An Act To Employ Veterans in Health Care To Meet Workforce Needs
Maine Legislature, Session 128, LD 1917
Senate Amendment SA_A_S544 (Senate)

SENATE AMENDMENT "A "to H.P. 1362, L.D. 1917, Bill, "An Act To Employ 
Veterans in Health Care To Meet Workforce Needs" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'An Act To Employ Veterans in Health Care To Meet Workforce Needs and Provide 
Funding to the Community College System To Support the Training of Nursing 
Students' 
Amend the bill by inserting after section 1 the following: 
1Sec. 2. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM, BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE MAINE 
Maine Community College System - Board of Trustees 0556 , 
Initiative: Provides ongoing funds to support the hiring of additional nursing faculty to 
create a new cohort of nursing students at Central Maine Community College. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
Maine Community College System - Board of Trustees 0556 
2017-18 
$0 
$0 
2018-19 
$200,000 
$200,000 
Initiative: Provides ongoing funds to support the hiring of additional nursing faculty and 
the acquisition of equipment and instructional space to expand student capacity at Eastern 
Maine Community College. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
2017-18 
$0 
SENATE AMENDMENT 
2018-19 
$250,000 
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SENATE AMENDMENT",\ "toH.P.1362,L.D.1917 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
$0 
$250,000 
Maine Community College System - Board of Trustees 0556 
Initiative: Provides one-time funds to support the acquisition of a nursing simulator at 
Northern Maine Community College. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
Maine Community College System - Board of Trustees 0556 
2017-18 
$0 
$0 
2018-19 
$200,000 
$200,000 
Initiative: Provides ongoing funds to support the hiring of additional nursing faculty and 
the acquisition of equipment to create a new cohort of nursing students at Southern Maine 
Community College. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM, BOARD OF 
TRUSTEES OF THE MAINE 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
GENERAL FUND 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
2017-18 
$0 
$0 
2017-18 
$0 
$0 
2018-19 
$200,000 
$200,000 
2018-19 
$850,000 
$850,000 
SUMMARY 
This amendment provides $650,000 in ongoing funding to support the hiring of 
additional nursing faculty and the acquisition of equipment and instructional space to 
expand nursing classes at Southern Maine Community College, Central Maine 
SENATE AMENDMENT 
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SENATE AMENDMENT" A" to H.P. 1362, L.D. 1917 
Community College and Eastern Maine Community College as well as $200,000 in one-
time funding to support the acquisition of a nursing simulator at Northern Maine 
Community College. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
SPONSORED BY: 
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(Senator VOLK) 
COUNTY: Cumberland 
SENATE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 07/09/18 fe'ac.. 
LD 1917 
LR 3072(02) 
An Act To Employ Veterans in Health Care To Meet Workforce Needs 
Net Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
Appropriations/ Allocations 
General Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note for Senate Amendment "A,.' to Original Bill 
Sponsor: Sen. Volk of Cumberland 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
FY 2017-18 
FY 2018-19 
$0 
$850,000 
$0 
$850,000 
Projections 
FY2019-20 
$650,000 
$650,000 
Projections 
FY 2020-21 
$650,000 
$650,000 
This amendment provides General Fund appropriations totaling $850,000 in fiscal year 2018-19 to the Maine 
Community College System to support the hiring of additional nursing faculty and the acquisition of equipment and 
instruction space to expand nursing classes. Of this amount, $650,000 per year is provided on an ongoing basis to the 
following: Southern Maine Community College ($200,000), Central Maine Community College ($200,000) and 
Eastern Maine Community College ($250,000). One-time funding of $200,000 in fiscal year 2018-19 is provided to 
Northern Maine Community College to support the acquisition of a nursing simulator. 
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