An Act To Maintain Maine's System of Therapeutic Foster Care for Children through the Creation of a Nonprofit Risk Indemnification Trust
Maine Legislature, Session 130, LD 0794
Committee Amendment CA_A_S501 (Senate)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A " to S.P. 57, L.D. 794, "An Act To Maintain 
Maine's System of Therapeutic Foster Care for Children through the Creation of a 
Nonprofit Risk Indemnification Trust" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'Resolve, Directing the Department of Health and Human Services To Survey State-
contracted Providers of Therapeutic Foster Care in the State about Their Liability 
Insurance Needs' 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the title and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. Surveys related to liability insurance for therapeutic foster care 
providers. Resolved: That the Department of Health and Human Services shall survey 
state-contracted providers of therapeutic foster care about their liability insurance coverage, 
the costs of liability insurance and any difficulties in obtaining and maintaining liability 
insurance coverage due to availability and cost of that insurance coverage. The department 
shall also survey other states about how therapeutic foster care is delivered in those states, 
the costs of liability insurance if services are delivered through contracts with providers 
and what difficulties have been identified in those states related to the availability and cost 
of liability insurance coverage for providers of therapeutic foster care. Based on the 
information provided to the department from the surveys, the department shall identify 
potential recommendations to address costs of liability insurance for state-contracted 
providers of therapeutic foster care in this State. 
Sec. 2. Report. Resolved: That, by February 15, 2023, the Department of Health 
and Human Services shall submit a report, including potential recommendations, based on 
the surveys required in section 1 to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having 
jurisdiction over health and human services matters. The committee is authorized to submit 
legislation related to the report to the First Regular Session of the 131st Legislature. 
Sec. 3. 
Appropriations and allocations. Resolved: That the following 
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appropriations and allocations are made. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT"~ " to S.P. 57, L.D. 794 (s , 'SlJ) 
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF 
Office of Child and Family Services - Central 0307 
Initiative: Provides one-time funding for the department to contract for business analyst 
support to collect, organize and analyze survey data and report the results. 
GENERAL FUND 
2021-22 
All Other 
$0 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
$0 
2022-23 
$15,340 
$15,340 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section 
number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment replaces the bill, which is a concept draft, with a resolve. 
The amendment directs the Department of Health and Human Services to survey state-
contracted providers of therapeutic foster care about their liability insurance coverage, the 
costs of liability insurance and any difficulties in obtaining and maintaining liability 
insurance coverage due to availability and cost of that insurance coverage. The amendment 
also directs the department to survey other states about how therapeutic foster care is 
delivered in those states, the costs of liability insurance if services are delivered through 
contracts with providers and what difficulties have been identified in those states related to 
the availability and cost of liability insurance coverage for providers of therapeutic foster 
care. The department is directed to identify potential recommendations, based on the 
information from the surveys, to address costs of liability insurance for state-contracted 
providers of therapeutic foster care in this State. The department is required to submit the 
results of the surveys, along with potential recommendations, to the joint standing 
committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over health and human services matters 
no later than February 15, 2023. The joint standing committee is authorized to submit 
legislation related to the report to the First Regular Session of the 131st Legislature. 
The amendment also adds an appropriations and allocations section to support the costs 
of the survey. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 03/24/22 feae::. 
LD794 
LR 1426(02) 
An Act To Maintain Maine's System of Therapeutic Foster Care for Children through the Creation of 
a Nonprofit Risk Indemnification Trust 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment ';~'c'S-':)D \) 
Committee: Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services 
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Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
FY 2021-22 
FY 2022-23 
Projections 
FY 2023-24 
Projections 
FY 2024-25 
Net Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
Appropriations/ Allocations 
General Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
$0 
$0 
$15,340 
$0 
$0 
$15,340 
$0 
$0 
The bill includes a one-time General Fund appropriation to the Department of Health and Human Services of $15,340 
in fiscal year 2022-23 for the department to contract for business analyst support to collect, organize and analyze 
survey data and report the results to the committee. 
LR1426(02) - Fiscal Note - Page 1 of 1