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Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following:
‘Resolve, Directing the Department of Health and Human Services To Review the State’s Public Health Infrastructure’
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the title and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 1 Department of Health and Human Services to review the State’s public health infrastructure. Resolved: That the Commissioner of Health and Human Services shall use a process that includes stakeholder participation and feedback, including from the Maine Public Health Association, to review the State’s public health infrastructure and develop recommendations to strengthen the efficiency and effectiveness of public health service delivery.
Sec. 2 Report. Resolved: That the Commissioner of Health and Human Services shall present the findings and recommendations based on the review pursuant to section 1 to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over health and human services matters no later than January 1, 2021. The committee may report out legislation to the First Regular Session of the 130th Legislature related to the recommendations of the report.’
 
SUMMARY
This amendment, which is the unanimous report of the committee, replaces the bill, which is a concept draft, with a resolve. It directs the Commissioner of Health and Human Services to review, with stakeholder input, the State’s public health infrastructure and develop recommendations to strengthen the efficiency and effectiveness of public health service delivery and to submit a report with those recommendations to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over health and human services matters no later than January 1, 2021. The committee may report out legislation to the First Regular Session of the 130th Legislature related to the recommendations of the report.