An Act to Provide Incentives to Employers to Provide On-site Child Care
Maine Legislature, Session 131, LD 0103
Committee Amendment CA_A_H168 (House)
Committee: Innovation, Development, Economic Advancement and Business may report out legislation relate

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to HP. 71, L D 103, "An Act to Provide 
Incentives to Employers to Provide On-site Child Care" 
Amend the bill by stnkmg out the title and subst1tutmg the following· 
'Resolve, Directing the Maine Children's Cabinet Early Childhood Advisory Council 
to Study Incentives for the Provision of Child Care in Maine' 
Amend the bill by stnkmg out everything after the title and msertmg the followmg 
'Sec. 1. Directive to study incentives for employers. Resolved: That the Mame 
Children's Cabinet Early Childhood Advisory Council, as established m the Mame Revised 
Statutes, Title 5, section 24051, shall complete the followmg tasks 
Identify and review obstacles to the ava1lab1hty of child care m this State, includmg, 
but not lnmted to, the relevant costs for pa1 ents and providers and the difference between 
the amount of child care that 1s available m tlus State and the amount of child caie that 1s 
needed, 
Identrfy and consider mechanisms that could be used to overcome the obstacles 
identified m subsection 1 and to support the child care providers that currently operate m 
tlus State, mcluding, but not hmited to, state fundmg, grant programs, workforce mcentives 
and tax credits, and 
Conduct a review of other states that have faced child care obstacles sumlar to those 
m this State, identify the measures taken by those states to address the obstacles and 
determme whether similar measures may be effectively implemented m this State 
To the extent any task identified m this section is already bemg conducted by one or 
more state entities, the council may, mstead of completmg the task on its own, 1dent1fy the 
entities conductmg the task, review the work bemg conducted by those entities and evaluate 
whether there is a need for mcreased resources or coordmation i elated to that task 
Sec. 2. Report. Resolved: That, no later than January 15, 2024, the Mame Children's 
Cabmet Eatly Childhood Advisory Council shall subimt a report to the Joint Standing 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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CO"MMITTEE AM.END"MENT "It' to HP 71, L D 103 
Committee on Innovat10n, Development, Economic Advancement and Busmess 
summarizing its fmdmgs and recommendations related to the tasks identified in section 1 
The Jomt Standmg Committee on Innovation, Development, Economic Advancement and 
Business may report out legislation related to the report to the Second Regular Session of 
the 131 st Legislature ' 
Amend the bill by relettermg or renumbermg any nonconsecutive Part letter or sect10n 
number to read consecutively 
SUMMARY 
This amendment replaces the bill with a resolve that directs the Mame Children's 
Cabmet Early Childhood Advisory Council to identify and consider certam issues related 
to the provmon of child care for parents workmg m this State, identify and consider 
mechamsms for overcommg identified obstacles, identify entitles already conducting work 
related to those issues and submit a report to the Jomt Standing Committee on Innovation, 
Development, Economic Advancement and Busmess summanzmg its findmgs no later than 
January 15, 2024 The Jomt Standing Committee on Innovation, Development, Economic 
Advancement and Busmess may report out legislat10n related to the report to the Second 
Regular Session of the 131 st Legislature 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved 05/08/23 Ma<::.-
LD 103 
LR 306(02) 
An Act to Provide Incentives to Employers to Provide On-site Child Care 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment •A' { Hr/ h ~) 
Committee: Innovation, Development, Economic Advancement and Business 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Mmor cost mcrease - General Fund 
Fiscal Detall and Notes 
Any adcht10nal costs to the Department of Health and Human Services from the prov1s10ns of this bill are expected to 
be 1mnor and can be absorbed withm exrntmg budgeted resources 
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