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Amend the resolve by striking out the title and substituting the following:
‘Resolve, To Continue the Work of Preventing the Onset of Severe Mental Illness in Youth’
Amend the resolve in the emergency preamble in the 4th paragraph after the title in the first and 2nd lines (page 1, lines 7 and 8 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "referred to in this resolve as" and inserting the following: 'or'
Amend the resolve by striking out all of the 9th paragraph after the title (page 1, lines 20 and 21 in L.D.)
Amend the resolve by striking out all of sections 1 and 2 and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 1. Appropriations and allocations. Resolved: That the following appropriations and allocations are made.
 
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF (FORMERLY BDS)
 
Mental Health Services - Children 0136
 
Initiative: Appropriates funds to provide financial resources to the Portland Identification and Early Referral Program (PIER) to prevent new cases of psychosis and psychotic disorders in adolescents and young adults.

GENERAL FUND	2007-08	2008-09	
All Other	$0	$240,000	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$0	$240,000	

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF (FORMERLY BDS)			
DEPARTMENT TOTALS	2007-08	2008-09	
			
GENERAL FUND	$0	$240,000	
			
DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS	$0	$240,000	

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF (FORMERLY DHS)
 
Medical Care - Payments to Providers 0147
 
Initiative: Appropriates and allocates funds for additional costs to the MaineCare program as a result of a restructuring of the Portland Identification and Early Referral Program (PIER) that will result in increased MaineCare billing for eligible youth.

GENERAL FUND	2007-08	2008-09	
All Other	$0	$58,704	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$0	$58,704	

FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND	2007-08	2008-09	
All Other	$0	$101,296	
			
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND TOTAL	$0	$101,296	

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF (FORMERLY DHS)			
DEPARTMENT TOTALS	2007-08	2008-09	
			
GENERAL FUND	$0	$58,704	
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND	$0	$101,296	
			
DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS	$0	$160,000	

SECTION TOTALS	2007-08	2008-09	
			
GENERAL FUND	$0	$298,704	
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND	$0	$101,296	
			
SECTION TOTAL - ALL FUNDS	$0	$400,000	
 
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SUMMARY
This amendment changes the title of the resolve. The amendment provides resources to the Portland Identification and Early Referral Program, or PIER, to continue to prevent new cases of psychosis and psychotic disorders in adolescents and young adults in the greater Portland area through a General Fund grant appropriation, an additional MaineCare appropriation and the matching federal allocation for some of the service costs of the project.
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED
(See attached)