130th MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 910		LR 284(05)
	An Act To Amend the General Assistance Laws Governing Reimbursement
	Fiscal Note for Bill as Engrossed with: S "A" (S-609)
	Committee: Health and Human Services
Fiscal Note
			FY 2021-22	FY 2022-23	Projections  FY 2023-24	Projections  FY 2024-25
Net Cost (Savings)
	General Fund		($20,000,000)	($56,000,000)	$0	$0
Appropriations/Allocations
	Other Special Revenue Funds		$0	$10,000,000	$0	$0
Transfers
	General Fund		$20,000,000	$56,000,000	$0	$0
	Other Special Revenue Funds		$10,000,000	$0	$0	$0
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	This bill includes a one-time Other Special Revenue Funds allocation to the Department of Health and Human Services of $10,000,000 in fiscal year 2022-23 for supplemental payments to municipalities for the unanticipated fiscal and operational costs of the general assistance program related to the COVID-19 pandemic. It also includes a transfer of $10,000,000 by June 30, 2022 from the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund to the General Assistance - Reimbursement to Cities and Towns, Other Special Revenue Fund account to fund the allocation.
	To reimburse the General Fund, the bill was also intended to transfer $10,000,000 from the Liquor Operation Revenue Fund at the Maine Municipal Bond Bank to the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund by June 30, 2022. Due to a drafting error, the bill transfers $30,000,000 in fiscal year 2021-22 and $56,000,000 in fiscal year 2022-23 to the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund. LD 2041, "An Act to Correct Errors in Recently Enacted Legislation", corrects this.