An Act To Improve the Child Welfare System
Maine Legislature, Session 128, LD 1923
Committee Amendment CA_B_S549 (Senate)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "8 " to S.P. 758, L.D. 1923, Bill, "An Act To 
Improve the Child Welfare System" 
Amend the bill by striking out all of section 4 and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 4. Report. The Department of Health and Human Services shall report in 
writing to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over health 
and human services matters by January 31, 2019 on the progress of the depatiment in 
implementing the provisions of this Act and the progress on and results from any external 
audit of the department's child protective services system. 
Sec. 5. 
Appropriations and allocations. 
The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF 
IV-E Foster Care/Adoption Assistance 0137 
Initiative: Provides funding for increased foster home reimbursement rates to increase 
recruitment and retention of foster families in this State. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND TOTAL 
1 
Office of Child and Family Services - District 0452 
2017-18 
$0 
$0 
2017-18 
$0 
$0 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
2018-19 
$386,493 
$386,493 
2018-19 
$579,738 
$579,738 
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Initiative: Provides increased funding for the creation of 16 Human Services Casework 
Supervisor positions within the Office of Child and Family Services, child protective 
services to increase coaching and oversight of child protective staff. 
GENERAL FUND 
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT 
Personal Services 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
Personal Services 
All Other 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL 
Office of Child and Family Services - District 0452 
2017-18 
0.000 
$0 
$0 
$0 
2017-18 
$0 
$0 
$0 
2018-19 
16.000 
$768,701 
$68,727 
$837,428 
2018-19 
$168,740 
$21,182 
$189,922 
Initiative: Provides funding for the creation of 2 Regional Associate Director for Child 
Welfare positions. 
GENERAL FUND 
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT 
Personal Services 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
Personal Services 
All Other 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL 
Office of Child and Family Services - District 0452 
2017-18 
0.000 
$0 
$0 
$0 
2017-18 
$0 
$0 
$0 
2018-19 
2.000 
$161,112 
$8,580 
$169,692 
2018-19 
$35,366 
$1,883 
$37,249 
Initiative: Notwithstanding the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 7065, provides 
funding for the recruitment and retention of employees in Child Protective Services 
Caseworker positions, Child Protective Services Caseworker Supervisor positions, Child 
Protective Services Assistant Program Administrator positions and Child Protective 
Services Program Administrator positions via a $5 per wage-hour stipend payment. 
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GENERAL FUND 
Personal Services 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
Personal Services 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL 
Office of Child and Family Services - District 0452 
2017-18 
$0 
$0 
2017-18 
$0 
$0 
2018-19 
$3,040,731 
$3,040,731 
2018-19 
$651,269 
$651,269 
Initiative: Notwithstanding the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 7065, provides 
funding for the recruitment and retention of employees in Child Protective Services 
Caseworker positions, Child Protective Services Caseworker Supervisor positions, Child 
Protective Services Assistant Program Administrator positions and Child Protective 
Services Program Administrator positions via a $1 per wage-hour stipend payment for 
employees holding or obtaining a relevant master's degree. 
GENERAL FUND 
Personal Services 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
Personal Services 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL 
State-funded Foster Care/Adoption Assistance 0139 
2017-18 
$0 
$0 
2017-18 
$0 
$0 
2018-19 
$93,808 
$93,808 
2018-19 
$20,592 
$20,592 
Initiative: Provides funding for increased foster home reimbursement rates to increase 
recruitment and retention of foster families in this State. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
State-funded Foster Care/Adoption Assistance 0139 
2017-18 
$0 
$0 
2018-19 
$2,586,929 
$2,586,929 
Initiative: Provides increased funding for procurement of a pilot program for child 
welfare services to support children in the State's custody through supportive visitation, 
which will allow for the supervision of court-ordered visitation with relatives of the 
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children and will provide assessment and evaluation of parental capacity as it relates to 
the parent's ability to safely care for the child. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
2017-18 
$0 
$0 
2018-19 
$2,250,000 
$2,250,000 
State-funded Foster Care/Adoption Assistance 0139 
Initiative: Provides increased funding for procurement of child welfare services to 
suppott children in the State's custody through clinical support and guidance of child 
welfare casework practice. This funding will allow each district office to procure a 
clinician to aid the district in clinical consultation within child welfare cases, in training 
to increase staff knowledge of mental health and behavioral needs of children in the 
State's custody and in consultation within child welfare cases on parental capacity. In 
addition, this increase in funding will allow for procurement of clinical services to 
support each district office to evaluate staff functioning and provide debriefing for critical 
incidents. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
2017-18 
$0 
$0 
2018-19 
$880,000 
$880,000 
State-funded Foster Care/Adoption Assistance 0139 
Initiative: Provides one-time funding for the development of a new comprehensive child 
welfare information system. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, 
DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
GENERAL FUND 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
2017-18 
$0 
$0 
2017-18 
$0 
$0 
$0 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
2018-19 
$8,000,000 
$8,000,000 
2018-19 
$18,245,081 
$579,738 
$899,032 
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DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
$0 
$19,723,851 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or 
section number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment, which is the minority report of the committee, clarifies that the 
funding for the new child welfare information system is one-time funding. It requires the 
Department of Health and Human Services to report on the progress of the department in 
implementing the provisions of the legislation to the joint standing committee of the 
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Legislature having jurisdiction over health and human services matters by January 31, 
2019. It also replaces the appropriations and allocations section. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
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Approved: 08/29/18 feac 
LD 1923 
LR 3088(03) 
An Act To Improve the Child Welfare System 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment '0 ( ~ - SLJ q "'\ 
Committee: Health and Human Services 
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Net Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
Appropriations/ Allocations 
General Fund 
Federal Expenditures Fund 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
FY2017-18 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$0 
FY 2018-19 
$18,245,081 
$18,245,081 
$579,738 
$899,032 
Projections 
FY 2019-20 
$11,697,106 
$11,697,106 
$695,686 
$1,085,206 
Projections 
FY 2020-21 
$11,726,871 
$11,726,871 
$695,686 
$1,091,740 
The bill includes General Fund appropriations to the Department of Health and Human Services of $18,245,081 in 
fiscal year 2018-19 to increase foster home reimbursement rates, provide stipends to positions, procure a pilot 
program to provide supportive visitation, provide clinical support of child welfare casework practice and develop a 
new child welfare information system, hire 16 Human Services Caseworker Supervisor positions and hire 2 Regional 
Associate Director for Child Welfare positions for the child protective services program. The bill also includes 
Federal Expenditures Fund allocations and Other Special Revenue Funds allocations for the federal match. 
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