HP1349
LD 1858
Session - 126th Maine Legislature
 
LR 2710
Item 1
Bill Tracking, Additional Documents Chamber Status

An Act To Achieve the Savings Required under Part F of the Biennial Budget and To Change Certain Provisions of the Law for Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2014 and June 30, 2015

Emergency preamble. Whereas,  acts and resolves of the Legislature do not become effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted as emergencies; and

Whereas,  the 90-day period may not terminate until after the beginning of the next fiscal year; and

Whereas,  certain obligations and expenses incident to the operation of state departments and institutions will become due and payable immediately; and

Whereas,  in the judgment of the Legislature, these facts create an emergency within the meaning of the Constitution of Maine and require the following legislation as immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety; now, therefore,

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

PART A

Sec. A-1. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF

Executive Branch Departments and Independent Agencies - Statewide 0017

Initiative: Provides funding to fully offset the remaining statewide deappropriation included in Public Law 2013, chapter 368, Part F that was partially offset in Public Law 2013, chapter 502, Part F.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
Unallocated
$0 $9,690,775
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 $9,690,775

Information Services 0155

Initiative: Eliminates various positions identified in the review per Public Law 2013, chapter 368, Part F, section 2.

OFFICE OF INFORMATION SERVICES FUND 2013-14 2014-15
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT
0.000 (1.000)
Personal Services
$0 ($105,756)
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OFFICE OF INFORMATION SERVICES FUND TOTAL $0 ($105,756)

Revenue Services, Bureau of 0002

Initiative: Eliminates one Senior Tax Examiner position, 5 Tax Examiner positions, 2 Office Assistant II positions and one Office Associate II position and reduces All Other associated with the closing of the Maine Revenue Services office in Houlton.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT
0.000 (9.000)
Personal Services
$0 ($551,482)
All Other
$0 ($55,798)
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 ($607,280)

Revenue Services, Bureau of 0002

Initiative: Reduces funding to reflect salary savings from managing vacancies.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
Personal Services
$0 ($139,649)
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 ($139,649)

ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 2013-14 2014-15
GENERAL FUND
$0 $8,943,846
OFFICE OF INFORMATION SERVICES FUND
$0 ($105,756)
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DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS $0 $8,838,090

ARTS COMMISSION, MAINE

Arts - Administration 0178

Initiative: Reduces Personal Services as a result of salary savings.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
Personal Services
$0 ($8,038)
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 ($8,038)

ARTS COMMISSION, MAINE
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 2013-14 2014-15
GENERAL FUND
$0 ($8,038)
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DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS $0 ($8,038)

ATTORNEY GENERAL, DEPARTMENT OF THE

Administration - Attorney General 0310

Initiative: Reduces funding through the management of vacancies.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
Personal Services
$0 ($61,834)
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 ($61,834)

District Attorneys Salaries 0409

Initiative: Reduces funding through the management of vacancies.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
Personal Services
$0 ($105,287)
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 ($105,287)

ATTORNEY GENERAL, DEPARTMENT OF THE
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 2013-14 2014-15
GENERAL FUND
$0 ($167,121)
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DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS $0 ($167,121)

AUDITOR, OFFICE OF THE STATE

Audit - Departmental Bureau 0067

Initiative: Reduces funding to reflect salary savings from managing vacancies.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
Personal Services
$0 ($14,104)
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 ($14,104)

AUDITOR, OFFICE OF THE STATE
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 2013-14 2014-15
GENERAL FUND
$0 ($14,104)
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DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS $0 ($14,104)

CENTERS FOR INNOVATION

Centers for Innovation 0911

Initiative: Reduces funding for the Centers for Innovation.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
All Other
$0 ($1,254)
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 ($1,254)

CENTERS FOR INNOVATION
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 2013-14 2014-15
GENERAL FUND
$0 ($1,254)
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DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS $0 ($1,254)

CHARTER SCHOOL COMMISSION, STATE

State Charter School Commission Z137

Initiative: Reduces funding for general operations.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
All Other
$0 ($1,594)
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 ($1,594)

CHARTER SCHOOL COMMISSION, STATE
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 2013-14 2014-15
GENERAL FUND
$0 ($1,594)
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DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS $0 ($1,594)

CORRECTIONS, DEPARTMENT OF

Administration - Corrections 0141

Initiative: Reduces funding based on savings identified as a result of the privatization of food services.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
All Other
$0 ($850)
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 ($850)

Adult Community Corrections 0124

Initiative: Reduces funding based on savings identified as a result of the privatization of food services.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
All Other
$0 ($1,000)
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 ($1,000)

Bolduc Correctional Facility Z155

Initiative: Reduces funding based on savings identified as a result of the privatization of food services.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
Personal Services
$0 ($79,219)
All Other
$0 ($360,000)
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 ($439,219)

Central Maine Pre-release Center 0392

Initiative: Reduces funding based on savings identified as a result of the privatization of food services.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
All Other
$0 ($74,222)
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 ($74,222)

Charleston Correctional Facility 0400

Initiative: Reduces funding based on savings identified as a result of the privatization of food services.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
All Other
$0 ($135,111)
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 ($135,111)

Correctional Center 0162

Initiative: Reduces funding based on savings identified as a result of the privatization of food services.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
Personal Services
$0 ($160,888)
All Other
$0 ($949,639)
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 ($1,110,527)

Correctional Impact Reserve Z131

Initiative: Reduces funding based on reduced costs.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
All Other
$0 ($152,212)
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 ($152,212)

Corrections Food Z177

Initiative: Provides funds related to the privatization of food services.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
Personal Services
$0 $78,027
All Other
$0 $4,147,713
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 $4,225,740

Departmentwide - Overtime 0032

Initiative: Reduces funding through the management of overtime.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
Personal Services
$0 ($550,000)
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 ($550,000)

Downeast Correctional Facility 0542

Initiative: Reduces funding based on savings identified as a result of the privatization of food services.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
Personal Services
$0 ($74,219)
All Other
$0 ($170,113)
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 ($244,332)

Juvenile Community Corrections 0892

Initiative: Reduces funding based on savings identified as a result of the privatization of food services.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
All Other
$0 ($2,000)
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 ($2,000)

Juvenile Community Corrections 0892

Initiative: Reduces funding for reduced lease costs.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
All Other
$0 ($15,000)
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 ($15,000)

Long Creek Youth Development Center 0163

Initiative: Reduces funding based on savings identified as a result of the privatization of food services.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
Personal Services
$0 ($154,798)
All Other
$0 ($238,510)
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 ($393,308)

Mountain View Youth Development Center 0857

Initiative: Reduces funding based on savings identified as a result of the privatization of food services.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
Personal Services
$0 ($180,995)
All Other
$0 ($190,416)
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 ($371,411)

Prisoner Boarding Program Z086

Initiative: Reduces funding based on reduced costs.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
All Other
$0 ($400,000)
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 ($400,000)

Southern Maine Women's Reentry Center Z156

Initiative: Reduces funding based on savings identified as a result of the privatization of food services.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
All Other
$0 ($100,740)
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 ($100,740)

State Prison 0144

Initiative: Reduces funding based on savings identified as a result of the privatization of food services.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
Personal Services
$0 ($339,494)
All Other
$0 ($1,402,796)
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 ($1,742,290)

CORRECTIONS, DEPARTMENT OF
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 2013-14 2014-15
GENERAL FUND
$0 ($1,506,482)
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DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS $0 ($1,506,482)

CULTURAL AFFAIRS COUNCIL, MAINE STATE

New Century Program Fund 0904

Initiative: Reduces funding in the New Century Community Program.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
All Other
$0 ($8,512)
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 ($8,512)

CULTURAL AFFAIRS COUNCIL, MAINE STATE
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 2013-14 2014-15
GENERAL FUND
$0 ($8,512)
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DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS $0 ($8,512)

ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF

Administration - Economic and Community Development 0069

Initiative: Reduces funding by reallocating service center costs proportionally to the General Fund, the Federal Expenditures Fund and Other Special Revenue Funds.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
All Other
$0 ($124,241)
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 ($124,241)

ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 2013-14 2014-15
GENERAL FUND
$0 ($124,241)
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DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS $0 ($124,241)

EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF

General Purpose Aid for Local Schools 0308

Initiative: Reduces funding for bus refurbishing.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
All Other
$0 ($100,000)
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 ($100,000)

General Purpose Aid for Local Schools 0308

Initiative: Reduces funding to assist districts in the transition to standards-based high school diplomas.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
All Other
$0 ($27,895)
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 ($27,895)

General Purpose Aid for Local Schools 0308

Initiative: Reduces funding for contracted services.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
All Other
$0 ($107,000)
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 ($107,000)

General Purpose Aid for Local Schools 0308

Initiative: Reduces funding for technology costs.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
All Other
$0 ($50,000)
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 ($50,000)

Leadership Team Z077

Initiative: Reduces funding for operating expenses.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
All Other
$0 ($642)
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 ($642)

Leadership Team Z077

Initiative: Reduces funding for accounting services provided by the Department of Administrative and Financial Services.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
All Other
$0 ($5,861)
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 ($5,861)

PK-20, Adult Education and Federal Programs Team Z081

Initiative: Reduces funding for contracted services.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
All Other
$0 ($34,678)
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 ($34,678)

School Finance and Operations Z078

Initiative: Reduces funding for operating expenses.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
All Other
$0 ($613)
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 ($613)

Special Services Team Z080

Initiative: Reduces funding for operating expenses.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
All Other
$0 ($1,417)
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 ($1,417)

EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 2013-14 2014-15
GENERAL FUND
$0 ($328,106)
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DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS $0 ($328,106)

EDUCATION, STATE BOARD OF

State Board of Education 0614

Initiative: Reduces funding for per diem payments for board members.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
Personal Services
$0 ($600)
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 ($600)

State Board of Education 0614

Initiative: Reduces funding for travel expense payments for board members.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
All Other
$0 ($1,106)
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 ($1,106)

EDUCATION, STATE BOARD OF
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 2013-14 2014-15
GENERAL FUND
$0 ($1,706)
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DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS $0 ($1,706)

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, DEPARTMENT OF

Administration - Environmental Protection 0251

Initiative: Reduces funding by recognizing savings from a conversion from the statewide e-mail exchange system and personal network storage.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
All Other
$0 ($70,000)
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 ($70,000)

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, DEPARTMENT OF
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 2013-14 2014-15
GENERAL FUND
$0 ($70,000)
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DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS $0 ($70,000)

ETHICS AND ELECTION PRACTICES, COMMISSION ON GOVERNMENTAL

Governmental Ethics and Election Practices - Commission on 0414

Initiative: Reduces funding in All Other as a result of savings in general operations and supplies.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
All Other
$0 ($1,441)
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 ($1,441)

ETHICS AND ELECTION PRACTICES, COMMISSION ON GOVERNMENTAL
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 2013-14 2014-15
GENERAL FUND
$0 ($1,441)
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DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS $0 ($1,441)

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF (FORMERLY DHS)

Departmentwide 0640

Initiative: Reduces funding from technology savings. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the State Budget Officer shall calculate the amount of savings in this Part that applies to each General Fund account in the Department of Health and Human Services and shall transfer the amounts by financial order upon the approval of the Governor. These transfers are considered adjustments to the appropriations in fiscal year 2014-15.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
All Other
$0 ($119,000)
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 ($119,000)

Departmentwide 0640

Initiative: Reduces funding from salary savings. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the State Budget Officer shall calculate the amount of savings in this Part that applies to each General Fund account in the Department of Health and Human Services and shall transfer the amounts by financial order upon the approval of the Governor. These transfers are considered adjustments to the appropriations in fiscal year 2014-15.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
Personal Services
$0 ($4,000,000)
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 ($4,000,000)

Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention 0143

Initiative: Reduces funding for the vaccination program through the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention's redesign, consolidation and program efficiency project.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
All Other
$0 ($1,000,000)
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 ($1,000,000)

Office of MaineCare Services 0129

Initiative: Reduces funding in mail costs.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
All Other
$0 ($100,000)
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 ($100,000)

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF (FORMERLY DHS)
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 2013-14 2014-15
GENERAL FUND
$0 ($5,219,000)
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DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS $0 ($5,219,000)

INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE, DEPARTMENT OF

Fisheries and Hatcheries Operations 0535

Initiative: Reduces funding by recognizing a one-time shift of expenses from the fish stocking program to the department's Lifetime License Fund account.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
All Other
$0 ($200,000)
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 ($200,000)

Licensing Services - Inland Fisheries and Wildlife 0531

Initiative: Reduces funding one time by transferring part of the General Fund expenses for one Public Service Coordinator I position to the department's Lifetime License Fund account.

OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 2013-14 2014-15
Personal Services
$0 $8,211
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OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL $0 $8,211

Office of the Commissioner - Inland Fisheries and Wildlife 0529

Initiative: Reduces funding one time by transferring part of the General Fund expenses for one Public Service Coordinator I position to the department's Lifetime License Fund account.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
Personal Services
$0 ($8,211)
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 ($8,211)

Resource Management Services - Inland Fisheries and Wildlife 0534

Initiative: Reduces funding by recognizing a one-time shift of expenses from the predator control program to the department's Di-CAP account.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
All Other
$0 ($50,000)
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 ($50,000)

INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE, DEPARTMENT OF
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 2013-14 2014-15
GENERAL FUND
$0 ($258,211)
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS
$0 $8,211
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DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS $0 ($250,000)

LABOR, DEPARTMENT OF

Administration - Bureau of Labor Standards 0158

Initiative: Reduces funding to reflect salary savings from managing vacancies.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
Personal Services
$0 ($32,958)
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 ($32,958)

LABOR, DEPARTMENT OF
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 2013-14 2014-15
GENERAL FUND
$0 ($32,958)
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DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS $0 ($32,958)

LIBRARY, MAINE STATE

Maine State Library 0217

Initiative: Reduces funding to reflect savings achieved by the outsourcing of computer hardware and service agreements.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
All Other
$0 ($20,000)
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 ($20,000)

LIBRARY, MAINE STATE
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 2013-14 2014-15
GENERAL FUND
$0 ($20,000)
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DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS $0 ($20,000)

MARINE RESOURCES, DEPARTMENT OF

Bureau of Public Health Z154

Initiative: Eliminates one Marine Resource Scientist I position.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT
0.000 (1.000)
Personal Services
$0 ($73,887)
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 ($73,887)

Bureau of Resource Management 0027

Initiative: Provides funding for scallop and sea urchin sampling contracts.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
All Other
$0 $10,000
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 $10,000

Bureau of Resource Management 0027

Initiative: Reduces funding by transferring the cost of one Marine Resource Scientist II position from 75% General Fund and 25% Federal Expenditures Fund to 25% General Fund, 25% Federal Expenditures Fund and 50% Other Special Revenues Fund.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
Personal Services
$0 ($37,409)
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 ($37,409)

OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 2013-14 2014-15
Personal Services
$0 $37,409
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OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL $0 $37,409

MARINE RESOURCES, DEPARTMENT OF
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 2013-14 2014-15
GENERAL FUND
$0 ($101,296)
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS
$0 $37,409
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DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS $0 ($63,887)

POTATO BOARD, MAINE

Potato Board 0429

Initiative: Reduces funding through a reduction of the Maine Potato Board's operational expenditures.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
All Other
$0 ($1,710)
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 ($1,710)

POTATO BOARD, MAINE
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 2013-14 2014-15
GENERAL FUND
$0 ($1,710)
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DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS $0 ($1,710)

PUBLIC SAFETY, DEPARTMENT OF

Gambling Control Board Z002

Initiative: Reduces funding in Personal Services by freezing one vacant State Police Detective position.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
Personal Services
$0 ($96,309)
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 ($96,309)

State Police 0291

Initiative: Reduces funding in Personal Services for savings from managing vacancies.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
Personal Services
$0 ($277,293)
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 ($277,293)

PUBLIC SAFETY, DEPARTMENT OF
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 2013-14 2014-15
GENERAL FUND
$0 ($373,602)
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DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS $0 ($373,602)

TREASURER OF STATE, OFFICE OF

Administration - Treasury 0022

Initiative: Reduces funding for banking services.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
All Other
$0 ($20,073)
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 ($20,073)

TREASURER OF STATE, OFFICE OF
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 2013-14 2014-15
GENERAL FUND
$0 ($20,073)
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DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS $0 ($20,073)

SECTION TOTALS 2013-14 2014-15
GENERAL FUND
$0 $684,397
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS
$0 $45,620
OFFICE OF INFORMATION SERVICES FUND
$0 ($105,756)
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SECTION TOTAL - ALL FUNDS $0 $624,261

PART B

Sec. B-1. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF

Homestead Property Tax Exemption Reimbursement 0886

Initiative: Provides funding for homestead exemption payments.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
All Other
$0 $750,000
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 $750,000

ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 2013-14 2014-15
GENERAL FUND
$0 $750,000
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DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS $0 $750,000

CORRECTIONS, DEPARTMENT OF

Correctional Medical Services Fund 0286

Initiative: Provides 9 months of funding for contracted clinical staff to staff a mental health unit at the Maine State Prison.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
All Other
$0 $2,487,188
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 $2,487,188

CORRECTIONS, DEPARTMENT OF
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 2013-14 2014-15
GENERAL FUND
$0 $2,487,188
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DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS $0 $2,487,188

DEFENSE, VETERANS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF

Disaster Assistance 0841

Initiative: Provides funding for the state share of disaster assistance for previously declared disasters.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
All Other
$0 $610,893
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 $610,893

Military Training and Operations 0108

Initiative: Provides funding for the range reallocation of Military Firefighter positions from grade 15 to grade 17.

FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND 2013-14 2014-15
Personal Services
$77,561 $364,900
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FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND TOTAL $77,561 $364,900

Military Training and Operations 0108

Initiative: Provides funding for the state share of the construction and inspection of the new Maine National Guard Joint Force Headquarters in Augusta.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
Capital Expenditures
$0 $375,067
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 $375,067

DEFENSE, VETERANS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 2013-14 2014-15
GENERAL FUND
$0 $985,960
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND
$77,561 $364,900
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DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS $77,561 $1,350,860

DIRIGO HEALTH

Dirigo Health Fund 0988

Initiative: Transfers one Public Executive III position and one Confidential Public Service Manager 1 position that provide support for the Maine Quality Forum and one quarter's funding from the Dirigo Health Fund to the General Fund.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT
0.000 2.000
Personal Services
$0 $71,478
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 $71,478

DIRIGO HEALTH FUND 2013-14 2014-15
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT
0.000 (2.000)
Personal Services
$0 ($71,478)
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DIRIGO HEALTH FUND TOTAL $0 ($71,478)

Dirigo Health Fund 0988

Initiative: Appropriates funds on an ongoing basis for the All Other operating costs of the Maine Quality Forum. This appropriation is for one quarter's All Other operating costs for the Maine Quality Forum.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
All Other
$0 $305,522
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 $305,522

DIRIGO HEALTH
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 2013-14 2014-15
GENERAL FUND
$0 $377,000
DIRIGO HEALTH FUND
$0 ($71,478)
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DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS $0 $305,522

EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF

General Purpose Aid for Local Schools 0308

Initiative: Provides funds for the Jobs for Maine's Graduates program.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
All Other
$0 $300,000
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 $300,000

General Purpose Aid for Local Schools 0308

Initiative: Provides one-time funds for the 2nd year of the comprehensive early college programs.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
All Other
$0 $650,000
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 $650,000

General Purpose Aid for Local Schools 0308

Initiative: Transfers funding from the General Purpose Aid for Local Schools program to the Teacher Retirement program to cover a portion of the normal cost component of teacher retirement for career and technical education regions and a state-operated school.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
All Other
$0 ($118,028)
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 ($118,028)

Teacher Retirement 0170

Initiative: Transfers funding from the General Purpose Aid for Local Schools program to the Teacher Retirement program to cover a portion of the normal cost component of teacher retirement for career and technical education regions and a state-operated school.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
All Other
$0 $118,028
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 $118,028

Teacher Retirement 0170

Initiative: Provides funding for a portion of the normal cost component of teacher retirement for career and technical education regions and a state-operated school.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
All Other
$0 $118,027
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 $118,027

EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 2013-14 2014-15
GENERAL FUND
$0 $1,068,027
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DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS $0 $1,068,027

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, DEPARTMENT OF

Land and Water Quality 0248

Initiative: Provide funds for the revolving loan fund for wastewater treatment facilities that will make the State eligible to secure federal grants.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
All Other
$0 $500,000
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 $500,000

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, DEPARTMENT OF
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 2013-14 2014-15
GENERAL FUND
$0 $500,000
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DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS $0 $500,000

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF (FORMERLY BDS)

Consent Decree Z163

Initiative: Provides one-time funds for mental health services in order to conform with the consent decree.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
All Other
$0 $2,000,000
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 $2,000,000

Developmental Services Waiver - MaineCare 0987

Initiative: Appropriates funds to support services provided under the MaineCare Benefits Manual, Chapter II, Section 21 for individuals on the waiting list for waiver services. This appropriation is for the initial month of funding for an ongoing initiative to reduce the waiting list.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
All Other
$0 $83,333
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 $83,333

Developmental Services Waiver - Supports Z006

Initiative: Appropriates funds on an ongoing basis to support services provided under the MaineCare Benefits Manual, Chapter II, Section 29 for individuals on the waiting list for waiver services. This appropriation is for the initial month of funding for an ongoing initiative to reduce the waiting list.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
All Other
$0 $333,333
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 $333,333

Disproportionate Share - Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center 0734

Initiative: Reclassifies the Clinical Director position at Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center and transfers All Other to Personal Services to fund the reclassification.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
Personal Services
$0 $8,196
All Other
$0 ($8,196)
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 $0

Disproportionate Share - Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center 0734

Initiative: Reorganizes 10 Psychiatric Social Worker II positions to Intensive Care Manager positions in order to increase retention and fill vacant positions and transfers All Other to Personal Services to fund the reorganization.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
Personal Services
$0 $10,956
All Other
$0 ($10,956)
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 $0

Disproportionate Share - Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center 0734

Initiative: Adjusts funding to achieve salary parity in order to retain and recruit nursing staff at Riverview Psychiatric Center and Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
Personal Services
$0 $181,539
All Other
$0 ($181,539)
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 $0

Disproportionate Share - Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center 0734

Initiative: Provides funding in Personal Services by reducing All Other for 4 Physician III positions to increase retention and fill vacant positions at Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
Personal Services
$0 $61,248
All Other
$0 ($61,248)
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 $0

Disproportionate Share - Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center 0734

Initiative: Reclassifies one Public Services Manager I position to a Public Services Manager II position at Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center and transfers All Other to Personal Services to fund the reclassification.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
Personal Services
$0 $7,637
All Other
$0 ($7,637)
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 $0

Disproportionate Share - Riverview Psychiatric Center 0733

Initiative: Adjusts funding to achieve salary parity in order to retain and recruit nursing staff at Riverview Psychiatric Center and Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
Personal Services
$0 $242,555
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 $242,555

Disproportionate Share - Riverview Psychiatric Center 0733

Initiative: Provides funding for a contracted Psychiatrist position.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
All Other
$0 $118,312
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 $118,312

Disproportionate Share - Riverview Psychiatric Center 0733

Initiative: Provides funding for consulting services.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
All Other
$0 $28,017
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 $28,017

Disproportionate Share - Riverview Psychiatric Center 0733

Initiative: Provides funding for interpreting services in order to comply with federal regulations.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
All Other
$0 $53,480
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 $53,480

Disproportionate Share - Riverview Psychiatric Center 0733

Initiative: Provides funding for security by the Department of Public Safety, Bureau of Capitol Police.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
All Other
$0 $100,232
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 $100,232

Disproportionate Share - Riverview Psychiatric Center 0733

Initiative: Provides funding for specialized training for staff related to the interaction of patients and security personnel.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
All Other
$0 $22,920
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 $22,920

Disproportionate Share - Riverview Psychiatric Center 0733

Initiative: Provides funding to be used for legal assistance in medication hearings.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
All Other
$0 $1,910
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 $1,910

Disproportionate Share - Riverview Psychiatric Center 0733

Initiative: Provides funding to contract for Director of Psychology services.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
All Other
$0 $60,674
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 $60,674

Disproportionate Share - Riverview Psychiatric Center 0733

Initiative: Provides one-time funding for consulting services to address issues identified by the federal Joint Commission on Hospital Accreditation and United States Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
All Other
$0 $9,550
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 $9,550

Disproportionate Share - Riverview Psychiatric Center 0733

Initiative: Provides one-time funding for contracted nurses.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
All Other
$0 $122,131
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 $122,131

Disproportionate Share - Riverview Psychiatric Center 0733

Initiative: Provides one-time funding for repairs and maintenance in order to comply with safety requirements outlined by the federal Joint Commission on Hospital Accreditation and United States Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
All Other
$0 $9,550
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 $9,550

Disproportionate Share - Riverview Psychiatric Center 0733

Initiative: Establishes one Psychologist III position.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
Personal Services
$0 $37,622
All Other
$0 $1,507
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 $39,129

Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center 0120

Initiative: Reclassifies the Clinical Director position at Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center and transfers All Other to Personal Services to fund the reclassification.

OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 2013-14 2014-15
Personal Services
$0 $13,215
All Other
$0 ($13,215)
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OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL $0 $0

Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center 0120

Initiative: Reorganizes 10 Psychiatric Social Worker II positions to Intensive Care Manager positions in order to increase retention and fill vacant positions and transfers All Other to Personal Services to fund the reorganization.

OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 2013-14 2014-15
Personal Services
$0 $17,722
All Other
$0 ($17,722)
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OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL $0 $0

Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center 0120

Initiative: Reclassifies one Public Services Manager I position to a Public Services Manager II position at Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center and transfers All Other to Personal Services to fund the reclassification.

OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 2013-14 2014-15
Personal Services
$0 $12,358
All Other
$0 ($12,358)
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OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL $0 $0

Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center 0120

Initiative: Provides funding in Personal Services by reducing All Other for 4 Physician III positions to increase retention and fill vacant positions at Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center.

OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 2013-14 2014-15
Personal Services
$0 $98,752
All Other
$0 ($98,752)
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OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL $0 $0

Riverview Psychiatric Center 0105

Initiative: Provides one-time funding for the study, design and construction of a special care unit.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
Capital Expenditures
$0 $100,000
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 $100,000

Riverview Psychiatric Center 0105

Initiative: Adjusts funding to continue operations at the Riverview Psychiatric Center.

OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 2013-14 2014-15
All Other
$0 ($3,176,972)
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OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL $0 ($3,176,972)

Riverview Psychiatric Center 0105

Initiative: Provides funding for a contracted Psychiatrist position.

OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 2013-14 2014-15
All Other
$0 $191,404
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OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL $0 $191,404

Riverview Psychiatric Center 0105

Initiative: Provides funding for consulting services.

OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 2013-14 2014-15
All Other
$0 $45,325
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OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL $0 $45,325

Riverview Psychiatric Center 0105

Initiative: Provides funding for interpreting services in order to comply with federal regulations.

OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 2013-14 2014-15
All Other
$0 $86,520
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OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL $0 $86,520

Riverview Psychiatric Center 0105

Initiative: Provides funding for security by the Department of Public Safety, Bureau of Capitol Police.

OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 2013-14 2014-15
All Other
$0 $161,816
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OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL $0 $161,816

Riverview Psychiatric Center 0105

Initiative: Provides funding for specialized training for staff related to the interaction of patients and security personnel.

OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 2013-14 2014-15
All Other
$0 $37,080
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OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL $0 $37,080

Riverview Psychiatric Center 0105

Initiative: Provides funding to be used for legal assistance in medication hearings.

OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 2013-14 2014-15
All Other
$0 $3,090
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OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL $0 $3,090

Riverview Psychiatric Center 0105

Initiative: Provides funding to contract for Director of Psychology services.

OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 2013-14 2014-15
All Other
$0 $98,159
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OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL $0 $98,159

Riverview Psychiatric Center 0105

Initiative: Provides one-time funding for consulting services to address issues identified by the federal Joint Commission on Hospital Accreditation and United States Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 2013-14 2014-15
All Other
$0 $15,450
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OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL $0 $15,450

Riverview Psychiatric Center 0105

Initiative: Provides one-time funding for contracted nurses.

OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 2013-14 2014-15
All Other
$0 $197,584
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OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL $0 $197,584

Riverview Psychiatric Center 0105

Initiative: Provides one-time funding for repairs and maintenance in order to comply with safety requirements outlined by the federal Joint Commission on Hospital Accreditation and United States Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 2013-14 2014-15
All Other
$0 $15,450
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OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL $0 $15,450

Riverview Psychiatric Center 0105

Initiative: Adjusts funding to achieve salary parity in order to retain and recruit nursing staff at Riverview Psychiatric Center and Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center.

OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 2013-14 2014-15
Personal Services
$0 $392,429
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OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL $0 $392,429

Riverview Psychiatric Center 0105

Initiative: Establishes one Psychologist III position.

OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 2013-14 2014-15
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT
0.000 1.000
Personal Services
$0 $60,785
All Other
$0 $2,435
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OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL $0 $63,220

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF (FORMERLY BDS)
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 2013-14 2014-15
GENERAL FUND
$0 $3,325,126
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS
$0 ($1,869,445)
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DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS $0 $1,455,681

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF (FORMERLY DHS)

Division of Licensing and Regulatory Services Z036

Initiative: Reallocates the cost of one Social Services Program Specialist II position from 100% Other Special Revenue Funds to 75% Other Special Revenue Funds in the Medical Use of Marijuana Fund program and 16.25% General Fund and 8.75% Other Special Revenue Funds in the Division of Licensing and Regulatory Services program.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
Personal Services
$0 $14,336
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 $14,336

Division of Licensing and Regulatory Services Z036

Initiative: Provides funding to align allocations with existing resources.

FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND 2013-14 2014-15
All Other
$0 $625,585
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FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND TOTAL $0 $625,585

Drinking Water Enforcement 0728

Initiative: Provides funds for the revolving loan fund for drinking water systems that will make the State eligible to secure federal grants.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
All Other
$0 $500,000
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 $500,000

Head Start 0545

Initiative: Appropriates funds for the Head Start program.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
All Other
$0 $750,000
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 $750,000

Medical Care - Payments to Providers 0147

Initiative: Provides funding in the Medical Care - Payments to Providers program necessary to make cycle payments.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
All Other
$0 $17,000,000
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 $17,000,000

FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND 2013-14 2014-15
All Other
$0 $27,499,706
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FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND TOTAL $0 $27,499,706

Medical Care - Payments to Providers 0147

Initiative: Deappropriates and deallocates funds for an adjustment in the MaineCare baseline. This baseline adjustment reflects one month of MaineCare savings in fiscal year 2014-15 and is assumed to have an annual ongoing MaineCare baseline impact for the 2016-2017 biennium.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
All Other
$0 ($833,333)
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 ($833,333)

FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND 2013-14 2014-15
All Other
$0 ($1,348,024)
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FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND TOTAL $0 ($1,348,024)

Medical Care - Payments to Providers 0147

Initiative: Allocates funds to support services provided under the MaineCare Benefits Manual, Chapter II, Section 29 for individuals on the waiting list for waiver services. This appropriation is for the initial month of funding for an ongoing initiative to reduce the waiting list.

FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND 2013-14 2014-15
All Other
$0 $539,210
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FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND TOTAL $0 $539,210

Medical Care - Payments to Providers 0147

Initiative: Allocates funds on an ongoing basis to support services provided under the MaineCare Benefits Manual, Chapter II, Section 21 for individuals on the waiting list for waiver services. This allocation is for the initial month of funding for an ongoing initiative to reduce the waiting list.

FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND 2013-14 2014-15
All Other
$0 $134,802
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FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND TOTAL $0 $134,802

Medical Care - Payments to Providers 0147

Initiative: Reduces funding for MaineCare cycle payments and payments to providers to reflect decreased health care costs.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
All Other
($1,567,500) $0
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL ($1,567,500) $0

FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND 2013-14 2014-15
All Other
($2,535,635) $0
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FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND TOTAL ($2,535,635) $0

Nursing Facilities 0148

Initiative: Appropriates and allocates funds on an ongoing basis for an increase in MaineCare nursing facility reimbursement rates targeted at nursing facilities with the greatest share of Medicaid beds as a percentage of total bed census. This appropriation is for the initial month of funding for an ongoing initiative to increase nursing facility reimbursement.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
All Other
$0 $416,667
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 $416,667

FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND 2013-14 2014-15
All Other
$0 $674,012
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FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND TOTAL $0 $674,012

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF (FORMERLY DHS)
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 2013-14 2014-15
GENERAL FUND
($1,567,500) $17,847,670
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND
($2,535,635) $28,125,291
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DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS ($4,103,135) $45,972,961

INDIGENT LEGAL SERVICES, MAINE COMMISSION ON

Maine Commission on Indigent Legal Services Z112

Initiative: Provides funding for a rate increase for private investigators effective January 1, 2015.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
All Other
$0 $17,500
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 $17,500

Maine Commission on Indigent Legal Services Z112

Initiative: Provides funding for increased investigator, interpreter, transcription and expert witness fee costs as well as increased attorney's fee expenses effective January 1, 2015.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
All Other
$0 $490,000
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 $490,000

INDIGENT LEGAL SERVICES, MAINE COMMISSION ON
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 2013-14 2014-15
GENERAL FUND
$0 $507,500
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DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS $0 $507,500

MUSEUM, MAINE STATE

Maine State Museum - Operating Fund N174

Initiative: Allocates funds to support the operations of the Maine State Museum.

OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 2013-14 2014-15
All Other
$0 $23,000
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OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL $0 $23,000

MUSEUM, MAINE STATE
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 2013-14 2014-15
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS
$0 $23,000
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DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS $0 $23,000

SECTION TOTALS 2013-14 2014-15
GENERAL FUND
($1,567,500) $27,848,471
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND
($2,458,074) $28,490,191
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS
$0 ($1,846,445)
DIRIGO HEALTH FUND
$0 ($71,478)
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SECTION TOTAL - ALL FUNDS ($4,025,574) $54,420,739

PART C

Sec. C-1. 20-A MRSA §15671, sub-§7, ¶B,  as amended by PL 2013, c. 368, Pt. C, §7, is further amended to read:

B. The annual targets for the state share percentage of the statewide adjusted total cost of the components of essential programs and services are as follows.

(1) For fiscal year 2005-06, the target is 52.6%.

(2) For fiscal year 2006-07, the target is 53.86%.

(3) For fiscal year 2007-08, the target is 53.51%.

(4) For fiscal year 2008-09, the target is 52.52%.

(5) For fiscal year 2009-10, the target is 48.93%.

(6) For fiscal year 2010-11, the target is 45.84%.

(7) For fiscal year 2011-12, the target is 46.02%.

(8) For fiscal year 2012-13, the target is 45.87%.

(9) For fiscal year 2013-14, the target is 47.29%.

(10) For fiscal year 2014-15, the target is 46.80%.

Sec. C-2. 20-A MRSA §15671, sub-§7, ¶C,  as amended by PL 2013, c. 368, Pt. C, §8, is further amended to read:

C. Beginning in fiscal year 2011-12, the annual targets for the state share percentage of the total cost of funding public education from kindergarten to grade 12 including the cost of the components of essential programs and services plus the state contributions to teacher retirement, retired teachers' health insurance and retired teachers' life insurance are as follows.

(1) For fiscal year 2011-12, the target is 49.47%.

(2) For fiscal year 2012-13, the target is 49.35%.

(3) For fiscal year 2013-14, the target is 50.44%.

(4) For fiscal year 2014-15 and succeeding years, the target is 55% 50.13%.

(5) For fiscal year 2015-16 and succeeding years, the target is 55%.

Sec. C-3. 20-A MRSA §15671-A, sub-§2, ¶B,  as amended by PL 2013, c. 368, Pt. C, §9, is further amended to read:

B. For property tax years beginning on or after April 1, 2005, the commissioner shall calculate the full-value education mill rate that is required to raise the statewide total local share. The full-value education mill rate is calculated for each fiscal year by dividing the applicable statewide total local share by the applicable statewide valuation. The full-value education mill rate must decline over the period from fiscal year 2005-06 to fiscal year 2008-09 and may not exceed 9.0 mills in fiscal year 2005-06 and may not exceed 8.0 mills in fiscal year 2008-09. The full-value education mill rate must be applied according to section 15688, subsection 3-A, paragraph A to determine a municipality's local cost share expectation. Full-value education mill rates must be derived according to the following schedule.

(1) For the 2005 property tax year, the full-value education mill rate is the amount necessary to result in a 47.4% statewide total local share in fiscal year 2005-06.

(2) For the 2006 property tax year, the full-value education mill rate is the amount necessary to result in a 46.14% statewide total local share in fiscal year 2006-07.

(3) For the 2007 property tax year, the full-value education mill rate is the amount necessary to result in a 46.49% statewide total local share in fiscal year 2007-08.

(4) For the 2008 property tax year, the full-value education mill rate is the amount necessary to result in a 47.48% statewide total local share in fiscal year 2008-09.

(4-A) For the 2009 property tax year, the full-value education mill rate is the amount necessary to result in a 51.07% statewide total local share in fiscal year 2009-10.

(4-B) For the 2010 property tax year, the full-value education mill rate is the amount necessary to result in a 54.16% statewide total local share in fiscal year 2010-11.

(4-C) For the 2011 property tax year, the full-value education mill rate is the amount necessary to result in a 53.98% statewide total local share in fiscal year 2011-12.

(5) For the 2012 property tax year, the full-value education mill rate is the amount necessary to result in a 54.13% statewide total local share in fiscal year 2012-13.

(6) For the 2013 property tax year, the full-value education mill rate is the amount necessary to result in a 52.71% statewide total local share in fiscal year 2013-14.

(7) For the 2014 property tax year and subsequent tax years, the full-value education mill rate is the amount necessary to result in a 45% 53.20% statewide total local share in fiscal year 2014-15 and after.

(8) For the 2015 property tax year and subsequent tax years, the full-value education mill rate is the amount necessary to result in a 45% statewide total local share in fiscal year 2015-16 and after.

Sec. C-4. 20-A MRSA §15681-A, sub-§4,  as amended by PL 2013, c. 368, Pt. C, §10, is further amended to read:

4. Career and technical education costs.   Career and technical education costs in the base year adjusted to the year prior to the allocation year. This subsection does not apply to the 2014-15 2015-16 funding year and thereafter; and

Sec. C-5. 20-A MRSA §15688-A, sub-§1,  as enacted by PL 2013, c. 368, Pt. C, §12, is amended to read:

1. Career and technical education costs.  Beginning in fiscal year 2014-15 2015-16, the allocation for career and technical education must be based upon a program-driven model that considers components for direct instruction, central administration, supplies, operation and maintenance of plant, other student and staff support and equipment. Monthly payments must be made directly to school administrative units with career and technical education centers and directly to career and technical education regions. If a school administrative unit with a career and technical education center or a career and technical education region has any unexpended funds at the end of the fiscal year, these funds must be carried forward for the purposes of career and technical education.

Sec. C-6. 20-A MRSA §15689-A, sub-§23,  as enacted by PL 2013, c. 368, Pt. C, §15, is amended to read:

23. Comprehensive early college programs.  The commissioner may expend and disburse up to $500,000 in fiscal year 2013-14 funds to support early college programs that:
A. Provide secondary students with the opportunity to graduate from high school in 4 years with a high school diploma and at least 30 regionally accredited transferable postsecondary credits allowing for completion of an associate degree within one additional year of postsecondary schooling;
B. Involve a high school, a career and technical education center or region and one or more institutions of higher education;
C. Organize students into cohort groups and provide them with extensive additional guidance and support throughout the program with the goals of raising aspirations, increasing employability and encouraging postsecondary degree attainment; and
D. Maintain a focus on serving students who might not otherwise pursue a postsecondary education.

Sec. C-7. Mill expectation. The mill expectation pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, section 15671-A for fiscal year 2014-15 is 8.10.

Sec. C-8. Total cost of funding public education from kindergarten to grade 12. The total cost of funding public education from kindergarten to grade 12 for fiscal year 2014-15 is as follows:

2014-15
TOTAL
Total Operating Allocation
Total operating allocation pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, section 15683 and total other subsidizable costs pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15681-A $1,830,672,878
Total Debt Service Allocation
Total debt service allocation pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, section 15683-A $90,854,708
Enhancing Student Performance and Opportunity $2,472,105
Total Adjustments and Miscellaneous Costs
Total adjustments and miscellaneous costs pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, sections 15689 and 15689-A $62,816,943
Total Normal Cost of Teacher Retirement $29,791,982
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Total Cost of Funding Public Education from Kindergarten to Grade 12
Total cost of funding public education from kindergarten to grade 12 for fiscal year 2014-15 pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, chapter 606-B $2,016,608,616
Total cost of the state contribution to teacher retirement, teacher retirement health insurance and teacher retirement life insurance for fiscal year 2014-15 pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, chapters 421 and 423 excluding the normal cost of teacher retirement $176,943,723
Adjustment pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, section 15683, subsection 2 $42,254,567
Total cost of funding public education from kindergarten to grade 12 $2,235,806,906

Sec. C-9. Local and state contributions to total cost of funding public education from kindergarten to grade 12. The local contribution and the state contribution appropriation provided for general purpose aid for local schools for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2014 and ending June 30, 2015 is calculated as follows:

2014-15 2014-15
LOCAL STATE
Local and State Contributions to the Total Cost of Funding Public Education from Kindergarten to Grade 12
Local and state contributions to the total cost of funding public education from kindergarten to grade 12 pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, section 15683, subject to statewide distributions required by law $1,072,762,508 $943,846,108
State contribution to the total cost of teacher retirement, teacher retirement health insurance and teacher retirement life insurance for fiscal year 2014-15 pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, chapters 421 and 423 $176,943,723
State contribution to the total cost of funding public education from kindergarten to grade 12 $1,120,789,831

Sec. C-10. Limit of State's obligation. If the State's continued obligation for any individual component contained in those sections of this Part that set the total cost of funding public education from kindergarten to grade 12 and the local and state contributions for that purpose exceeds the level of funding provided for that component, any unexpended balances occurring in other programs may be applied to avoid proration of payments for any individual component. Any unexpended balances from this Part may not lapse but must be carried forward for the same purpose.

Sec. C-11. Authorization of payments. Those sections of this Part that set the total cost of funding public education from kindergarten to grade 12 and the local and state contributions for that purpose may not be construed to require the State to provide payments that exceed the appropriation of funds for general purpose aid for local schools for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2014 and ending June 30, 2015.

PART D

Sec. D-1. Transfer; Dirigo Health Fund; General Fund. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the State Controller shall transfer $1,877,000 by June 30, 2015 from the Dirigo Health Fund to the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund.

PART E

Sec. E-1. PL 2009, c. 645, Pt. F, §1, sub-§§3 and 6  are amended to read:

3. Duties. The committee shall create an application for the grant for a teaching dental clinic for interested parties within 60 days of the passage of the referendum in Part D. The committee shall hold a bidders conference within 7 days following issuance of the applications, after which an applicant has 18 days to may complete and submit the application. The committee shall thereafter award the grant before March 1, 2011.

6. Completion date. The grants under subsection 5 must be awarded by December 1, 2011, and following Following disbursement of these the grants in accordance with subsection 5, the committee terminates.

Sec. E-2. PL 2013, c. 425, §4  is amended to read:

Sec. 4. Costs to the Highway Fund. Costs to the Highway Fund must be provided in all or part through a transfer of Personal Services allocations within and between departments and agencies and from the Salary Plan program, General Highway Fund account in the Department of Administrative and Financial Services in the amount of $879,796 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2014 and in the amount of $2,181,684 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2015 to implement the economic terms of the collective bargaining agreements made by the State and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, the Maine State Troopers Association, the Maine State Law Enforcement Association and, subject to ratification, the Maine State Employees Association, to provide equitable treatment of employees excluded from bargaining pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 26, section 979-A, subsection 6, paragraphs E and F and, notwithstanding Title 26, section 979-D, subsection 1, paragraph E, subparagraph (3), to implement equitable adjustments for confidential employees.

Sec. E-3. PL 2013, c. 502, Pt. H, §3  is enacted to read:

Sec. H-3. Calculation and transfer. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the State Budget Officer shall calculate the amount of savings in this Part that applies against each General Fund account for all executive branch departments and agencies from savings in section 2 of this Part and shall transfer the amounts by financial order upon the approval of the Governor. These transfers are considered adjustments to appropriations in fiscal year 2013-14. The State Budget Officer shall provide a report of the transferred amounts to the Joint Standing Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs no later than June 1, 2014.

Sec. E-4. Retroactivity. That section of this Part that amends Public Law 2009, chapter 645, Part F, section 1, subsections 3 and 6 applies retroactively to April 12, 2010.

PART F

Sec. F-1. Payments to State from Loan Insurance Reserve Fund. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Finance Authority of Maine shall transfer $1,000,000 from the Loan Insurance Reserve Fund to the State as undedicated General Fund revenue no later than June 30, 2015.

PART G

Sec. G-1. Adjustment of salary schedules for fiscal year 2014-15. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in order to implement wage parity adjustments as authorized in Public Law 2013, chapter 425, effective at the beginning of the pay week commencing closest to July 1, 2014, the salaries of certain members of the Governor's cabinet and appointees of members of the cabinet may be adjusted upward.

Sec. G-2. Adjustment of salary schedules for fiscal year 2014-15. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, effective at the beginning of the pay week commencing closest to July 1, 2014, the salaries of District Attorney positions, Assistant District Attorney positions and Assistant Attorney General positions must be adjusted upward by 4%.

Sec. G-3. Transfer from Salary Plan program and special account funding. The Salary Plan program, General Fund account within the Department of Administrative and Financial Services may be made available as needed in allotment by financial order upon the recommendation of the State Budget Officer and approval of the Governor to be used for the economic items contained in this Part and Public Law 2013, chapter 425 in fiscal year 2014-15. Transfers from the Salary Plan program to the Department of the Attorney General may not exceed $423,424 in fiscal year 2014-15. Positions supported from sources other than the General Fund and the Highway Fund must be funded from those other sources.

PART H

Sec. H-1. Personal Services balances; Maine Health Data Organization; transfers authorized. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in the 2014-2015 biennium, the Maine Health Data Organization is authorized to transfer up to $265,450 in available balances of Personal Services allocations, after all salary, benefit and other obligations are met, to the All Other line category in the Maine Health Data Organization, Other Special Revenue Funds account.

PART I

Sec. I-1. PL 2013, c. 368, Pt. YY, §1  is amended to read:

Sec. YY-1. Transfer of funds from Carrying Balances - Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, General Fund account. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the State Controller shall transfer $150,000 on or before August 1, 2013 from the Carrying Balances - Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, General Fund account to the Administrative Services - Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, General Fund account to fund security improvements permitting and renovations at the Gray development costs related to the construction of a new headquarters facility in Gray.

Sec. I-2. Retroactivity. This Part applies retroactively to June 26, 2013.

PART J

Sec. J-1. 22 MRSA §2425, sub-§8, ¶L,  as enacted by PL 2013, c. 516, §13, is amended to read:

L. Notwithstanding any provision of this subsection to the contrary, the department shall comply with Title 36, section 175. Information provided by the department pursuant to this paragraph may used by the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of Revenue Services only for the administration and enforcement of taxes imposed under Title 36.

Sec. J-2. 36 MRSA §191, sub-§3-B  is enacted to read:

3-B Additional restrictions for certain information provided by the Department of Health and Human Services.   Information provided to the assessor by the Department of Health and Human Services pursuant to section 175 and Title 22, section 2425, subsection 8, paragraph L may be used by the bureau only for the administration and enforcement of taxes imposed under this Title. These restrictions are in addition to those imposed by subsection 1.

Sec. J-3. Schedule for reporting by Department of Health and Human Services of licenses issued or renewed under the Maine Medical Use of Marijuana Act. On or before September 1, 2014, the Department of Health and Human Services shall provide to the State Tax Assessor, pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 36, section 175, the list of all licenses or certificates of authority issued or renewed by that department under Title 22, chapter 558-C during the period from April 1, 2013 to June 30, 2014. Thereafter, the department shall provide such information to the State Tax Assessor on the schedule provided by Title 36, section 175.

Sec. J-4. Effective date. Those sections of this Part that enact the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 36, section 191, subsection 3-B and amend Title 22, section 2425, subsection 8, paragraph L take effect 90 days after adjournment of the Second Regular Session of the 126th Legislature.

PART K

Sec. K-1. 36 MRSA §5219-W, sub-§1,  as amended by PL 2013, c. 502, Pt. K, §1 and affected by §2, is further amended to read:

1. Credit allowed.   Except as provided by subsection 2, a taxpayer that is a qualified Pine Tree Development Zone business as defined in Title 30-A, section 5250-I, subsection 17 is allowed a credit in the amount of:
A.  Fifty One hundred percent of the tax that would otherwise be due under this Part for each of the first 5 tax years beginning with the tax year in which the taxpayer commences its qualified business activity, as defined in Title 30-A, section 5250-I, subsection 16; and
B. For a business located in a tier 1 location, as defined in Title 30-A, section 5250-I, subsection 21-A, 25% 50% of the tax that would otherwise be due under this Part for each of the 5 tax years following the time period in paragraph A.

Sec. K-2. Application. This Part applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2014.

PART L

Sec. L-1. Transfer of excess liquor contract profit sharing. In fiscal year 2014-15, the amount by which the State's share of the final profit sharing payment based on the gross operating profit from January 1, 2014 to June 30, 2014 pursuant to the wholesale liquor distribution contract in effect for the 10-year period ending June 30, 2014 exceeds $4,857,442 must be deposited in an Other Special Revenue Funds account within the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery Operations for the purpose of funding additional liquor enforcement positions within the bureau.

PART M

Sec. M-1. 27 MRSA §83, sub-§5,  as amended by PL 2007, c. 560, §3, is further amended to read:

5. Establish fees.   To establish fees for admission to the Maine State Museum and miscellaneous services. All revenues derived from these fees must be credited as undedicated revenue to the General Fund through June 30, 2014. Beginning July 1, 2014, all revenues derived from these fees must be credited as dedicated revenue to the Maine State Museum - Operating Fund, Other Special Revenue Funds account to be used to support the operations of the Maine State Museum; and

PART N

Sec. N-1. PL 2013, c. 502, Pt. G, §2  is amended to read:

Sec. G-2. Transfers from available fiscal year 2014-15 Other Special Revenue Funds balances within Department of Professional and Financial Regulation to General Fund. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, at the close of fiscal year 2014-15, the State Controller shall transfer $2,750,000 $1,750,000 from available balances in Other Special Revenue Funds accounts within the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation to the General Fund unappropriated surplus. On or before June 30, 2015, the Commissioner of Professional and Financial Regulation shall determine from which accounts the funds must be transferred so that the sum equals $2,750,000 $1,750,000 and notify the State Controller and the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over appropriations and financial affairs of the amounts to be transferred from each account.

PART O

Sec. O-1. PL 2013, c. 368, Pt. PPPP, §2  is amended to read:

Sec. PPPP-2. Revenue Services - Bureau of; transfer to General Fund; June 30, 2014. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the State Controller shall transfer $500,000 $1,000,000 no later than June 30, 2014 from the Revenue Services - Bureau of program, Other Special Revenue Funds account in the Department of Administrative and Financial Services to the General Fund unappropriated surplus.

Sec. O-2. Lapsed balances; Maine Revenue Services, General Fund account. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the State Controller shall lapse $250,000 from the Maine Revenue Services General Fund account, Personal Services line category in the Department of Administrative and Financial Services to the General Fund unappropriated surplus no later than June 30, 2015.

PART P

Sec. P-1. 19-A MRSA §2402,  as amended by PL 2011, c. 477, Pt. L, §3, is further amended to read:

§ 2402. Dedicated funds

Except as provided in section 2103, subsections 3 and 3-A, all collections, fees and incentive payments received by the department from child support collections must be dedicated to reduce the State's General Fund share of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families and to cover the costs of making such collections. The department may not expend more than $2,786,700 $5,500,000 in any fiscal year of incentive payment revenue for the purpose of covering the costs of making child support collections.

PART Q

Sec. Q-1. Timing of MaineCare payments. Notwithstanding the provisions of the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 1553, beginning July 1, 2014 the Department of Health and Human Services shall begin planning a payment scheduling change to be implemented in fiscal year 2014-15 to revise its process for paying MaineCare providers to modify the timing of MaineCare payments to providers to extend the time between submittal of a claim by the provider and the payment of the claim by MaineCare but to still remain at least one MaineCare weekly payment cycle before the deadline for timely processing of claims requirements as specified in 42 United States Code, Section 1396a(a)(37). In implementing this Part, the department shall consider the financial ability of providers to withstand the change in timing of payments. Within this payment process change, the department may establish processes for exempting from the extension of time for payment provider groups and providers who demonstrate to the department the justifiable need for such exemption. The department shall report its progress in implementing this change and in achieving savings to the Joint Standing Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs and the Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human Services by September 30, 2014. The department shall report its progress in implementing this change and in achieving savings to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over appropriations and financial affairs and the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over health and human services matters by January 15, 2015. The department shall implement these changes in a manner that achieves the one-time 2014-15 MaineCare savings identified in section 2 of this Part.

Sec. Q-2. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF (FORMERLY DHS)

Medical Care - Payments to Providers 0147

Initiative: Reduces funding on a one-time basis as a result of modifying the timing of MaineCare payments.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
All Other
$0 ($20,000,000)
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 ($20,000,000)

FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND 2013-14 2014-15
All Other
$0 ($32,352,595)
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FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND TOTAL $0 ($32,352,595)

PART R

Sec. R-1. Review of required reports. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the judicial branch, the University of Maine System, the Maine Community College System, the Maine Maritime Academy and each quasi-independent state entity shall each prepare a list of reports that each is required to submit to the Legislature, a statement of the amount of staff time required to prepare each report and proposed legislation to repeal each reporting requirement 5 years after the effective date of this Act and submit the information to the joint standing committee of the Legislature with subject matter jurisdiction over that entity by January 9, 2015.

Sec. R-2. Report recommendations. Each joint standing committee of the Legislature having subject matter jurisdiction over an entity providing a report pursuant to section 1 shall review the information provided and determine the need to either continue or repeal the report requirement. Each joint standing committee is authorized to report out legislation to implement its recommendations related to the report to the First Regular Session of the 127th Legislature.

PART S

Sec. S-1. MaineCare reimbursement for adults with intellectual disabilities; medical add-on. The Department of Health and Human Services may not eliminate reimbursement for the medical add-on in the MaineCare Benefits Manual, Chapter III, Section 21 and Section 29 until the report required by Public Law 2013, chapter 368, Part NN has been submitted by the department to the joint standing committees of the Legislature pursuant to that Part and new rules adopted.

PART T

Sec. T-1. 36 MRSA §5125, sub-§4,  as enacted by PL 2013, c. 368, Pt. TT, §11 and affected by §20, is amended to read:

4. Limitation.  The total itemized deductions from Maine adjusted gross income claimed on a return may not exceed $27,500 , except the limitation does not apply to medical and dental expenses included in an individual's itemized deductions from federal adjusted gross income.

Sec. T-2. Application. This Part applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2014.

Sec. T-3. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF

Revenue Services, Bureau of 0002

Initiative: Provides an allocation of contingent-fee funding for contractor-provided automated tax collection functions, including but not limited to placing levies, verifying taxpayer addresses and collection priority scoring.

OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 2013-14 2014-15
All Other
$0 $2,000,000
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OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL $0 $2,000,000

Revenue Services, Bureau of 0002

Initiative: Provides an allocation of contingent-fee funding for contracted tax collection services to enable the contractor to hire 8 additional collectors and to fund overtime for additional collection services.

OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 2013-14 2014-15
All Other
$0 $600,000
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OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL $0 $600,000

ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 2013-14 2014-15
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS
$0 $2,600,000
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DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS $0 $2,600,000

PART U

Sec. U-1. 7 MRSA §3950, first ¶,  as amended by PL 1991, c. 779, §40, is further amended to read:

Each municipality is empowered to adopt or retain more stringent ordinances, laws or regulations dealing with the subject matter of this chapter, including the establishment of fees necessary and appropriate to finance the cost of animal control services, except that municipalities may not adopt breed-specific ordinances, laws or regulations. Any less restrictive municipal ordinances, laws or regulations are invalid and of no force and effect.

Sec. U-2. 8 MRSA c. 1,  as amended, is repealed.

Sec. U-3. 8 MRSA c. 17,  as amended, is repealed.

Sec. U-4. 8 MRSA c. 19,  as amended, is repealed.

Sec. U-5. 8 MRSA §658,  as amended by PL 1979, c. 127, §48, is further amended to read:

§ 658. Unincorporated places

County commissioners within their counties and counties within their limits shall respectively exercise over unincorporated places all the powers of municipal officers and towns under chapters 1, 3, 7 and 17 18 to 25.

Sec. U-6. 8 MRSA §701,  as amended by PL 1979, c. 127, §49, is further amended to read:

§ 701. Jurisdiction

All penalties provided in chapters 1, 3, 7 and 17 18 to 25 , except that specified in section 502, shall must be recovered by complaint for the use of the town where incurred.

Sec. U-7. 10 MRSA c. 501, sub-c. 4,  as amended, is repealed.

Sec. U-8. 22 MRSA §1607,  as amended by PL 2005, c. 563, §15, is further amended to read:

§ 1607. Application

This chapter does not apply to fairs licensed, defined and regulated under Title 7, chapter 4, or military activities. It does not apply to persons, associations, corporations, trusts or partnerships licensed under Title 8, chapters chapter 11 and 19.

Sec. U-9. 30-A MRSA §3781,  as enacted by PL 1987, c. 737, Pt. A, §2 and Pt. C, §106 and amended by PL 1989, c. 6; c. 9, §2; and c. 104, Pt. C, §§8 and 10, is further amended to read:

§ 3781. License requirements

No person A retail establishment located in a municipality that has adopted a licensing ordinance pursuant to this section may not offer for sale a stock of goods, wares or merchandise under the designation of "closing-out sale," "going out of business sale," "discontinuance of business sale," "entire stock must go," "must sell to the bare walls" or other designation which that states, directly or by implication, an intent of that person to dispose of the entire stock of goods with a view to permanently terminating further business after that disposal is complete, unless the person complies with the following requirements.

1. Inventory license.   Before the disposal sale begins, the person must obtain a license to conduct the sale from the municipal officers of the municipality in which the sale will be conducted or other designated licensing official as provided by ordinance.
A. The person must apply to the municipal officers or designated licensing official for the license under oath. The application must contain a complete inventory of all items to be included in the sale and must be accompanied by the payment of a license fee set by the municipal officers ordinance. The applicant must affirm, in writing and under oath, to the municipal officers or designated licensing official that no merchandise will not be included in the stock offered for sale unless the merchandise is in or at the place of business where the sale will take place when the sale opens. Any unusual purchases and additions to the stock of goods, wares or merchandise made within 60 days before the filing of an application for a license is prima facie evidence that the purchases and additions were made in contemplation of the sale.

(1) If the applicant has been in the same business for which the sale is being conducted for less than 2 years of continuous operation in the municipality, the applicant must also affirm, in writing and under oath, that none of the merchandise was purchased before the sale opened for the purpose of selling and disposing of that merchandise at the sale.

B. The license is valid for 60 days from the date of issuance, unless revoked under subsection 3. The validity of the license may be extended for 60 additional days if the licensee provides an affidavit to the municipal officers or designated licensing official stating that all goods, wares or merchandise listed in the inventory have not been disposed of within the original 60-day period.
2. License issued; records preserved.   The municipal officers or designated licensing official shall immediately issue the license upon compliance with this section. The municipal officers municipality shall preserve all applications for licenses and other papers filed in connection with an application as a public record in their the municipal office for 5 years. They shall endorse the dates of filing and the granting or denial of the license on those papers and shall make an abstract of any other proceedings taken in connection with the application.
3. Revocation; prior violations; suspension.   The municipal officers or designated licensing official shall revoke any license issued under this subchapter if the licensee is convicted of violating violates this section . The municipal officers or a licensing ordinance adopted pursuant to this section and may refuse to issue another license to any applicant who has been convicted adjudicated of violating this section or a licensing ordinance before the date of application. If any person convicted adjudicated of any violation of this section appeals the decision or sentence of the trial court, that person's license shall must be suspended while the appeal is pending in the appellate court.

Sec. U-10. 30-A MRSA c. 183, sub-c. 8  is enacted to read:

SUBCHAPTER 8

RECREATIONAL BUSINESS ACTIVITIES

§ 3981 Licensing recreational business activities

Pursuant to its home rule authority and for the purpose of protecting the safety, health and welfare of the general public, a municipality may establish by ordinance licensing procedures, standards and appropriate fees to cover the costs of administration, regulation and enforcement of recreational business activities including without limitation the activities of bowling alleys, shooting galleries, pool, bagatelle and billiard rooms, pinball machine arcades, public exhibitions and roller-skating and ice-skating rinks.

Sec. U-11. 32 MRSA §15102, sub-§1, ¶E,  as amended by PL 2013, c. 70, Pt. C, §7, is further amended to read:

E. Steam heating boilers, hot water heating boilers and hot water supply boilers , except boilers located in schoolhouses or boilers owned by municipalities, constructed and installed in accordance with the rules adopted by the director; or

Sec. U-12. State-local Intergovernmental Working Group; established. The Commissioner of Administrative and Financial Services, referred to in this Part as "the commissioner," in consultation with the Maine Municipal Association and the commissioners of all state agencies responsible for the implementation of municipally performed state-mandated activities, shall establish the State-local Intergovernmental Working Group, referred to in this Part as "the working group." The working group must include the commissioner or the commissioner's designee and no more than 6 municipal officials recommended by the Maine Municipal Association. The purpose of the working group is to establish a 2-way communication system between the state agencies responsible for oversight of municipally performed state-mandated activities and the municipalities that perform the mandated activities with the goal of establishing more efficient, effective and cost-effective approaches to the implementation and administration of the mandated activities. The working group shall meet periodically, at the call of the commissioner, to address the implementation of one or more specifically identified state mandates, including without limitation the several issues specifically identified as deserving review in the final report of the mandate working group as established by Public Law 2013, chapter 368, Part WW, section 1. No later than January 15th of each even-numbered year, the commissioner shall report on the working group's activities, along with any recommendations and suggested implementing legislation, to the joint standing committees of the Legislature having jurisdiction over appropriations and financial affairs and state and local government matters.

This section is repealed January 1, 2019.

Sec. U-13. Report. The joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over state and local government matters is authorized to report out legislation related to the recommendations of the final report of the mandate working group, as authorized by Public Law 2013, chapter 368, Part WW, section 2 and submitted to the Joint Standing Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs February 4, 2014, to the First Regular Session of the 127th Legislature.

PART V

Sec. V-1. 36 MRSA §4641-B, sub-§4-B, ¶D,  as amended by PL 2013, c. 368, Pt. U, §1, is further amended to read:

D. In fiscal year 2014-15, the Treasurer of State shall credit the revenues derived from the tax imposed pursuant to section 4641-A, subsection 1 in accordance with this paragraph.

(1) At the beginning of the fiscal year, the Maine State Housing Authority shall certify to the Treasurer of State the amount that is necessary and sufficient to meet the authority's obligations relating to bonds issued or planned to be issued by the authority under Title 30-A, section 4864.

(2) On a monthly basis the Treasurer of State shall apply 50% of the revenues in accordance with this subparagraph. The Treasurer of State shall first pay revenues available under this subparagraph to the Maine State Housing Authority, which shall deposit the funds in the Maine Energy, Housing and Economic Recovery Fund established in Title 30-A, section 4863, until the amount paid equals the amount certified by the Maine State Housing Authority under subparagraph (1), after which the Treasurer of State shall credit any remaining revenues available under this subparagraph to the General Fund.

(3) On a monthly basis the Treasurer of State shall apply 50% of the revenues in accordance with this subparagraph. The Treasurer of State shall first credit $4,038,104 $5,038,104 of the revenues available under this subparagraph to the General Fund, after which the Treasurer of State shall pay any remaining revenues available under this subparagraph to the Maine State Housing Authority, which shall deposit the funds in the Housing Opportunities for Maine Fund created in Title 30-A, section 4853.

PART W

Sec. W-1. MaineCare program integrity. The Department of Health and Human Services shall evaluate and improve its MaineCare program integrity processes to increase MaineCare recoveries and reduce MaineCare costs. In implementing this Part, the department shall establish specific goals and performance measures for its existing staff and vendors to achieve additional MaineCare recoveries and savings. For the purpose of this Part, program integrity processes include but are not limited to provider audits, including hospital diagnosis-related group audits; fraud referrals; 3rd-party liability activities; credit balance audits; and corrections to deficiencies in computer systems maintained by the department and its vendors.

Sec. W-2. MaineCare program integrity resources. In evaluating its MaineCare program integrity processes under section 1 of this Part, the department shall assess the need for additional MaineCare resources to meet the goals and performance measures for recoveries and savings identified in section 4 of this Part. If the department determines that additional resources are needed, the department is authorized to use the additional funding provided in section 4 of this Part to contract with additional vendors, to modify contracts with existing vendors and to secure additional staffing on a limited-period basis.

Sec. W-3. Reporting. The Department of Health and Human Services shall report its progress in implementing this Part in achieving MaineCare recoveries and savings to the Joint Standing Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs and the Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human Services by September 30, 2014 and to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over appropriations and financial affairs and the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over health and human services matters by January 15, 2015.

Sec. W-4. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF (FORMERLY DHS)

Medical Care - Payments to Providers 0147

Initiative: Reduces funding due to increased recoveries and savings from enhanced program integrity activities.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
All Other
$0 ($3,500,000)
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 ($3,500,000)

FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND 2013-14 2014-15
All Other
$0 ($5,661,704)
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FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND TOTAL $0 ($5,661,704)

Office of MaineCare Services 0129

Initiative: Provides funding to increase MaineCare program integrity resources.

GENERAL FUND 2013-14 2014-15
All Other
$0 $500,000
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 $500,000

FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND 2013-14 2014-15
All Other
$0 $500,000
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FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND TOTAL $0 $500,000

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF (FORMERLY DHS)
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 2013-14 2014-15
GENERAL FUND
$0 ($3,000,000)
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND
$0 ($5,161,704)
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DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS $0 ($8,161,704)

PART X

Sec. X-1. PL 2013, c. 368, Pt. S, §9  is repealed.

Sec. X-2. Fiscal year 2013-14 year-end unappropriated surplus, 4th priority transfer. The State Controller, at the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 2014, as the next priority after the transfers authorized pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, sections 1507, 1511 and 1522 and after all required deductions of appropriations, budgeted financial commitments and adjustments considered necessary by the State Controller have been made, shall transfer from the available balance of the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund up to $20,000,000 to a General Fund reserve account established by the State Controller to reserve General Fund resources for future funding needs. Transfers from the reserve account may be authorized only by the Legislature. Any remaining balance in the reserve account at the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 2015 must be transferred by the State Controller to the Maine Budget Stabilization Fund established by Title 5, section 1532.

PART Y

Sec. Y-1. PL 2013, c. 502, Pt. A, §1, under the caption “HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF (FORMERLY DHS)” in the first occurrence of that part relating to “Medical Use of Marijuana Fund Z118” is amended by amending the initiative paragraph to read:

Initiative: Provides funding to align allocations with existing resources and support a memorandum of understanding with the Department of Public Safety to ensure proper administration of the program by appropriately expanding technology and to develop regulatory oversight and enforcement.

PART Z

Sec. Z-1. Vacancy review and lapsed savings. The Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of the Budget shall conduct a review of vacant General Fund positions for the purpose of identifying total savings in the Personal Services line category equal to $599,533 in fiscal year 2014-15. The Commissioner of Administrative and Financial Services shall submit a report to the Joint Standing Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs by July 1, 2014 with recommendations for the vacant General Fund positions that must be administratively held vacant during fiscal year 2014-15 to achieve the target level of savings and include the amounts of savings for the affected General Fund accounts. On or before August 1, 2014, the State Controller shall lapse the Personal Services savings identified in the commissioner’s report from these General Fund accounts to the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund.

Sec. Z-2. Department of Corrections; work release. The Department of Corrections shall change the term of work release from 12 months to 18 months prior to prisoner release.

Sec. Z-3. Payments to Quality Child Care Education Scholarship Fund. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Finance Authority of Maine shall transfer the remaining balance in the Quality Child Care Education Scholarship Fund established in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, section 11670 to the State as undedicated Fund for a Healthy Maine revenue no later than June 30, 2015.

Emergency clause. In view of the emergency cited in the preamble, this legislation takes effect when approved, except as otherwise indicated.

SUMMARY

PART A

This Part includes appropriations and allocations in response to the recommendations of the Governor's Office of Policy and Management pursuant to Public Law 2013, chapter 368, Part F.

PART B

This Part makes supplemental appropriations and allocations.

PART C

This Part establishes the total cost of public education from kindergarten to grade 12 for fiscal year 2014-15, the local and state contributions and the annual target state share percentage.

PART D

This Part transfers $1,877,000 in fiscal year 2014-15 from the Dirigo Health Fund to the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund.

PART E

This Part removes certain dates relating to the grant application and award process that were not met by the Oral Health Advisory Committee and applies these changes retroactively to the effective date of the law that established the dates. It also makes a correction to Public Law 2013, chapter 425 to properly reference the Highway Fund rather than the General Fund. It also adds a calculation and transfer provision so that the savings identified in Public Law 2013, chapter 502, Part H related to health insurance savings can be distributed to General Fund accounts from the statewide deappropriation.

PART F

This Part requires the Finance Authority of Maine to transfer $1,000,000 from the Loan Insurance Reserve Fund to the State as undedicated General Fund revenue no later than June 30, 2015.

PART G

This Part authorizes the adjustment of salary schedules in order to implement wage parity as authorized in Public Law 2013, chapter 425. This Part also adjusts the salaries of District Attorney positions, Assistant District Attorney positions and Assistant Attorney General positions upward by 4%. It also authorizes transfers from the Salary Plan program for these purposes and limits the amount available for transfer to the Department of the Attorney General to $423,424 in fiscal year 2014-15.

PART H

This Part authorizes the Maine Health Data Organization to transfer up to $265,450 in available Personal Services balances to All Other in the Maine Health Data Organization, Other Special Revenue Funds account during the 2014-2015 biennium.

PART I

This Part changes the use of the transfer from the Carrying Balances - Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, General Fund account in the biennial budget, Public Law 2013, chapter 368, Part YY, from funding security improvements and renovations at the Gray headquarters facility to funding permitting and development costs associated with the construction of a new headquarters facility in Gray.

PART J

This Part clarifies that the information provided by the Department of Health and Human Services to the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of Revenue Services under the Maine Medical Use of Marijuana Act may be used by the bureau only for the administration and enforcement of taxes imposed under the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 36. It also provides a one-time special reporting date for the Department of Health and Human Services to provide the required information to the State Tax Assessor.

PART K

Public Law 2013, chapter 502, Part K reduced the income tax credit for qualified Pine Tree Development Zone businesses by 50%. This Part restores the income tax credit to the percentages in effect prior to the changes made by Public Law 2013, chapter 502, Part K.

PART L

This Part sets aside any profit sharing payments from the wholesale liquor distribution contract that ends June 30, 2014 in excess of budgeted amounts for the final profit sharing payment into an Other Special Revenue Funds account in the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery Operations for the purpose of funding additional liquor enforcement positions.

PART M

This Part provides that revenue generated from fees for admission to the Maine State Museum and miscellaneous services be deposited into a dedicated Other Special Revenue Funds account instead of to the General Fund, beginning in fiscal year 2014-15, to support the operations of the Maine State Museum.

PART N

This Part reduces the amount of funds that must be transferred from available balances in the Other Special Revenue Funds accounts within the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation to the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund by $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2014-15.

PART O

This Part amends Public Law 2013, chapter 368, Part PPPP to increase the amount of the transfer to the General Fund unappropriated surplus from the Revenue Services - Bureau of program, Other Special Revenue Funds account from $500,000 to $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2013-14. It also requires the State Controller to lapse to the General Fund unappropriated surplus from the Maine Revenue Services, General Fund account $250,000 no later than June 30, 2015.

PART P

This Part increases the cap from $2,786,700 to $5,500,000 in any fiscal year of incentive payment revenue that may be expended for the purpose of covering the costs of making child support collections.

PART Q

This Part requires the Department of Health and Human Services to modify the timing of MaineCare payments to achieve one-time savings.

PART R

This Part requires the judicial branch, the University of Maine System, the Maine Community College System, the Maine Maritime Academy and each quasi-independent state entity each to prepare a list of reports that each is required to submit to the Legislature, a statement of the amount of staff time required to prepare each report and proposed legislation to repeal each reporting requirement 5 years after the effective date of this legislation and submit the information to the joint standing committee of the Legislature with subject matter jurisdiction over that entity by January 9, 2015.

This Part also requires each joint standing committee of the Legislature having subject matter jurisdiction over an entity providing a report to review the information provided and determine the need to either continue or repeal the reporting requirement. Each joint standing committee is authorized to report out legislation to implement its recommendations related to the report to the First Regular Session of the 127th Legislature.

PART S

This Part prohibits the Department of Health and Human Services from eliminating reimbursement for the medical add-on in the MaineCare Benefits Manual, Chapter III, Section 21 and Section 29 until the report required by Public Law 2013, chapter 368, Part NN has been submitted by the department to the joint standing committees of the Legislature pursuant to that Part and new rules adopted.

PART T

This Part removes from the cap on total itemized deductions medical and dental expenses included in an individual's itemized deductions from federal adjusted gross income for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2014. It also provides allocations to the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of Revenue Services to increase contingent-fee funding for contracted tax collection services to hire 8 additional collectors and improve automated collection functions.

PART U

This Part makes changes to laws relating to mandates imposed on municipalities by the State.

It amends the law governing dog licensing and animal control ordinances to clarify that a municipality may impose fees necessary and appropriate to finance the cost of animal control services. It repeals the law requiring the local appointment of an inspector of weights and measures. It also amends the law governing the exempting of certain owners of boilers from the laws governing boilers and pressure vessels generally, including from certain state fees, to exempt also municipalities and schools.

It repeals laws requiring municipalities to administer licensing programs for a range of recreational business activities, such as bowling, billiards and roller skating. Instead, it authorizes the municipal licensing of these activities pursuant to ordinances adopted under municipal home rule authority. It also amends the statute governing the licensing of going-out-of-business sales to establish those licensing requirements only in municipalities that choose to adopt such a licensing ordinance.

It creates the State-local Intergovernmental Working Group for the purpose of establishing a 2-way communication system between the state agencies responsible for the oversight of municipally performed state-mandated activities and the municipalities that perform the mandated activities with the goal of establishing more efficient, effective and cost-effective approaches to the implementation and administration of the mandated activities. The working group is required to meet periodically and report to the joint standing committees of the Legislature having jurisdiction over appropriations and financial affairs and state and local government matters in 2016 and 2018.

It authorizes the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over state and local government matters to report out legislation relating to the final report of the mandate working group to the First Regular Session of the 127th Legislature.

PART V

This Part increases the General Fund share of the real estate transfer tax by $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2014-15 the result of which is a like decrease in the amount transferred to the Housing Opportunities for Maine Fund.

PART W

This Part directs the Department of Health and Human Services to evaluate and improve its MaineCare program integrity processes to achieve additional MaineCare recoveries and savings.

PART X

This Part amends the fiscal year 2013-14 year-end distribution of the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund to replace the existing 4th priority transfer, which is no longer necessary, with a new 4th priority transfer of an amount up to $20,000,000 to a General Fund reserve account established for future funding needs. Funds from the reserve account for future funding needs may be transferred only by the Legislature, and any balance not transferred and remaining in the account at the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 2015 must be transferred by the State Controller to the Maine Budget Stabilization Fund.

PART Y

This Part clarifies the use of funding being provided to the Department of Health and Human Services for the Maine Medical Use of Marijuana Act.

PART Z

This Part requires the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of the Budget to conduct a review of vacant General Fund positions for the purpose of identifying total savings in the Personal Services line category equal to $599,533 in fiscal year 2014-15. The Commissioner of Administrative and Financial Services must provide to the Joint Standing Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs a report of the positions that must be administratively held vacant during fiscal year 2014-15 to achieve the identified savings and the General Fund accounts affected. On or before August 1, 2014, the State Controller shall lapse the identified savings to the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund from the accounts identified in the report.

This Part also requires the Department of Corrections to increase the term of work release from 12 months to 18 months prior to prisoner release, resulting in an increase in General Fund revenue.

This Part requires the Finance Authority of Maine to transfer the remaining balance in the Quality Child Care Education Scholarship Fund to the State as undedicated Fund for a Healthy Maine revenue no later than June 30, 2015.

FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED
(See attached)


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