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An Act To Improve Education about and Awareness of Maine's Health Laws and Resources
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.
 
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF (FORMERLY BDS)
 
Office of Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 0679
 
Initiative: Allocates funds on a one-time basis for education and outreach on marijuana use and its impact on youth based on the office's marijuana workgroup's recommendations.

FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE	2013-14	2014-15	
All Other	$0	$150,000	
			
FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE TOTAL	$0	$150,000	

Office of Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 0679
 
Initiative: Allocates funds on a one-time basis to fund community health coalitions to improve school tobacco and substance abuse policies to meet standards of the federal Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE	2013-14	2014-15	
All Other	$0	$60,000	
			
FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE TOTAL	$0	$60,000	

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF (FORMERLY BDS)			
DEPARTMENT TOTALS	2013-14	2014-15	
			
FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE	$0	$210,000	
			
DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS	$0	$210,000	

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF (FORMERLY DHS)
 
Community Family Planning 0466
 
Initiative: Allocates funds on a one-time basis for an education and outreach campaign to reach newly insured and uninsured individuals in need of family planning and reproductive health care services.

FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE	2013-14	2014-15	
All Other	$0	$85,000	
			
FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE TOTAL	$0	$85,000	

Head Start 0545
 
Initiative: Allocates funds on a one-time basis to provide touchpoint training to Head Start and child care providers to improve care and family education.

FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE	2013-14	2014-15	
All Other	$0	$750,000	
			
FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE TOTAL	$0	$750,000	

Low-cost Drugs To Maine's Elderly 0202
 
Initiative: Allocates funds on a one-time basis for access to transitional assistance for Medicare Savings Program members who are losing state assistance with Medicare Part D plan selection.

FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE	2013-14	2014-15	
All Other	$0	$275,000	
			
FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE TOTAL	$0	$275,000	

Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention 0143
 
Initiative: Allocates funds on a one-time basis to the Tobacco Prevention and Control account for evidence-based outreach campaigns on current tobacco laws and cessation benefits.

FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE	2013-14	2014-15	
All Other	$0	$475,000	
			
FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE TOTAL	$0	$475,000	

Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention 0143
 
Initiative: Allocates funds on a one-time basis to the Tobacco Prevention and Control account for evidence-based community health coalition outreach on current tobacco laws and for evidence-based community health coalition outreach to the substance abuse and behavioral health community on tobacco cessation and policies.

FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE	2013-14	2014-15	
All Other	$0	$486,000	
			
FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE TOTAL	$0	$486,000	

Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention 0143
 
Initiative: Allocates funds on a one-time basis to the Tobacco Prevention and Control account for evidence-based tobacco cessation outreach in one urban and one rural county performed by community health coalitions.

FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE	2013-14	2014-15	
All Other	$0	$200,000	
			
FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE TOTAL	$0	$200,000	

Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention 0143
 
Initiative: Allocates funds on a one-time basis to the Community/Schools Grants and Statewide Coordination account for outreach campaigns on the impact of food and beverage choices on obesity.

FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE	2013-14	2014-15	
All Other	$0	$410,000	
			
FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE TOTAL	$0	$410,000	

Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention 0143
 
Initiative: Allocates funds on a one-time basis to the Community/Schools Grants and Statewide Coordination account for physical activity and nutrition education outreach for child care providers.

FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE	2013-14	2014-15	
All Other	$0	$126,000	
			
FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE TOTAL	$0	$126,000	

Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention 0143
 
Initiative: Allocates funds on a one-time basis to the Home Visits account for tablet computers and Internet access to monitor and enhance the effectiveness and the safety of home visitors.

FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE	2013-14	2014-15	
All Other	$0	$140,000	
			
FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE TOTAL	$0	$140,000	

Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention 0143
 
Initiative: Allocates funds on a one-time basis to the Oral Health account to provide dental services to children in the Portland Public Schools' school-based health centers.

FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE	2013-14	2014-15	
All Other	$0	$90,000	
			
FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE TOTAL	$0	$90,000	

Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention 0143
 
Initiative: Allocates funds on a one-time basis to the Oral Health account to provide 250 uninsured Maine adults with oral health treatment and to collect data to better inform future care.

FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE	2013-14	2014-15	
All Other	$0	$500,000	
			
FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE TOTAL	$0	$500,000	

Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention 0143
 
Initiative: Allocates funds on a one-time basis to the Oral Health account to fund a pilot program with federally qualified health centers to prevent oral disease and tobacco use in young families.

FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE	2013-14	2014-15	
All Other	$0	$246,000	
			
FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE TOTAL	$0	$246,000	

Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention 0143
 
Initiative: Allocates funds on a one-time basis to the Community/Schools Grants and Statewide Coordination account to enhance the school-based health center model through a study of the operational needs of school-based health centers sponsored by federally qualified health centers or hospital-based practices.

FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE	2013-14	2014-15	
All Other	$0	$65,000	
			
FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE TOTAL	$0	$65,000	

Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention 0143
 
Initiative: Allocates funds on a one-time basis to the Community/Schools Grants and Statewide Coordination account for a pilot program to develop a sustainable school health coordinator system.

FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE	2013-14	2014-15	
All Other	$0	$300,000	
			
FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE TOTAL	$0	$300,000	

Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention 0143
 
Initiative: Allocates funds on a one-time basis to the Oral Health account to increase access to health care for adolescents and children through mobile health.

FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE	2013-14	2014-15	
All Other	$0	$320,000	
			
FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE TOTAL	$0	$320,000	

Office of MaineCare Services 0129
 
Initiative: Allocates funds on a one-time basis for an analysis of General Fund savings resulting from an expansion of MaineCare eligibility authorized under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE	2013-14	2014-15	
All Other	$0	$300,000	
			
FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE TOTAL	$0	$300,000	

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF (FORMERLY DHS)			
DEPARTMENT TOTALS	2013-14	2014-15	
			
FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE	$0	$4,768,000	
			
DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS	$0	$4,768,000	

SECTION TOTALS	2013-14	2014-15	
			
FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE	$0	$4,978,000	
			
SECTION TOTAL - ALL FUNDS	$0	$4,978,000	

SUMMARY
Under the provisions of State of Maine v. Philip Morris, et al., Kennebec County Superior Court, Docket No. CV-97-134, Maine will receive a one-time disbursement. Allocations from or in relation to this lawsuit are, pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 22, section 1511, limited to the prevention and health promotion purposes of smoking prevention, cessation and control activities, including, but not limited to, reducing smoking among the children of the State; prevention, education and treatment activities concerning unhealthy weight and obesity; prenatal and young children's care including home visits and support for parents of children from birth to 6 years of age; child care for children up to 15 years of age, including after-school care; health care for children and adults, maximizing to the extent possible federal matching funds; prescription drugs for adults who are elderly or disabled, maximizing to the extent possible federal matching funds; dental and oral health care to low-income persons who lack adequate dental coverage; substance abuse prevention and treatment; and comprehensive school health and nutrition programs, including school-based health centers.
This bill allocates funds from the disbursement in accordance with Title 22, section 1511 for smoking prevention and health promotion programs, such as education regarding the use of marijuana, the improvement of tobacco and substance abuse policies, an education campaign regarding family planning and reproductive health and grants for an outreach campaign on the impact of food and beverage choices on obesity.