Resolve, to Suppo1t the
Maine Legislature, Session 132, LD 0721
Committee Amendment CA_A_H257 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT,/+ '' to H.P. 460, L.D. n 
1, "Resolve, to Suppo1t the 
Full Implementation of Ce1tified Community Behavioral Health Clinics in the State" 
Amend the resolve in the emergency preamble in the 4th paragraph in the last line (page 
1, line 10 in L.D.) by insetting after the following: "State" the following: 'by the 
implementation deadline' 
Amend the resolve by striking out everything afterthe emergency preamble and before 
the emergency clause and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. 
Appropriations and allocations. Resolved: That the fciilowing 
appropriations and al.locations are made. 
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF 
Medical Care - Payments to Providers 0147 
Initiative: Provides one-time funding to support the full implementation of the 5 ce1tified 
comm unity behavioral health clinics certified by the State as patt of the federal Ce1tified 
Community Behavioral Health Clinic Medicaid Demo11stration Program under the United 
States Depaitment of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid 
Services, including hiring clinical and administrative staff critical to the success of the 
program. The funding must suppott enhancement of the department's certified community 
behavioral health clinics in a manner that enables the depa1tment to access the designated 
enhanced federal match for the prngram. The depattment must continue to engage with 
ce1tified community behavioral health clinic prnviders regarding how available funding is 
best leveraged for the prngram to achieve full implementatio11. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND 
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2025-26 
$1,000,000 
$1,000,000 
2025-26 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
2026-27 
$1,000,000 
$1,000,000 
2026-27 
ttOfS 
• COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 460, L.D, 721 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND TOTAL 
FEDERAL BLOCK GRANT FUND 
All Other 
FEDERAL BLOCK GRANT FUND TOTAL 
$3,403,037 
$3,403,037 
2025-26 
$81,818 
$81,818 
$3,343,622 
$3,343,622 
2026-27 
$79,698 
$79,698 
Amend the resolve by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Patt letter or 
section number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment replaces the language in the resolve requiring the Department of 
Health and Human Services to use the funding provided by the resolve to suppo1t ce1tified 
community behavioral health centers by increasing wages with language requiring the 
depaitment to use the funding provided by the resolve to support ce1tified community 
behavioral health centers by enhancement of the department's special ce1tified community 
behavioral health clinic funding in a manner that enables the department to access the 
designated enhanced federal match for the program. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 05/12/25 LRL 
LD721 
LR 1276(02) 
Resolve, to Support the Full Implementation of Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics in the 
State 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment '4• { Hr 251 \ 
Committee: Health and Human Services 
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Net Cost (Savings) 
• General Fund 
Appropriations/Allocations 
General Fund 
Federal Expenditures Fund 
Federal Block Grant Fund 
Revenue 
Federal Expenditures Fund 
Federal Block Grant Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
FY 2025-26 
$1,000,000 
$1,000,000 
$3,403,037 
$81,818 
$3,403,037 
$81,818 
FY 2026-27 
$1,000,000 
$1,000,000 
$3,343,622 
$79,698 
$3,343,622 
$79,698 
Projections 
FY 2027-28 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$0 
Projections 
FY 2028-29 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$0 
The bill includes one-time General Fund appropriations to the Depatiment of Health and Human Services of 
$1,000,000 in fiscal year 2025-26 and $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2026-27 to supp01i the full implementation of the 5 
cetiified community behavioral health clinic (CCBHC) providers, cetiified by the State as part of the federal CCBHC 
Medicaid demonstration program. The bill also includes Federal Expenditures Fund and Federal Block Grant Fund 
allocations for the FMAP match. 
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