An Act To Encourage Living Kidney Donation in Maine
Maine Legislature, Session 128, LD 0910
Committee Amendment CA_A_H420 (House)
Amends: 22 MRSA §264

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ·A " 
to H.P. 638, L.D. 910, Bill, "An Act To 
Encourage Living Kidney Donation in Maine" 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the 
summary and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §264 is enacted to read: 
§264. Living kidney donor grant program 
1. Program established. The living kidney donor grant program. referred to in this 
section as "the program," is established to encourage living kidney donation by removing 
financial barriers for living kidney donors. The program must make grants available to 
living kidney donors to cover lost wages and unreimbursed travel, lodging and medical 
expenses of the donor associated with the kidney donation. A living kidney donor may be 
awarded a grant under this section of not more than $5,000. For purposes of this section, 
"living kidney donor" means an individual who is not deceased from whom a kidney is 
removed for transplant to another individual. 
2. Funding. The department shall contract with an entity that is best suited to 
administer this program. Administration of the program includes determining eligibility 
for the grants and disbursing grants directly to living kidney donors. The department may 
disburse funds appropriated or allocated to the program to the entity with which it has 
contracted to administer the program. The department shall contract with the entity for 
administration of the living kidney donor grant program under this section as long as 
funding is available. As a condition of disbursing funds to the entity with which it has 
contracted to administer the program, the department may require that entity to provide to 
the department a report about the activities and services provided by the program. 
3. Report. Every 2 years beginning January 1, 2019, the department shall report to 
the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over health and human 
services matters on the activities and services of the program. 
Sec. 2. Appropriations and allocations. 
The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" R 
"to H.P. 638, L.D. 910 
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEP A__"RTMENT OF (FORMERLY DRS) 
Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention 0143 
Initiative: Provides funding to contract for an entity to administer and provide education 
about the living kidney donor grant program. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention 0143 
2017-18 
$30,000 
$30,000 
2018-19 
$30,000 
$30,000 
Initiative: Provides funding to establish a grant program to encourage living kidney 
donation. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, 
DEPARTMENT OF (FORMERLY DHS) 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
GENERAL FUND 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
SUMMARY 
2017-18 
$75,000 
$75,000 
$105,000 
$105,000 
2018-19 
$75,000 
$75,000 
2018-19 
$105,000 
$105,000 
This amendment, which is the majority report of the committee, directs the 
Department of Health and Human Services to contract with an entity to administer a grant 
program to encourage living kidney donation. It provides that the department may 
disburse funds for the program to the entity and may condition disbursement of those 
funds on the entity's providing a report about the activities and services provided by the 
program. It provides that, every 2 years beginning January 1, 2019, the department must 
repoti on the activities and services of the program to the joint standing committee of the 
Legislature having jurisdiction over health and human services matters. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Revised: 05/12/17 ;t:pac 
LD910 
LR 1578(02) 
An Act To Encourage Living Kidney Donation in Maine 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment ft{H ·L/ i0 
Committee: Health and Human Services 
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 
$105,000 
$105,000 
$105,000 
$105,000 
Projections 
FY 2019-20 
$105,000 
$105,000 
Projections 
FY2020-21 
$105,000 
$105,000 
The bill includes General Fund appropriations to the Department of Health and Human Services of $105,000 
beginning in fiscal year 2017-18 to establish a grant program to encourage living kidney donation. This funding will 
provide $75,000 for living kidney donation grants of up to $5,000 to individuals and $30,000 to contract for an entity 
to administer and provide education about the living kidney donor grant program. 
LR1578(02) - Fiscal Note - Page I of I