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Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following:
‘An Act To Improve Education about and Awareness of Maine's Health Laws and Resources and To Increase the Reimbursement Rate for Adult Day Services’
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the summary and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 1. Transfer; Fund for a Healthy Maine; General Fund. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the State Controller shall transfer $175,032 from the Fund for a Healthy Maine to the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund no later than June 30, 2015.
Sec. 2. Department of Health and Human Services directed to increase reimbursement rates for adult day services. The Department of Health and Human Services shall increase reimbursement rates for adult day services programs in Chapter 101: MaineCare Benefits Manual, Chapter II, Sections 19 and 26 and Chapter 5: Office of Elder Services Policy Manual, Sections 61 and 63 to $12 per hour beginning July 1, 2014.
Sec. 3. 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)
 
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 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 Community/Schools Grants and Statewide Coordination 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	

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF (FORMERLY DHS)			
DEPARTMENT TOTALS	2013-14	2014-15	
			
FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE	$0	$3,493,000	
			
DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS	$0	$3,493,000	

SECTION TOTALS	2013-14	2014-15	
			
FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE	$0	$3,703,000	
			
SECTION TOTAL - ALL FUNDS	$0	$3,703,000	
 
Sec. 4. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.
 
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF (FORMERLY DHS)
 
Long Term Care - Office of Aging and Disability Services 0420
 
Initiative: Appropriates funds for an increase in the reimbursement rate for adult day services to $12 per hour beginning July 1, 2014.

GENERAL FUND	2013-14	2014-15	
All Other	$0	$57,095	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$0	$57,095	

Medical Care - Payments to Providers 0147
 
Initiative: Appropriates and allocates funds for an increase in the reimbursement rate for adult day services to $12 per hour beginning July 1, 2014.

GENERAL FUND	2013-14	2014-15	
All Other	$0	$46,416	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$0	$46,416	

FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND	2013-14	2014-15	
All Other	$0	$75,109	
			
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND TOTAL	$0	$75,109	

Office of Aging and Disability Services Central Office 0140
 
Initiative: Appropriates funds for an increase in the reimbursement rate for adult day services to $12 per hour beginning July 1, 2014.

GENERAL FUND	2013-14	2014-15	
All Other	$0	$71,521	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$0	$71,521	

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF (FORMERLY DHS)			
DEPARTMENT TOTALS	2013-14	2014-15	
			
GENERAL FUND	$0	$175,032	
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND	$0	$75,109	
			
DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS	$0	$250,141	
 
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SUMMARY
This amendment transfers funds from the Fund for a Healthy Maine to the General Fund and directs the Department of Health and Human Services to increase reimbursement rates for adult day services programs. It eliminates the increases in allocations for 4 programs.
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED
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