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An Act To Improve Stroke Care in Maine
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
 
Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention 0143
 
Initiative: Provides funding for one Stroke Care Coordinator position in the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

GENERAL FUND	2019-20	2020-21	
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT	1.000	1.000	
Personal Services	$80,883	$83,769	
All Other	$6,286	$6,286	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$87,169	$90,055	

Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention 0143
 
Initiative: Provides funding for evidence-based education efforts designed to inform residents of the State about the causes, signs and symptoms of stroke, focusing on populations and geographic areas most affected by stroke, and to improve stroke surveillance and epidemiology efforts of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

GENERAL FUND	2019-20	2020-21	
All Other	$650,000	$650,000	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$650,000	$650,000	

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF			
DEPARTMENT TOTALS	2019-20	2020-21	
			
GENERAL FUND	$737,169	$740,055	
			
DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS	$737,169	$740,055	

SUMMARY
This bill provides funding to the Department of Health and Human Services, Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention for evidence-based education efforts designed to inform residents of the State about the causes, signs and symptoms of stroke, focusing on populations and geographic areas most affected by stroke, and to improve stroke surveillance and epidemiology efforts of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention. The bill also provides funding for one Stroke Care Coordinator position in the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention.