An Act To Expand the Statewide Voluntary Early Childhood Consultation Program
Maine Legislature, Session 130, LD 0533
Committee Amendment CA_A_SA_A_S596 (Senate)
Amends: 34-B MRSA §15011

SENATE AMENDMENT" A" to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to S.P. 220, 
L.D. 533, "An Act To Expand the Statewide Voluntary Early Childhood Consultation 
Program" 
Amend the amendment by striking out all of section 1 and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. 34-B MRSA §15011, as enacted by PL 2019, c. 481, §1, is amended to read: 
§15011. Statewide voluntary early childhood consultation program 
Beginning September 1, 2020 January 1, 2023, the commissioner shall implement a 
statewide voluntary early childhood consultation program to provide support, guidance and 
training to improve the abilities and skills of early care and education teachers and 
providers working in public elementary schools, child care facilities as defined in Title 22, 
section 8301-A, subsection 1-A, paragraph B, family child care settings and Head Start 
programs serving infants and children who are 8 years of age or younger who are 
experiencing challenging behaviors that put the infants or children at risk of learning 
difficulties and removal from early learning and education settings, and to improve the 
abilities and skills of families and foster parents with infants or children who are 8 years of 
age or younger in the home who are experiencing challenging behaviors that put the infants 
or children at risk of learning difficulties and removal from early learning and education 
settings. Any record about a child created as a result of a consultation under this section 
must be made available to the parents or guardians of that child and may not become part 
of that child's education record. 
Fifty percent of the costs related to the program 
implemented under this section must be paid from funds provided to the department under 
the federal child and development block grant authorized under the federal Child Care and 
Development Block Grant Act of 1990. The department shall seek and apply for available 
federal funds or funds from any other source to fund the program implemented under this 
section. 
No later than January 1, 2023 and annually thereafter, the department shall submit a 
report to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over health and 
human services matters and the joint standing committee of the Legislature having 
jurisdiction over education matters relating to the status of implementing the program under 
this section, the ability of the program to provide support and guidance to families, 
educators and providers working with children and the department's progress in seeking 
and applying for additional funding to support the program. 
SENATE AMENDMENT 
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SENATE AMENDMENT" 4 "to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to S.P. 220, L.D. 533 { ~Sf'JW 
Sec. 2. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF 
Early Childhood Consultation Program Z280 
Initiative: Provides ongoing funds for one Social Services Manager I position and one 
Social Services Program Specialist II position and related All Other funding necessary for 
the statewide voluntary early childhood consultation program, beginning on January 1, 
2023. 
GENERAL FUND 
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT 
Personal Services 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
Early Childhood Consultation Program Z280 
2021-22 
0.000 
$0 
$0 
$0 
2022-23 
2.000 
$102,643 
$9,537 
$112,180 
Initiative: Provides ongoing funding to continue the statewide voluntary early childhood 
consultation program, beginning on January 1, 2023. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, 
DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
GENERAL FUND 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
2021-22 
$0 
$0 
2021-22 
$0 
$0 
2022-23 
$1,345,560 
$1,345,560 
2022-23 
$1,457,740 
$1,457,740 
Amend the amendment by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or 
section number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment replaces Committee Amendment "A" and amends current law 
regarding the statewide voluntary early childhood consultation program by: 
1. Delaying from September 1, 2020 to January 1, 2023 the date by which the 
Commissioner of Health and Human Services is required to implement the program; 
2. Requiring the Department of Health and Human Services to seek and apply for 
available federal funds or funds from any other source to fund the program; and 
SENATE AMENDMENT 
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SENATE AMENDMENT" f,\ "to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to S.P. 220, L.D. 533 ( $--59\aj 
3. Requiring the department to submit a report to the joint standing committee of the 
Legislature having jurisdiction over health and human services matters and the joint 
standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over education matters relating 
to the status of implementing the program, the ability of the program to provide support 
and guidance to families, educators and providers working with children and the 
department's progress in seeking and applying for additional funding to support the 
program. 
SPONSORED BY: __._..,__ ___ 
___, ________ _ 
(Senator BREEN, C.) 
COUNTY: Cumberland 
FISCAL NOTE REQUJRED 
(See attached) 
SENATE AMENDMENT 
Revised: 04/20/22 feae 
LD533 
LR 1779(04) 
An Act To Expand the Statewide Voluntary Early Childhood Consultation Program 
Fiscal Note for Senate Amendment "ff' to Committee Amendment "A" L ~ <:ftS) 
Sponsor: Sen. Breen of Cumberland 
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 
Transfers 
General Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
$0 
$0 
$0 
($2,915,479) 
$0 
$0 
($1,457,739) 
$0 
$0 
$1,457,740 
$0 
$0 
This amendment reduces the General Fund appropriations to the Department of Health and Human Services from 
$2,915,479 to $1,457,740 in fiscal year 2022-23 and changes the effective date to January 1, 2023. It also includes a 
transfer of $1,457,740 in fiscal year 2022-23 from the Liquor Operation Revenue Fund within the Maine Municipal 
Bond Bank to the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund to offset the remaining cost to the General Fund. 
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