An Act To Restore Services To Help Certain Noncitizens Meet Their Basic Needs
Maine Legislature, Session 129, LD 1317
Committee Amendment CA_A-HA_B_H645 (House)

FffiST REGULAR SESSION 
HOUSE AMENDMENT~ "to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 952, 
L.D. 1317, Bill, "An Act To Restore Services To Help Certain Noncitizens Meet Their 
Basic Needs" 
Amend the amendment by striking out all of the first paragraph after the title (page 1, 
line 11 in amendment) 
Amend the amendment by striking out all of section 5 and inserting the following: 
'Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'Resolve, Directing the Department of Health and Human Services To Implement 
Administrative Changes To Ensure, within Existing Law and Resources, Access to 
Assistance by Certain Noncitizens' 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the title and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. Access to assistance by certain noncitizens. Resolved: That, within 
available resources, the Department of Health and Human Services shall take steps to 
ensure the ability to meet basic needs, including housing and food, for any person who is: 
1. Lawfully present in the United States with the knowledge and pennission of the 
United States Department of Homeland Security and whose departure is not required by 
the United States Department of Homeland Security, including a person described in 45 
Code of Federal Regulations, Section 152.2, Subsections (1) to (7) or a person with 
deferred action under the United States Department of Homeland Security's deferred 
action for childhood arrivals process; or 
2. 
Pursuing a lawful process to apply for immigration relief under the federal 
Immigration and Nationality Act and has submitted to the Federal Government a 
completed application for immigration relief or provides an affidavit or other objective 
verification that the person is taking all reasonable steps to complete the application 
process. 
The Department of Health and Human Services shall implement administrative rule 
changes as necessary to ensure that persons described in subsections 1 and 2 who are 
otherwise eligible are able to access general assistance to the extent allowable pursuant to 
the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 22, section 4301, subsection 3; food supplement 
program benefits in accordance with Title 22, section 3104-A; and temporary assistance 
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HOUSE AMENDMENT 
i.•'· 
HOUSEAMENDMENTf?" to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 952, L.D. 1317 
for needy families in accordance with Title 22, section 3762, subsection 3. In the case of 
general assistance, the terms of subsections 1 and 2 reflect the intent of the Legislature in 
enacting Public Law 2015, chapter 324, section 1, and the department is directed to 
immediately begin rulemaking to conform the existing general assistance rule to those 
terms. 
The Department of Health and Human Services shall adopt emergency rules under 
Title 5, section 8054 to implement this section. Rules adopted pursuant to this section are 
routine technical rules as defined by Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.'' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment strikes the appropriations and allocations section in Committee 
Amendment 11A
and instead replaces the bill with a resolve that clarifies state law to 
ensure that, within exist' 
resources, certain noncitizens are able to access certain 
assistance. 
SPONSOREDBY:.i_...c:_ ______ ~"=""'==-------~ 
(Representative GATTINE) 
TOWN: Westbrook 
i:"lSCAL NOTE REQUIRED. 
(See attached) 
HOUSE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 06/18/19 ;l;;;rac:.. 
LD 1317 
LR 1666(05) 
An Act To Restore Services To Help Certain Noncitizens Meet Their Basic Needs 
Fiscal Note for House Amendmen~' to Committee Amendment "A" 
Net Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
Appropriations/ Allocations 
General Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Sponsor: Rep. Gattine of Westbrook 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
FY 2019-20 
FY2020-21 
Projections 
FY2021-22 
Projections 
FY2022-23 
($7,327,767) 
($7,125,033) 
($7,125,033) 
($7,125,033) 
($7,327,767) 
($7,125,033) 
($7,125,033) 
($7,125,033) 
This amendment eliminates the General Fund appropriations that were in the bill. It also eliminates the bill's 
expansion of eligiblity for certain programs within the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). The 
DHHS is directed to implement administrative changes in compliance with current state law to ensure that, within 
existing resources, certain noncitizens are able to access certain assistance. Without additional funding, the impact of 
these new provisions on other programs and services in the DHHS cannot be determined at this time. 
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