126th MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 1802		LR 2772(03)
	An Act To Allocate a Portion of the Reed Act Distribution of 2002 To Use for the Administration of the Unemployment Insurance and Employment Services Programs
	Fiscal Note for Bill as Engrossed with: C "A" (S-437)
	Committee: Labor, Commerce, Research and Economic Development
Fiscal Note
			FY 2013-14	FY 2014-15	Projections  FY 2015-16	Projections  FY 2016-17
Appropriations/Allocations
	Federal Expenditures Fund		$0	$2,018,071	$2,076,315	$1,850,913
Revenue
	Federal Expenditures Fund		$0	$2,499,991	$2,558,235	$2,320,844
	Other Funds		$0	($2,499,991)	($2,558,235)	($2,320,844)
Transfers
	Federal Expenditures Fund		$0	($146,920)	($146,920)	($134,931)
	Other Special Revenue Funds		$0	$146,920	$146,920	$134,931
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	This bill includes a Federal Expenditures Fund allocation of $2,018,071 in fiscal year 2014-15 to the Department of Labor associated with distribution of a portion of the 2002 Reed Act funds to be used to maintain and operate the State's unemployment and employment programs.   The amount of Reed Act funds anticipated to be transferred to the Department of Labor is $2,499,991 in fiscal year 2014-15, $2,558,235 in fiscal year 2015-16 and $2,320,844 in fiscal year 2016-17 for the continued support of the State's employment and unemployment offices.  Beyond fiscal year 2016-17, the department expects to draw down approximately $1,700,000 per year until the balance of the $17,500,000 in Reed Act funds authorized for use by this legislation has been transferred, anticipated to be by the end of calendar year 2023.
	The allocation of $2,018,071 is to the Employment Security Services program in the Department of Labor for 10 Claims Adjudicator positions, 10 Customer Representative Specialist - Benefits positions, 4 Hearings Examiner positions and related all other costs to address understaffing in the areas of claims processing, adjudication and appeals.
	Of the remaining $481,920 in Reed Act funds expected to be transferred to the Department of Labor in fiscal year 2014-15, $50,000 will be used to support the cost for existing staff in the Center for Workforce Research and Information to conduct research and analysis targeted at re-employment issues, $285,000 will be used to support the costs of certain existing staff in the Bureau of Employment Services to make technological improvements to the case-management system, the Maine Job Bank and the online service delivery system and $146,920 will be transferred to the Department of Labor, Office of the Commissioner’s Special Revenue account to cover its share of the department’s associated indirect costs in accordance with the federally approved indirect cost plan.