An Act To
Maine Legislature, Session 126, LD 0929
Committee Amendment CA_A_H249 (House)
Amends: 19-A MRSA §2154

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" A" to H.P. 653, L.D. 929, Bill, "An Act To 
Amend the Requirements for the Reporting of New Hires" 
Amend the bill in the emergency preamble by inserting after the 3rd paragraph the 
following: 
'Whereas, federal law has recently been amended to change the definition of a 
newly hired employee to include a person who had been previously employed by the 
same employer but separated from employment for 60 consecutive days; and' 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the 
emergency clause and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. . 19-A MRSA §2154, sub-§l, as amended by PL 1997, c. 669, §2, is 
further amended to read: 
1. Employment information; definition. Upon notioe by the department, an An 
employer doing business in this State shall report to the department the hiring of a newly 
hired employee. For the purposes of this section, "newly hired employee" means a 
person who resides or works in this State to whom the employer anticipates paying 
earnings and who: 
A. Hiring of a person vA=lo resides or Vlorks in this State to whom the employer 
anticipates paying earnings; and. 
B.. Rehiring or return to work of an employee " .... ho was laid off. fm=lo1:lghed. 
separated, granted a leave TNitiJ:01:lt payor terminated from employment. 
C. Was previously employed by the employer but who has been separated from that 
prior employment for at least 60 consecutive days; or 
D. Has not previously been employed by the employer. 
Sec. 2. 19-A MRSA §2154, sub-§4, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 694, Pt. B, §2 and 
affected by Pt. E, §2, is amended to read: 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ,A .. to H.P. 653, L.D. 929 
4. Report. An employer shall submit a report within 7 days of the hiring, rehiring or 
rerum to worle of the date that services for remuneration are first performed by a newly 
hired employee. The report must contain: 
A. The employee's name, address, social security number and~ date of birth and the 
most recent date that services for remuneration were first performed by the employee; 
and 
. 
B. 
The employer's name, address and employment security reference number or -
unified business identifier number.' 
SU~ARY 
This amendment provides a definition of "newly hired employee" that conforms with 
federal law. It defines a newly hired employee as a person who has not been previously 
employed by the employer or who has been separated from prior employment by the 
same employer for a period of at least 60 consecutive days. 
FISCAL ~OTE HEQL'IRED. 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Approved: 05/20/13 
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LD929 
LR 1289(02) 
An Act To Amend the Requirements for the Reporting of New Hires 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment A' L 
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Committee: Health and Human Services 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Avoids loss of federal funds 
This bill makes changes to State law requiring employers notify the State of the hiring, rehiring or return to work of an 
employee, in order to conform with federal requirements. Failure to make these changes could result in the 
Department of Health and Human Services being out of compliance with its child support plan and could threaten the 
receipt of federal funds. Passage of this bill will avoid the loss offederal funds. 
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