Resolve, To Promote Quality and Transparency in the Provision of Services by Assisted Housing Programs That Provide Memory Care
Maine Legislature, Session 129, LD 1548
Committee Amendment CA_A_S142 (Senate)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "Pr" to S.P. 485, L.D. 1548, "Resolve, To Promote 
Quality and Transparency in the Provision of Services by Assisted Housing Programs 
That Provide Memory Care" 
Amend the resolve in section 1 on the 4th and 5th lines (page 1, lines 4 and 5 in L.D.) 
by striking out the following: "contract with the University of Southern Maine's Edmund 
S. Muskie School of Public Service to conduct" and inserting the following: 'issue a 
request for proposals for' 
Amend the resolve by adding after section 3 the following: 
'Sec. 4. Report. Resolved: That, no later than February 1, 2020, the Department 
of Health and Human Services shall submit a report to the Joint Standing Committee on 
Health and Human Services describing the department's activities and actions regarding 
the time study required by section 1 and the work group required by section 3, together 
with recommendations and any suggested legislation. The Joint Standing Committee on 
Health and Human Services is authorized to report out legislation to the Second Regular 
Session of the 129th Legislature. 
Sec. 5. 
Appropriations and allocations. Resolved: 
That the following 
appropriations and allocations are made. 
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF 
Long Term Care - Office of Aging and Disability Services 0420 
Initiative: Provides one-time funding for the Department of Health and Human Services 
to issue a request for proposals for a study to determine the amount of time assisted 
housing program staff devote to meeting the needs of residents in assisted housing 
programs, with a focus on residents with Alzheimer's disease or dementia. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" r· "to S.P. 485, L.D. 1548 ( 
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GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
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j{JL) 
2019-20 
$355,501 
$355,501 
2020-21 
$0 
$0 
Amend the resolve by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or 
section number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment requires the Department of Health and Human Services to issue a 
request for proposals to conduct the time study. It also requires the Department of Health 
and Human Services to submit a report, together with recommendations and suggested 
legislation, to the Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human Services describing 
the department's activities and actions regarding the time study and of the Alzheimer's 
and dementia care and other memory care work group established to review training of 
direct care staff. The amendment also adds an appropriations and allocations section. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 05/18/19 feac 
LD 1548 
LR 1486(02) 
Resolve, To Promote Quality and Transparency in the Provision of Services by Assisted Housing 
Programs That Provide Memory Care 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment 'lf ( S · I Lj 1'\ 
Committee: Health and Human Services 
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Net Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
Appropriations/ Allocations 
General Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
FY2019-20 
FY 2020-21 
$355,501 
$0 
$355,501 
$0 
Projections 
FY2021-22 
$0 
$0 
Projections 
FY 2022-23 
$0 
$0 
The bill includes a one-time General Fund appropriation of $355,501 in fiscal year 2019-20 for the Department of 
Health and Human Services to issue an RFP for a contract to conduct a study to determine the amount of time assisted 
housing program staff devote to meeting the needs of residents in assisted housing programs, with a focus on residents 
with Alzheimer's disease or dementia. 
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