Resolve, To Implement the Recommendations of the Commission To Strengthen and Align the Services Provided to Maine's Veterans by Establishing a Pilot Project To Inform the Development of a Long-term Transportation Policy To Assist Veterans
Maine Legislature, Session 127, LD 1602
Committee: Transportation

Legislative Document 
No. 1602 
H.P. 1093 
House of Representatives, February 23, 2016 
Resolve, To Implement the Recommendations of the Commission To 
Strengthen and Align the Services Provided to Maine's Veterans by 
Establishing a Pilot Project To Inform the Development of a Long-
term Transportation Policy To Assist Veterans 
Reported by Representative LUCHINI of Ellsworth for the Joint Standing Committee on 
Veterans and Legal Affairs pursuant to Resolve 2015, chapter 48. 
Reference to the Committee on Transportation suggested and ordered printed pursuant to 
Joint Rule 218. 
ROBERT B. HUNT 
Clerk 
Sec. 1.  Veterans transportation pilot project.  Resolved:  That the 
Department of Transportation, in conjunction with the Department of Defense, Veterans 
and Emergency Management, the Department of Health and Human Services and the 
Department of Labor, shall develop and establish a pilot project in a location served by a 
regional transportation network to provide transportation for veterans; and be it further 
Sec. 2.  Pilot project purpose and limits.  Resolved:  That the purpose of the 
pilot project is to improve access to essential programs and services for veterans, 
including, but not limited to, employment or employment-related services, medical 
appointments, mental health services, social services and community activities.  The 
Department of Transportation, in conjunction with the Department of Defense, Veterans 
and Emergency Management, the Department of Health and Human Services and the 
Department of Labor, shall conduct an analysis of the pilot project to inform potential 
future development of a long-term transportation policy designed to enable the delivery 
of cost-effective, sustainable and veteran-focused transportation services to meet the 
current and future needs of veterans in the State.  The pilot project must be limited to a 
finite number of veterans determined by the Department of Defense, Veterans and 
Emergency Management, Bureau of Maine Veterans' Services and may last no longer 
than 2 years; and be it further 
Sec. 3.  Participants.  Resolved:  That the Department of Transportation shall 
invite the participation of various stakeholders in developing the pilot project, including, 
but not limited to, the Public Transit Advisory Council, established in the Maine Revised 
Statutes, Title 23, section 4209-A; and be it further 
Sec. 4.  Reports.  Resolved:  That by February 1, 2017 the Department of 
Transportation shall submit an initial written report on the progress of the pilot project 
and by January 15, 2018 the Department of Transportation shall submit a final written 
report, including findings and recommendations, to the joint standing committees of the 
Legislature having jurisdiction over transportation, health and human services and labor 
matters and veterans and legal affairs.  The joint standing committees may each submit a 
bill to the Second Regular Session of the 128th Legislature relating to the subject matter 
of the final report. 
SUMMARY 
This resolve is submitted pursuant to Resolve 2015, chapter 48 by the Joint Standing 
Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs to implement the recommendations of the 
Commission To Strengthen and Align the Services Provided to Maine's Veterans.  It 
requires the Department of Transportation, in conjunction with the Department of 
Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management, the Department of Health and Human 
Services and the Department of Labor, to develop and establish a pilot project to provide 
transportation for veterans in order to improve access to essential programs and services 
for veterans and to inform potential future development of a long-term transportation 
policy designed to enable the delivery of cost-effective, sustainable and veteran-focused 
transportation services to meet the current and future needs of veterans in the State.