An Act To Establish a Veterans Treatment Court in Androscoggin County
Maine Legislature, Session 128, LD 0111
Committee Amendment CA_A_H331 (House)
Committee: Judiciary

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 79, L.D. 111, Bill, "An Act To 
Establish a Veterans Treatment Court in Androscoggin County" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'An Act To Establish an Additional Veterans Treatment Court' 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the 
summary and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF (FORMERLY BDS) 
Office of Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 0679 
Initiative: Provides funds for case management services provided by the office of 
substance abuse and mental health services within the Department of Health and Human 
Services for a veterans treatment program. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, 
DEPARTMENT OF (FORMERLY BDS) 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
GENERAL FUND 
2017-18 
$125,000 
$125,000 
2017-18 
$125,000 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
2018-19 
$125,000 
$125,000 
2018-19 
$125,000 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 79, L.D. 111 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT 
Courts - Supreme, Superior and District 0063 
$125,000 
$125,000 
Initiative: Provides funds for active retired judges to cover other court time of full-time 
sitting judges assigned to a veterans treatment court. 
GENERAL FUND 
Personal Services 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
GENERAL FUND 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
SECTION TOTALS 
GENERAL FUND 
SECTION TOTAL - ALL FUNDS 
SUMMARY 
2017-18 
$10,800 
$10,800 
2017-18 
$10,800 
$10,800 
2017-18 
$135,800 
$135,800 
2018-19 
$14,400 
$14,400 
2018-19 
$14,400 
$14,400 
2018-19 
$139,400 
$139,400 
This amendment is the majority report of the Joint Standing Committee on Judiciary. 
This amendment replaces the bill, which requires the establishment of a veterans 
treatment court in Androscoggin County. Instead, this amendment relies on the enabling 
language already in statute for the Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court to establish 
veterans treatment courts where appropriate and provides the funding for the courts as 
well as for the services to be provided. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 04/13/17 feae!. 
LD 111 
LR 350(02) 
An Act To Establish a Veterans Treatment Court in Androscoggin County 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment ft• ( K-3 3 0 
Committee: Judiciary 
Net Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
Appropriations/Allocations 
General Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
FY 2017-18 
FY 2018-19 
$135,800 
$139,400 
$135,800 
$139,400 
Projections 
FY2019-20 
$139,400 
$139,400 
Projections 
FY2020-21 
$139,400 
$139,400 
This bill includes a General Fund appropriation of $10,800 in fiscal year 2017-18 and $14,400 in fiscal year 2018-19 
for the Judicial Department to establish a Veterans Court. The Govemor's biennial budget for the 2018-2019 
biennium, LD 390, provides funding to increase the rate paid to Active Retired Judges. This estimate of fiscal impact 
may need to be revised based on final Legislative action on the biennial budget. 
The bill also includes annual General Fund appropriations to the Department of Health and Human Services of 
$125,000 beginning in fiscal year 2017-18 for case management services provided by the Office of Substance Abuse 
and Mental Health Services for a veteran's treatment program. 
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