HP1144
LD 1558
First Regular Session - 125th Maine Legislature
C "A", Filing Number H-417, Sponsored by
LR 2152
Item 2
Bill Tracking, Additional Documents Chamber Status

Amend the resolve in section 2 in subsection 1 by striking out all of paragraph B (page 1, lines 12 to 20 in L.D.) and inserting the following:

B. Appoint one person representing municipal public health departments and one person representing a major voluntary nonprofit health organization; and

Amend the resolve in section 2 in subsection 2 by striking out all of paragraph B (page 1, lines 27 to 31 in L.D.) and inserting the following:

B. One person representing a statewide organization of public health professionals, one person representing a public health organization or agency operating in a rural community, one person representing the organizations providing services supported by funds from the Fund for a Healthy Maine and one person who possesses expertise in the subject matter of the study under this resolve; and be it further

Amend the resolve in section 6 in subsection 4 in the 2nd line (page 2, line 21 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "among existing and new programs"

Amend the resolve by striking out all of sections 7 and 8 and inserting the following:

Sec. 7. Cooperation. Resolved: That the Commissioner of Administrative and Financial Services, the Commissioner of Education, the Commissioner of Health and Human Services and the Director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention within the Department of Health and Human Services shall provide information and data to the commission as necessary for its work; and be it further

Sec. 8. Staff assistance. Resolved: That the Legislative Council shall provide necessary staffing services to the commission; and be it further

Sec. 9. Report. Resolved: That, no later than December 7, 2011, the commission shall submit a report that includes its findings and recommendations, including suggested legislation, to the Joint Standing Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs and the Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human Services.’

Amend the resolve by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section number to read consecutively.

SUMMARY

This amendment is the majority report of the committee. It changes the membership of the resolve's Commission To Study Allocations of the Fund for a Healthy Maine. It makes a minor clarification in the section on the duties of the commission and requires state agencies to provide information and data to the commission.


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