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Resolve, To Expand Research To Fight Lyme Disease
Sec. 1 Joint study of effect of ticks on the deer and moose population. Resolved: That the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and the University of Maine jointly shall study the effects of ticks and ticks infected with disease, including Lyme disease, on the deer population and the effects of winter ticks on the moose population. The department shall submit a report to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over health and human services matters regarding the findings of the joint study and any necessary implementing legislation by December 8, 2019; and be it further
Sec. 2 Appropriations and allocations. Resolved: That the following appropriations and allocations are made.
 
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF (FORMERLY DHS)
 
Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention 0143
 
Initiative: Provides one-time funding to the Maine Medical Center Research Institute to increase funding in the Lyme and Vector-Borne Disease Laboratory.

GENERAL FUND	2017-18	2018-19	
All Other	$500,000	$0	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$500,000	$0	

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF (FORMERLY DHS)			
DEPARTMENT TOTALS	2017-18	2018-19	
			
GENERAL FUND	$500,000	$0	
			
DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS	$500,000	$0	

UNIVERSITY OF MAINE SYSTEM, BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE
 
Maine Economic Improvement Fund 0986
 
Initiative: Appropriates funding to the University of Maine System for research and development to combat Lyme disease, including research on the effects of ticks on the deer and moose population.

GENERAL FUND	2017-18	2018-19	
All Other	$250,000	$250,000	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$250,000	$250,000	

UNIVERSITY OF MAINE SYSTEM, BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE			
DEPARTMENT TOTALS	2017-18	2018-19	
			
GENERAL FUND	$250,000	$250,000	
			
DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS	$250,000	$250,000	

SECTION TOTALS	2017-18	2018-19	
			
GENERAL FUND	$750,000	$250,000	
			
SECTION TOTAL - ALL FUNDS	$750,000	$250,000	

SUMMARY
This resolve, for the purpose of reducing the effects of Lyme disease, does the following:
1. It requires the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and the University of Maine to undertake a joint study into the effects of ticks and disease-infected ticks on the deer population and the effects of winter ticks on the moose population; and
2. It provides funding to the Department of Health and Human Services, Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention for the Lyme and Vector-Borne Disease Laboratory in the Maine Medical Center Research Institute and the University of Maine for research and development to combat Lyme disease.