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An Act To Provide Additional Resources for Nurse Education Consultants in the Department of Health and Human Services
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 DHS)
 
Office of Aging and Disability Services Central Office 0140
 
Initiative: Provides funding to establish one additional Nurse Education Consultant position within the Department of Health and Human Services.

GENERAL FUND	2015-16	2016-17	
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT	0.000	1.000	
Personal Services	$0	$44,096	
All Other	$0	$3,139	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$0	$47,235	

FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND	2015-16	2016-17	
Personal Services	$0	$44,096	
All Other	$0	$3,139	
			
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND TOTAL	$0	$47,235	

SUMMARY
This bill, which is a recommendation of the Commission To Study Difficult-to-place Patients, establishes an additional Nurse Education Consultant position within the Department of Health and Human Services.
The committee has not taken a position on the substance of the plan or this bill and by reporting this bill out, the committee is not suggesting and does not intend to suggest that it agrees or disagrees with any aspect of this bill. The committee is reporting the bill out for the sole purpose of turning the commission's proposal into a printed bill that can be referred to the committee for an appropriate public hearing and subsequent processing in the normal course. The committee is taking this action to ensure clarity and transparency in the legislative review of the proposal.