An Act To Establish a Veterans Treatment Court in Androscoggin County
Maine Legislature, Session 128, LD 0111
Committee Amendment CA_B_H332 (House)
Committee: Judiciary

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT :],, 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 one-time 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 
$125,000 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
2018-19 
$125,000 
$125,000 
2018-19 
$125,000 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT~' to H.P. 79, L.D. 111 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS 
$125,000 
$125,000 
JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT 
Courts - Supreme, Superior and District 0063 
Initiative: Provides one-time 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 TOT AL 
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 minority 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 for the 2018-2019 biennium only. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 05/21/17 feac 
LD 111 
LR 350(03) 
An Act To Establish a Veterans Treatment Court in Androscoggin County 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment :J3, [ It -33d) 
Committee: Judiciary 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
FY 2017-18 
FY 2018-19 
Projections 
FY2019-20 
Projections 
FY 2020-21 
Net Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
Appropriations/ Allocations 
General Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
$135,800 
$135,800 
$139,400 
$0 
$0 
$139,400 
$0 
$0 
This bill includes one-time General Fund appropriations 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 Gbvemor'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 one-time General Fund appropriations to the Department of Health and Human Services of 
$125,000 in fiscal year 2017-18 and $125,000 in fiscal year 2018-19 for case management services provided by the 
Office of Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services for a veteran's treatment program. 
LR0350(03) - Fiscal Note - Pal!e 1 of 1