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Amend the bill by striking out all of section 1 and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 1. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.
 
CORRECTIONS, DEPARTMENT OF
 
Office of Victim Services 0046
 
Initiative: Provides funds for partial reimbursement of certified batterers' intervention programs for indigent participant fees.

GENERAL FUND	2017-18	2018-19	
All Other	$100,000	$100,000	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$100,000	$100,000	

Office of Victim Services 0046
 
Initiative: Provides funds for training programs to sustain and expand the accessibility of certified batterers' intervention programs.

GENERAL FUND	2017-18	2018-19	
All Other	$20,000	$20,000	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$20,000	$20,000	

Office of Victim Services 0046
 
Initiative: Provides funds for partial reimbursement of mileage expenses for certified batterers' intervention program facilitators who are providing testimony and information required by the court regarding offender participation in certified batterers' intervention programs as a condition of release.

GENERAL FUND	2017-18	2018-19	
All Other	$5,000	$5,000	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$5,000	$5,000	

Office of Victim Services 0046
 
Initiative: Provides funds for the Maine Coalition to End Domestic Violence for the administrative expenses associated with additional funding for certified batterers' intervention program expenses.

GENERAL FUND	2017-18	2018-19	
All Other	$25,000	$25,000	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$25,000	$25,000	

CORRECTIONS, DEPARTMENT OF			
DEPARTMENT TOTALS	2017-18	2018-19	
			
GENERAL FUND	$150,000	$150,000	
			
DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS	$150,000	$150,000	
 
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SUMMARY
This amendment, which is the majority report of the committee, replaces the bill and adds an appropriations and allocations section to provide funding to the Department of Corrections, instead of the Department of Health and Human Services, for batterers' intervention programs.
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