An Act To Ensure Transparency in the Distribution of Federal Block Grant Funds
Maine Legislature, Session 128, LD 1435
Committee Amendment CA_A_H701 (House)
Amends: 22 MRSA §51

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 990, L.D. 1435, Bill, "An Act To 
Ensure Transparency in the Distribution of Federal Block Grant Funds" 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the 
summary and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §51 is enacted to read: 
§51. Block grant report 
Beginning in 2019. the commissioner shall provide an annual report. no later than 
February 1st of each year. to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having 
jurisdiction over health and human services matters and the joint standing committee of 
the Legislature having jurisdiction over appropriations and financial affairs for each block 
grant received from the Federal Government and program covered under that block grant 
and for which the department is the lead agency or has primary jurisdiction. The annual 
report must include. but is not limited to. the following information for the most recent 
federal fiscal year: 
1. Revenues. Revenues received for each block grant: 
2. 
Expenditures. 
Expenditures from each block grant and program these 
expenditures were used for: 
3. Program areas. Descriptions of program areas for which block grant funds were 
expended: 
4. Eligible populations. Descriptions of the eligible populations served in each 
program area and criteria for eligibility in each program area: 
5. Surplus or deficit amounts. Surplus or deficit amounts that exist or are expected 
to exist in the current federal fiscal year: 
6. State maintenance. Descriptions of the State's federal maintenance of effort or 
other matching requirements required: 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 990, L.D. 1435 
7. Relevant laws. Information regarding relevant federal and state laws, regulations, 
guidance and state plans that govern block grant spending and state reports and state 
agency expenditure reports provided to the Federal Government; and 
8. Changes. Any substantial changes in programs, revenues or expenditures that 
have occurred or are expected to occur during the current federal fiscal year. 
The joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over health and 
human services matters and the joint standing committee of the Legislature having 
jurisdiction over appropriations and financial affairs may report out a bill relating to the 
annual report. 1 
SUMMARY 
This amendment, which is the majority report of the committee, replaces the bill. It 
requires the Department of Health and Human Services to provide an annual report to the 
joint standing committees of the Legislature having jurisdiction over health and human 
services matters and appropriations and financial affairs regarding block grants received 
from the Federal Government. It requires the report to be provided no later than February 
1st of each year, beginning in 2019, with information relating to the most recent federal 
fiscal year. 
FISCAL i\OTE REQURED 
(Se~ attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 03/06/18 feac 
LD 1435 
LR 1498(02) 
An Act To Ensure Transparency in the Distribution of Federal Block Grant Funds 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment •A• [ H · 1 {) 0 
Committee: Health and Human Services 
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Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - General Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Any additional costs to the Department of Health and Human Services to provide an annual report on all federal block 
grants funds received is expected to be minor and can be absorbed within existing budgeted resources. 
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