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Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following:
‘An Act To Establish an Additional Veterans Treatment Court’
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the summary and inserting the following:
‘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: Provides funds for case management services provided by the office of substance abuse and mental health services within the Department of Health and Human Services for a veterans treatment program.

GENERAL FUND	2017-18	2018-19	
All Other	$125,000	$125,000	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$125,000	$125,000	

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF (FORMERLY BDS)			
DEPARTMENT TOTALS	2017-18	2018-19	
			
GENERAL FUND	$125,000	$125,000	
			
DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS	$125,000	$125,000	

JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT
 
Courts - Supreme, Superior and District 0063
 
Initiative: Provides funds for active retired judges to cover other court time of full-time sitting judges assigned to a veterans treatment court.

GENERAL FUND	2017-18	2018-19	
Personal Services	$10,800	$14,400	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$10,800	$14,400	

JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT			
DEPARTMENT TOTALS	2017-18	2018-19	
			
GENERAL FUND	$10,800	$14,400	
			
DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS	$10,800	$14,400	

SECTION TOTALS	2017-18	2018-19	
			
GENERAL FUND	$135,800	$139,400	
			
SECTION TOTAL - ALL FUNDS	$135,800	$139,400	
 
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SUMMARY
This amendment is the majority report of the Joint Standing Committee on Judiciary. This amendment replaces the bill, which requires the establishment of a veterans treatment court in Androscoggin County. Instead, this amendment relies on the enabling language already in statute for the Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court to establish veterans treatment courts where appropriate and provides the funding for the courts as well as for the services to be provided.
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED
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