An Act To Implement the Recommendations of the Government Oversight Committee and the Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability Regarding Child Development Services
Maine Legislature, Session 126, LD 0034
Committee Amendment CA_A_H380 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 27, L.D. 34, Bill, "An Act To 
Implement the Recommendations of the Government Oversight Committee and the 
Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability Regarding Child 
Development Services" 
Amend the bill in section 1 in subsection 4 in paragraph E in the 2nd line (page 1, 
line 43 in L.D.) by inserting after the following: "affairs" the following: " the joint 
standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over health and human services 
matters' 
Amend the bill in section 1 in subsection 4 in paragraph E in subparagraph (2) by 
striking out all of divisions (g) and (h) and inserting the following: 
'eg) 
For each primary disability category, the number of children who 
received, in the prior year, each primary type of therapy or servic~ 
eh) The percentage of children who received direct services in the prior year 
who had MaineCare coverage for all or some of the services specified in their 
individualized education programs or individualized family service plans and 
the percentage of children who received direct services in the prior year who 
had private insurance coverage for all or some of the services specified in 
their individualized education programs or individualized family service 
plans; 
(i) The number of children who received direct services in the prior year who 
were born in the State and the number of children who received direct 
services in the prior year who were born in the State and who were delivered 
at home; 
CD The total number of children who were referred in the prior year for 
support outside of the Child Development Services System under subsection 
3-A, paragraph G and the number of children who received direct services in 
the prior year who were referred for support outside of the Child 
Development Services System under subsection 3-A, paragraph G; and 
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(k) The number of children who received direct services in the prior year 
who received all of the services in their individualized family service plan or 
individualized education program and the number of children who received 
direct services in the prior year who received less than 90% of the services in 
their individualized family service plan or individualized education program;' 
Amend the bill in section 1 in subsection 4 in paragraph E in subparagraph (4) in 
division (d) in the last line (page 4, line 11 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "and" 
Amend the bill in section 1 in subsection 4 in paragraph E in subparagraph (4) by 
inserting after division (d) the following: 
'Ce) The average age, both in aggregate and by primary disability type, at 
which children who were born in the State began receiving services from the 
Child Development Services System and the average age, both in aggregate 
and by primary disability type, at which children who were born in the State 
and who were delivered at home began receiving services from the Child 
Development Services System; and' 
Amend the bill in section 1 in subsection 4 in paragraph E in subparagraph (4) by 
relettering the divisions to read consecutively. 
Amend the bill in section 1 in subsection 4 in paragraph E by striking out all of 
subparagraph (5) and inserting the following: 
'(5) A report by each regional site in the Child Development Services System 
demonstrating trends of Child Development Services System employee costs and 
the results of coordination, utilization and development of services with a broad 
base of community resources, including private providers and public schools, 
midwives, resources from other agencies and other resources serving families and 
children from birth to under 6 years of age, consistent with the provisions of Title 
22, section 3571, subsection 3; and' 
Amend the bill by adding after section 1 the following: 
'Sec. 2. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
Child Development Services 0449 
Initiative: Provides funds in fiscal year 2013-14 and fiscal year 2014-15 only for 3 Office 
Operations Manager Assistant positions to manually collect certain data until a new data 
system is fully implemented. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
2013-14 
$70,050 
$70,050 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
2014-15 
$92,400 
$92,400 
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SUMMARY 
This amendment makes the following changes to the bill. 
1. It provides that the annual report on the performance of the Child Development 
Services System within the Department of Education submitted to the Legislature by the 
director of early childhood special education must also be submitted to the joint standing 
committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over health and human services matters. 
2. It provides that the following data for eligible children who received services must 
be included in the annual report on the performance of the Child Development Services 
System submitted to the Legislature: 
lOA. The number of children who received direct services in the prior year who were 
born in Maine and the number of children who received direct services in the prior 
year who were born in Maine and who were delivered at home; 
B. The total number of children who were referred in the prior year for support 
outside of the Child Development Services System and the number of children who 
received direct services in the prior year who were referred for support outside of the 
Child Development Services System; and 
C. 
The number of children who received direct services in the prior year who 
received all of the services in their individualized family service plan or 
individualized education program and the number of children who received direct 
services in the prior year who received less than 90% of the services in their 
individualized family service plan or individualized education program. 
3. 
It provides that the statistics and analysis on the performance of the Child 
Development Services System submitted to the Legislature must also include the average 
age, both in aggregate and by primary disability type, at which children who were born in 
Maine began receiving services from the Child Development Services System and the 
average age, both in aggregate and by primary disability type, at which children who 
were born in Maine and who were delivered at home began receiving services from the 
Child Development Services System. 
4. It provides that the annual report on the performance of the Child Development 
Services System submitted to the Legislature must also include a report by each regional 
site that demonstrates the trends of the Child Development Services System employee 
costs and the results of efforts undertaken by the Child Development Services System to 
coordinate with other entities and maximize the use of a broad base of community 
resources, including private providers and public schools, midwives, resources from other 
agencies and other resources serving families and children from birth to under 6 years of 
age. 
The amendment also adds an appropriations and allocations section. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
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Approved: 05/14/13 
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LR324(02) 
An Act To Implement the Recommendations of the Government Oversight Committee and the Office 
of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability Regarding Child Development Services 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment Fl' (g -38 D" 
Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs 
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Net Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
Appropriations/Allocations 
General Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
FY 2013-14 
FY 2014-15 
$70,050 
$92,400 
$70,050 
$92,400 
Projections 
FY 2015-16 
$0 
$0 
Projections 
FY 2016-17 
$0 
$0 
This bill includes one-time General Fund appropriations of $70,050 in fiscal year 2013-14 and $92,400 in fiscal year 
2014-15 to the Child Development Services System (CDS) for the costs associated with hiring 3 Office Operations 
Manager Assistants to manually collect certain data from individual records located at the 9 CDS locations throughout 
the State. CDS is currently in the process of building a new data system and anticipates this data to be available on 
that new system in approximately 18 months. At that time, the positions will no longer be needed. 
Any additional costs to the Department of Health and Human Serivces are expected to be minor and can be absorbed 
within existing budgetted resources. 
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