a majority of the Legislative Council pursuant to Joint Rule 
203. 
Reference to the Committee on Health and Human Services suggested and ordered printed. 
MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
Presented by Representative ROCHELO of Biddeford. 
Cosponsored by Senator SAVIELLO of Franklin and 
Representatives: BEAVERS of South Berwick, BECK of Waterville, MAKER of Calais, 
MASTRACCIO of Sanford, McELWEE of Caribou, PLANTE of Berwick, SANBORN of 
Gorham, Senator: LANGLEY of Hancock. 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1.  Appropriations and allocations.  The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF (FORMERLY BDS) 
Office of Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 0679 
Initiative: Allocates funds on a one-time basis for education and outreach on marijuana 
use and its impact on youth based on the office's marijuana workgroup's 
recommendations. 
Office of Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 0679 
Initiative: Allocates funds on a one-time basis to fund community health coalitions to 
improve school tobacco and substance abuse policies to meet standards of the federal 
Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF (FORMERLY DHS) 
Community Family Planning 0466 
Initiative: Allocates funds on a one-time basis for an education and outreach campaign to 
reach newly insured and uninsured individuals in need of family planning and 
reproductive health care services. 
FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE 
2013-14
2014-15
All Other 
$0
$150,000
FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE TOTAL 
$0
$150,000
FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE 
2013-14
2014-15
All Other 
$0
$60,000
FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE TOTAL 
$0
$60,000
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, 
DEPARTMENT OF (FORMERLY BDS) 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
2013-14
2014-15
FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE 
$0
$210,000
DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS 
$0
$210,000
Head Start 0545 
Initiative: Allocates funds on a one-time basis to provide touchpoint training to Head 
Start and child care providers to improve care and family education. 
Low-cost Drugs To Maine's Elderly 0202 
Initiative: Allocates funds on a one-time basis for access to transitional assistance for 
Medicare Savings Program members who are losing state assistance with Medicare Part 
D plan selection. 
Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention 0143 
Initiative: Allocates funds on a one-time basis to the Tobacco Prevention and Control 
account for evidence-based outreach campaigns on current tobacco laws and cessation 
benefits. 
Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention 0143 
Initiative: Allocates funds on a one-time basis to the Tobacco Prevention and Control 
account for evidence-based community health coalition outreach on current tobacco laws 
and for evidence-based community health coalition outreach to the substance abuse and 
behavioral health community on tobacco cessation and policies. 
FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE 
2013-14
2014-15
All Other 
$0
$85,000
FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE TOTAL 
$0
$85,000
FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE 
2013-14
2014-15
All Other 
$0
$750,000
FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE TOTAL 
$0
$750,000
FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE 
2013-14
2014-15
All Other 
$0
$275,000
FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE TOTAL 
$0
$275,000
FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE 
2013-14
2014-15
All Other 
$0
$475,000
FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE TOTAL 
$0
$475,000
Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention 0143 
Initiative: Allocates funds on a one-time basis to the Tobacco Prevention and Control 
account for evidence-based tobacco cessation outreach in one urban and one rural county 
performed by community health coalitions. 
Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention 0143 
Initiative: Allocates funds on a one-time basis to the Community/Schools Grants and 
Statewide Coordination account for outreach campaigns on the impact of food and 
beverage choices on obesity.  
Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention 0143 
Initiative: Allocates funds on a one-time basis to the Community/Schools Grants and 
Statewide Coordination account for physical activity and nutrition education outreach for 
child care providers. 
Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention 0143 
Initiative: Allocates funds on a one-time basis to the Home Visits account for tablet 
computers and Internet access to monitor and enhance the effectiveness and the safety of 
home visitors. 
FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE 
2013-14
2014-15
All Other 
$0
$486,000
FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE TOTAL 
$0
$486,000
FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE 
2013-14
2014-15
All Other 
$0
$200,000
FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE TOTAL 
$0
$200,000
FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE 
2013-14
2014-15
All Other 
$0
$410,000
FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE TOTAL 
$0
$410,000
FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE 
2013-14
2014-15
All Other 
$0
$126,000
FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE TOTAL 
$0
$126,000
Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention 0143 
Initiative: Allocates funds on a one-time basis to the Oral Health account to provide 
dental services to children in the Portland Public Schools' school-based health centers. 
Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention 0143 
Initiative: Allocates funds on a one-time basis to the Oral Health account to provide 250 
uninsured Maine adults with oral health treatment and to collect data to better inform 
future care. 
Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention 0143 
Initiative: Allocates funds on a one-time basis to the Oral Health account to fund a pilot 
program with federally qualified health centers to prevent oral disease and tobacco use in 
young families. 
Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention 0143 
Initiative: Allocates funds on a one-time basis to the Community/Schools Grants and 
Statewide Coordination account to enhance the school-based health center model through 
a study of the operational needs of school-based health centers sponsored by federally 
qualified health centers or hospital-based practices. 
FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE 
2013-14
2014-15
All Other 
$0
$140,000
FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE TOTAL 
$0
$140,000
FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE 
2013-14
2014-15
All Other 
$0
$90,000
FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE TOTAL 
$0
$90,000
FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE 
2013-14
2014-15
All Other 
$0
$500,000
FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE TOTAL 
$0
$500,000
FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE 
2013-14
2014-15
All Other 
$0
$246,000
FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE TOTAL 
$0
$246,000
Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention 0143 
Initiative: Allocates funds on a one-time basis to the Community/Schools Grants and 
Statewide Coordination account for a pilot program to develop a sustainable school health 
coordinator system. 
Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention 0143 
Initiative: Allocates funds on a one-time basis to the Oral Health account to increase 
access to health care for adolescents and children through mobile health. 
Office of MaineCare Services 0129 
Initiative: Allocates funds on a one-time basis for an analysis of General Fund savings 
resulting from an expansion of MaineCare eligibility authorized under the federal Patient 
Protection and Affordable Care Act. 
FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE 
2013-14
2014-15
All Other 
$0
$65,000
FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE TOTAL 
$0
$65,000
FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE 
2013-14
2014-15
All Other 
$0
$300,000
FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE TOTAL 
$0
$300,000
FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE 
2013-14
2014-15
All Other 
$0
$320,000
FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE TOTAL 
$0
$320,000
FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE 
2013-14
2014-15
All Other 
$0
$300,000
FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE TOTAL 
$0
$300,000
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, 
DEPARTMENT OF (FORMERLY DHS) 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
2013-14
2014-15
FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE 
$0
$4,768,000
DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS 
$0
$4,768,000
SUMMARY 
Under the provisions of State of Maine v. Philip Morris, et al., Kennebec County 
Superior Court, Docket No. CV-97-134, Maine will receive a one-time disbursement.  
Allocations from or in relation to this lawsuit are, pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, 
Title 22, section 1511, limited to the prevention and health promotion purposes of 
smoking prevention, cessation and control activities, including, but not limited to, 
reducing smoking among the children of the State; prevention, education and treatment 
activities concerning unhealthy weight and obesity; prenatal and young children's care 
including home visits and support for parents of children from birth to 6 years of age; 
child care for children up to 15 years of age, including after-school care; health care for 
children and adults, maximizing to the extent possible federal matching funds; 
prescription drugs for adults who are elderly or disabled, maximizing to the extent 
possible federal matching funds; dental and oral health care to low-income persons who 
lack adequate dental coverage; substance abuse prevention and treatment; and 
comprehensive school health and nutrition programs, including school-based health 
centers. 
This bill allocates funds from the disbursement in accordance with Title 22, section 
1511 for smoking prevention and health promotion programs, such as education 
regarding the use of marijuana, the improvement of tobacco and substance abuse policies, 
an education campaign regarding family planning and reproductive health and grants for 
an outreach campaign on the impact of food and beverage choices on obesity. 
SECTION TOTALS 
2013-14
2014-15
FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE 
$0
$4,978,000
SECTION TOTAL - ALL FUNDS 
$0
$4,978,000