An Act To Provide Youth Mental Health First Aid Training to Secondary School Health Educators
Maine Legislature, Session 128, LD 1335
Committee Amendment CA_A-HA_A_H471 (House)

HOUSE AMENDMENT" A" to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 929, 
L.D. 1335, Bill, "An Act To Provide Youth Mental Health First Aid Training to 
Secondary School Health Educators" 
Amend the amendment by striking out everything after "Amend the bill" (page 1, 
lines 11 to 24 in amendment) and inserting the following: 
'in section 1 in §6671 in the indented paragraph in the first line (page 1, line 6 in 
L.D.) by striking out the following: "The department" and inserting the following: 'A 
school administrative unit' 
Amend the bill in section 1 in §6671 in the indented paragraph in the 2nd line (page 
1, line 7 in L.D.) by inse1iing after the following: "secondaty schools" the following: 'in 
the unit' 
Amend the bill in section 1 in §6671 in subsection 1 in the first line (page 1, line 8 in 
L.D.) by striking out the following: "The depaiiment" and inserting the following: 'A 
school administrative unit' 
Amend the bill in section 1 in §6671 in subsection 1 in the 2nd line (page 1, line 9 in 
L.D.) by inseiiing after the following: "secondary schools" the following: 'in the unit' 
Amend the bill in section 1 in §6671 in subsection 2 in the first line (page 1, line 11 
in L.D.) by striking out the following: "The department" and inserting the following: 'A 
school administrative unit' 
Amend the bill in section 1 in §6671 in subsection 2 in the last 2 lines (page 1, lines 
and 13 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "as designated by the department" 
Amend the bill in section 1 in §6671 by striking out all of subsection 4 and inse1iing 
the following: 
'4. 
Available funding. 
A school administrative unit is reguired to meet the 
requirements of this section only if it has received funding specifically for this purpose 
from federal funding, private funding or other funding sources.'' 
HOUSE AMENDMENT 
HOUSE AMENDMENT" A" to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 929, L.D. 1335 
SUMMARY 
Committee Amendment "A" provides ongoing funds for the Department of Education 
to establish a youth mental health first aid training program for health educators in 
secondmy schools. This amendment eliminates that funding and instead requires a school 
administrative unit, if it receives funding for that purpose, to establish. such a program. 
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(Representative MCCREIGHT) L) 
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SPONSORED BY: 
TOWN: Harpswell 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
HOUSE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 06/07 /17 feac:. 
LD 1335 
LR 1015(03) 
An Act To Provide Youth Mental Health First Aid Training to Secondary School Health Educators 
Fiscal Note for House Amendment'~' to Committee Amendment "A" 
Sponsor: Rep. Mccreight of Harpswell 
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 
($114,776) 
($79,980) 
($114,776) 
($79,980) 
Projections 
FY 2019-20 
($81,729) 
($81,729) 
Projections 
FY 2020-21 
($83,546) 
($83,546) 
This amendment eliminates the General Fund appropriations of$114,776 in fiscal year 2017-18 and $79,980 in fiscal 
year 2018-19 and removes the requirement that the Depaitment of Education establish a youth mental health first aid 
training program for health educators in secondary schools. 
This amendment requires local school administrative units (SAU's) to establish a youth mental health first aid training 
program for its health educators in secondaty schools. This amendment specifies that the training be provided only if 
funding is received by the SAU specifically for this purpose from federal funds, private funds or other funding 
sources. 
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