An Act To Prevent and Reduce Tobacco Use by Ensuring Adequate Funding for Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation Programs and by Raising the Tax on Tobacco Products and To Provide Funding To Reduce Disparities in Health Outcomes Based on Certain Factors
Maine Legislature, Session 130, LD 1423
Committee Amendment CA_A_H812 (House)
Amends: 22 MRSA §273

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "6 "to H.P. 1039, L.D. 1423, "An Act To Prevent 
and Reduce Tobacco Use by Ensuring Adequate Funding for Tobacco Use Prevention and 
Cessation Programs and by Raising the Tax on Tobacco Products and To Provide Funding 
To Reduce Disparities in Health Outcomes Based on Certain Factors" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'An Act To Align Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation Funding with 
Recommendations of the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention' 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and inserting the 
following: 
'Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §273 is enacted to read: 
§273. Funding requirements 
The amount annually appropriated or allocated and used for the program may not be 
less than the lesser of: 
1. Cigarettes and tobacco products revenue and Fund for a Healthy Maine funds. 
The amount of tax revenue projected to be collected during the fiscal year on cigarettes and 
tobacco products under Title 36, chapters 703 and 704, respectively, plus funds available 
in the Fund for a Healthy Maine pursuant to section 1511, subsection 2, paragraphs A and 
C as identified by the Treasurer of State in reports submitted pursuant to section 1511, 
subsection 8; and 
2. Recommended funding level. The funding level recommended for this State by 
the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention pursuant to its determination for state tobacco control programs. 
For purposes of this section, "cigarettes" has the same meaning as in Title 36, section 
4361, subsection 1-A and "tobacco products" has the same meaning as in Title 36, section 
4401, subsection 9. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ,13" to H.P. I 039, L.D. 1423 
Sec. 2. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF 
Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention 0143 
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Initiative: Provides ongoing funding to increase health and tobacco cessation interventions. 
FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE 
All Other 
FUND FORA HEALTHY MAINE TOTAL 
2021-22 
$0 
$0 
2022-23 
$7,503,517 
$7,503,517 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section 
number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment replaces the bill. It changes the title of the bill and removes the 
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proposed increase in the tax on cigarettes and other tobacco products. It retains provisions 
of the bill requiring funding of the Tobacco Prevention and Control Program administered 
by the Department of Health and Human Services, Bureau of Health to be a minimum of 
the actual revenue collected on the sales of all tobacco products plus available funds in the 
Fund for a Healthy Maine or the amount of funding for state tobacco control programs as 
determined by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention and recommended for the State, whichever is less. 
The amendment also adds an appropriations and allocations section. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Revised: 03/07/22 • ?!Pac=.. 
LD 1423 
LR 1104(04) 
An Act To Prevent and Reduce Tobacco Use by Ensuring Adequate Funding for Tobacco Use 
Prevention and Cessation Programs and by Raising the Tax on Tobacco Products and To Provide 
Funding To Reduce Disparities in Health Outcomes Based on Certain Factors 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment .f}J,(__ H-fi 2-/ 
Committee: Taxation 
Net Cost (Savings) 
Fund for a Healthy Maine 
Appropriations/Allocations 
Fund for a Healthy Maine 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
FY 2021-22 
FY 2022-23 
$0 
$7,503,517 
$0 
$7,503,517 
Projections 
FY 2023-24 
$7,374,623 
$7,374,623 
Projections 
FY 2024-25 
$7,241,861 
$7,241,861 
The bill includes Fund for a Healthy Maine allocations to the Department of Health and Human Services of 
$7,503,517 beginning in fiscal year 2022-23 to increase health and tobacco cessation interventions. 
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