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Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the emergency clause and inserting the following:
PART A
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Sec. A-1. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.
 
ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF
 
Bureau of General Services - Capital Construction and Improvement Reserve Fund 0883
 
Initiative: Provides funding for maintenance and repair of state facilities. Any unexpended or unencumbered funds from this project at the end of the fiscal year may not lapse but must be carried forward to be used for the same purpose.

GENERAL FUND	2019-20	2020-21	
All Other	$2,000,000	$0	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$2,000,000	$0	

Central Administrative Applications Z234
 
Initiative: Provides funding for the human resources management system.

GENERAL FUND	2019-20	2020-21	
All Other	$1,900,000	$0	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$1,900,000	$0	

Information Services 0155
 
Initiative: Provides necessary All Other for information security enhancements.

GENERAL FUND	2019-20	2020-21	
All Other	$1,748,821	$0	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$1,748,821	$0	

ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF			
DEPARTMENT TOTALS	2019-20	2020-21	
			
GENERAL FUND	$5,648,821	$0	
			
DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS	$5,648,821	$0	
 
Sec. A-2. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.
 
AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY, DEPARTMENT OF
 
Bureau of Agriculture 0393
 
Initiative: Provides one-time funding to replace the 2002 FT120 butterfat, protein and solids analyzer to ensure a safe milk supply for the public.

GENERAL FUND	2019-20	2020-21	
Capital Expenditures	$45,000	$0	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$45,000	$0	

Parks - General Operations Z221
 
Initiative: Provides funding to increase salaries for 38 Lifeguard positions and 5 Lifeguard Supervisor positions and provides funds for the required certification training.

GENERAL FUND	2019-20	2020-21	
Personal Services	$0	$64,687	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$0	$64,687	

AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY, DEPARTMENT OF			
DEPARTMENT TOTALS	2019-20	2020-21	
			
GENERAL FUND	$45,000	$64,687	
			
DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS	$45,000	$64,687	
 
Sec. A-3. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.
 
COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM, BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE MAINE
 
Maine Community College System - Board of Trustees 0556
 
Initiative: Provides one-time funding for additional workforce development, including short-term training through the Maine Quality Centers, at Maine's 7 community colleges.

GENERAL FUND	2019-20	2020-21	
All Other	$0	$2,500,000	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$0	$2,500,000	
 
Sec. A-4. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.
 
CORRECTIONS, DEPARTMENT OF
 
Administration - Corrections 0141
 
Initiative: Reduces funding for Downeast Correctional Facility positions and All Other costs appropriated in Public Law 2019, chapter 343, Part A. The facility will open in June 2021 rather than January 2021 and the positions will start March 1, 2021 rather than January 1, 2021.

GENERAL FUND	2019-20	2020-21	
All Other	$0	($14,537)	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$0	($14,537)	

Correctional Medical Services Fund 0286
 
Initiative: Provides one-time funding for mandated prisoner Hepatitis C treatment.

GENERAL FUND	2019-20	2020-21	
All Other	$3,000,000	$2,500,000	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$3,000,000	$2,500,000	

Corrections Food Z177
 
Initiative: Reduces funding for Downeast Correctional Facility positions and All Other costs appropriated in Public Law 2019, chapter 343, Part A. The facility will open in June 2021 rather than January 2021 and the positions will start March 1, 2021 rather than January 1, 2021.

GENERAL FUND	2019-20	2020-21	
All Other	$0	($66,338)	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$0	($66,338)	

Downeast Correctional Facility 0542
 
Initiative: Reduces funding for Downeast Correctional Facility positions and All Other costs appropriated in Public Law 2019, chapter 343, Part A. The facility will open in June 2021 rather than January 2021 and the positions will start March 1, 2021 rather than January 1, 2021.

GENERAL FUND	2019-20	2020-21	
Personal Services	$0	($271,966)	
All Other	$0	($137,518)	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$0	($409,484)	

Mountain View Correctional Facility 0857
 
Initiative: Provides one-time funding for increased prisoner population due to the closure of the Downeast Correctional Facility.

GENERAL FUND	2019-20	2020-21	
All Other	$500,000	$0	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$500,000	$0	

CORRECTIONS, DEPARTMENT OF			
DEPARTMENT TOTALS	2019-20	2020-21	
			
GENERAL FUND	$3,500,000	$2,009,641	
			
DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS	$3,500,000	$2,009,641	
 
Sec. A-5. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.
 
EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF
 
Adult Education 0364
 
Initiative: Provides one-time funding for workforce development. These funds do not lapse but must be carried forward to the next fiscal year to be used for the same purpose.

GENERAL FUND	2019-20	2020-21	
All Other	$0	$1,200,000	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$0	$1,200,000	

Child Development Services 0449
 
Initiative: Provides funding for increases in staff costs and health insurance related to collective bargaining completed in April 2019.

GENERAL FUND	2019-20	2020-21	
All Other	$98,955	$1,485,945	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$98,955	$1,485,945	

General Purpose Aid for Local Schools 0308
 
Initiative: Provides funding for the Maine Educational Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and the Governor Baxter School for the Deaf.

GENERAL FUND	2019-20	2020-21	
All Other	$249,600	$249,600	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$249,600	$249,600	

General Purpose Aid for Local Schools 0308
 
Initiative: Provides funding for an increase in the number of students in school administrative units that are part of an education service center.

GENERAL FUND	2019-20	2020-21	
All Other	$0	$1,238,863	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$0	$1,238,863	

General Purpose Aid for Local Schools 0308
 
Initiative: Transfers funding from the General Purpose Aid for Local Schools program to the Learning Systems Team program within the same fund for costs related to 2 Regional Education Representative positions transferred in Public Law 2019, chapter 343.

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

General Purpose Aid for Local Schools 0308
 
Initiative: Continues one Public Service Coordinator I position previously established by Financial Order 000426 F0.

GENERAL FUND	2019-20	2020-21	
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT	0.000	1.000	
Personal Services	$0	$112,650	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$0	$112,650	

General Purpose Aid for Local Schools 0308
 
Initiative: Provides funding for the cost of essential programs and services to increase the state share percentage by 1% from fiscal year 2019-20 levels.

GENERAL FUND	2019-20	2020-21	
All Other	$0	$22,041,555	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$0	$22,041,555	

General Purpose Aid for Local Schools 0308
 
Initiative: Transfers funding for the compilation and analysis of education data from the General Purpose Aid for Local Schools program to the Learning Systems Team program.

GENERAL FUND	2019-20	2020-21	
All Other	$0	($250,000)	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$0	($250,000)	

General Purpose Aid for Local Schools 0308
 
Initiative: Transfers one Management Analyst I position and one Office Specialist I position from the General Purpose Aid for Local Schools program to the Learning Through Technology program within the same fund.

GENERAL FUND	2019-20	2020-21	
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT	0.000	(2.000)	
Personal Services	$0	($144,566)	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$0	($144,566)	

General Purpose Aid for Local Schools 0308
 
Initiative: Provides funding for grants to schools implementing the community school model that provides for counseling, mental health and other trauma-informed services within certain school programs.

GENERAL FUND	2019-20	2020-21	
All Other	$0	$150,000	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$0	$150,000	

General Purpose Aid for Local Schools 0308
 
Initiative: Provides funding for an increase in the total allocation for career and technical education centers and career and technical education regions.

GENERAL FUND	2019-20	2020-21	
All Other	$0	$1,600,000	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$0	$1,600,000	

General Purpose Aid for Local Schools 0308
 
Initiative: Provides funding for music instruction and instruments for students in rural schools.

GENERAL FUND	2019-20	2020-21	
All Other	$0	$50,000	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$0	$50,000	

General Purpose Aid for Local Schools 0308
 
Initiative: Provides funding to cover an increase in the system administration portion of state subsidy costs.

GENERAL FUND	2019-20	2020-21	
All Other	$0	$7,859,885	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$0	$7,859,885	

General Purpose Aid for Local Schools 0308
 
Initiative: Transfers one Public Service Manager I position and related All Other costs from the General Purpose Aid for Local Schools program to the Learning Systems Team program within the same fund.

GENERAL FUND	2019-20	2020-21	
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT	0.000	(1.000)	
Personal Services	$0	($109,076)	
All Other	$0	($10,000)	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$0	($119,076)	

General Purpose Aid for Local Schools 0308
 
Initiative: Provides funding to school administrative units to support the entrance of additional students into public preschool programs.

GENERAL FUND	2019-20	2020-21	
All Other	$0	$4,000,000	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$0	$4,000,000	

General Purpose Aid for Local Schools 0308
 
Initiative: Provides funding for ongoing data system support and upgrades.

GENERAL FUND	2019-20	2020-21	
All Other	$32,654	$130,615	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$32,654	$130,615	

Leadership Team Z077
 
Initiative: Provides funding for costs related to legislative tasks, work groups, study groups, task forces, committees and other projects required of the commissioner's office.

GENERAL FUND	2019-20	2020-21	
All Other	$0	$68,800	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$0	$68,800	

Learning Systems Team Z081
 
Initiative: Transfers funding from the General Purpose Aid for Local Schools program to the Learning Systems Team program within the same fund for costs related to 2 Regional Education Representative positions transferred in Public Law 2019, chapter 343.

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

Learning Systems Team Z081
 
Initiative: Provides one-time funding for equipment upgrades at career and technical education schools to meet national industry standards. These funds do not lapse but must be carried forward to the next fiscal year to be used for the same purpose.

GENERAL FUND	2019-20	2020-21	
All Other	$0	$2,000,000	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$0	$2,000,000	

Learning Systems Team Z081
 
Initiative: Transfers one Public Service Manager I position and related All Other costs from the General Purpose Aid for Local Schools program to the Learning Systems Team program within the same fund.

GENERAL FUND	2019-20	2020-21	
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT	0.000	1.000	
Personal Services	$0	$109,076	
All Other	$0	$10,000	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$0	$119,076	

Learning Systems Team Z081
 
Initiative: Transfers funding for the compilation and analysis of education data from the General Purpose Aid for Local Schools program to the Learning Systems Team program.

GENERAL FUND	2019-20	2020-21	
All Other	$0	$250,000	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$0	$250,000	

Learning Through Technology Z029
 
Initiative: Transfers one Management Analyst I position and one Office Specialist I position from the General Purpose Aid for Local Schools program to the Learning Through Technology program within the same fund.

GENERAL FUND	2019-20	2020-21	
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT	0.000	2.000	
Personal Services	$0	$144,566	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$0	$144,566	

EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF			
DEPARTMENT TOTALS	2019-20	2020-21	
			
GENERAL FUND	$381,209	$42,187,913	
			
DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS	$381,209	$42,187,913	
 
Sec. A-6. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.
 
EDUCATION, STATE BOARD OF
 
State Board of Education 0614
 
Initiative: Provides funding to support the activities of the Professional Standards Board.

GENERAL FUND	2019-20	2020-21	
All Other	$0	$3,200	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$0	$3,200	
 
Sec. A-7. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.
 
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF
 
Developmental Services - Community Z208
 
Initiative: Provides funding for increased caregiver and respite services in support of individuals with developmental disabilities on the waiting list and their families.

GENERAL FUND	2019-20	2020-21	
All Other	$53,750	$215,000	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$53,750	$215,000	

Developmental Services Waiver - MaineCare Z211
 
Initiative: Provides funding to increase certain rates related to the MaineCare Benefits Manual, Chapter III, Section 21, Allowances for Home and Community Benefits for Members with Intellectual Disabilities or Autism Spectrum Disorder, and Section 29, Allowances for Support Services for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities or Autism Spectrum Disorder. This funding is intended to be applied to the wages of direct care workers.

GENERAL FUND	2019-20	2020-21	
All Other	$0	$499,505	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$0	$499,505	

Developmental Services Waiver - Supports Z212
 
Initiative: Provides funding for individuals with intellectual disabilities to receive services pursuant to the MaineCare Benefits Manual, Chapter II, Section 29, Support Services for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities or Autism Spectrum Disorder, promoting greater independence, employment and community engagement.

GENERAL FUND	2019-20	2020-21	
All Other	$0	$2,605,582	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$0	$2,605,582	

Developmental Services Waiver - Supports Z212
 
Initiative: Provides funding to increase certain rates related to the MaineCare Benefits Manual, Chapter III, Section 21, Allowances for Home and Community Benefits for Members with Intellectual Disabilities or Autism Spectrum Disorder, and Section 29, Allowances for Support Services for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities or Autism Spectrum Disorder. This funding is intended to be applied to the wages of direct care workers.

GENERAL FUND	2019-20	2020-21	
All Other	$0	$267,748	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$0	$267,748	

Long Term Care - Office of Aging and Disability Services 0420
 
Initiative: Provides funding to increase reimbursement rates for providers of state-funded, consumer-directed personal support services.

GENERAL FUND	2019-20	2020-21	
All Other	$0	$383,710	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$0	$383,710	

Long Term Care - Office of Aging and Disability Services 0420
 
Initiative: Provides funding for the increase in the reimbursement rate for providers of state-funded registered nurse services.

GENERAL FUND	2019-20	2020-21	
All Other	$0	$44,481	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$0	$44,481	

Long Term Care - Office of Aging and Disability Services 0420
 
Initiative: Provides funding to increase reimbursement rates for the 7 assisted living facilities currently under contract.

GENERAL FUND	2019-20	2020-21	
All Other	$0	$519,000	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$0	$519,000	

Long Term Care - Office of Aging and Disability Services 0420
 
Initiative: Provides funding to update pay rates to projected state median benchmarks for personal support services based upon a recent study. This funding is intended to be applied to the wages of direct care workers.

GENERAL FUND	2019-20	2020-21	
All Other	$0	$3,627,137	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$0	$3,627,137	

Long Term Care - Office of Aging and Disability Services 0420
 
Initiative: Provides funding for the increase of the current homemaker rate under 10-149 Code of Maine Rules, Chapter 5, Section 69, Office of Elder Services Independent Support Services Program. This funding is intended to be applied to the wages of direct care workers.

GENERAL FUND	2019-20	2020-21	
All Other	$0	$530,333	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$0	$530,333	

Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention 0143
 
Initiative: Reallocates the costs of 43 positions within the Health and Environmental Testing Laboratory. Position and allocation detail is on file with the Bureau of the Budget.

GENERAL FUND	2019-20	2020-21	
Personal Services	$455,000	$0	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$455,000	$0	

OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS	2019-20	2020-21	
Personal Services	($455,000)	$0	
All Other	($12,172)	$0	
			
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL	($467,172)	$0	

Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention 0143
 
Initiative: Provides one-time funding to respond to COVID-19.

GENERAL FUND	2019-20	2020-21	
All Other	$0	$648,211	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$0	$648,211	

Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention 0143
 
Initiative: Provides funding for recruitment and retention efforts in accordance with established human resources processes for Public Health Nurse Supervisor positions, Public Health Nurse I positions, Public Health Nurse II positions, Public Health Nurse Consultant positions and Nursing Education Consultant positions within the Public Health Nursing Program established in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 22, section 1961 to help ensure the State can fill these vital positions.

GENERAL FUND	2019-20	2020-21	
Personal Services	$0	$351,789	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$0	$351,789	

Maternal and Child Health 0191
 
Initiative: Provides funding for recruitment and retention efforts in accordance with established human resources processes for Public Health Nurse Supervisor positions, Public Health Nurse I positions, Public Health Nurse II positions, Public Health Nurse Consultant positions and Nursing Education Consultant positions within the Public Health Nursing Program established in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 22, section 1961 to help ensure the State can fill these vital positions.

FEDERAL BLOCK GRANT FUND	2019-20	2020-21	
Personal Services	$0	$158,026	
All Other	$0	$4,227	
			
FEDERAL BLOCK GRANT FUND TOTAL	$0	$162,253	

Medicaid Services - Developmental Services Z210
 
Initiative: Provides funding for individuals with intellectual disabilities to receive services pursuant to the MaineCare Benefits Manual, Chapter II, Section 29, Support Services for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities or Autism Spectrum Disorder, promoting greater independence, employment and community engagement.

OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS	2019-20	2020-21	
All Other	$0	$516,000	
			
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL	$0	$516,000	

Medicaid Services - Developmental Services Z210
 
Initiative: Provides funding to increase certain rates related to the MaineCare Benefits Manual, Chapter III, Section 21, Allowances for Home and Community Benefits for Members with Intellectual Disabilities or Autism Spectrum Disorder, and Section 29, Allowances for Support Services for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities or Autism Spectrum Disorder. This funding is intended to be applied to the wages of direct care workers.

OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS	2019-20	2020-21	
All Other	$0	$152,435	
			
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL	$0	$152,435	

Medicaid Waiver for Brain Injury Residential /Community Serv Z218
 
Initiative: Adjusts funding to update rates for services provided under the MaineCare Benefits Manual, Chapter III, Section 18, Allowances for Home and Community-Based Services for Adults with Brain Injury, and Section 20, Allowances for Home and Community Based Services for Adults with Other Related Conditions. This funding is intended to be applied to the wages of direct care workers.

GENERAL FUND	2019-20	2020-21	
All Other	$0	($11,797)	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$0	($11,797)	

Medicaid Waiver for Other Related Conditions Z217
 
Initiative: Adjusts funding to update rates for services provided under the MaineCare Benefits Manual, Chapter III, Section 18, Allowances for Home and Community-Based Services for Adults with Brain Injury, and Section 20, Allowances for Home and Community Based Services for Adults with Other Related Conditions. This funding is intended to be applied to the wages of direct care workers.

GENERAL FUND	2019-20	2020-21	
All Other	$0	$475,409	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$0	$475,409	

Medical Care - Payments to Providers 0147
 
Initiative: Provides funding for individuals with intellectual disabilities to receive services pursuant to the MaineCare Benefits Manual, Chapter II, Section 29, Support Services for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities or Autism Spectrum Disorder, promoting greater independence, employment and community engagement.

FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND	2019-20	2020-21	
All Other	$0	$5,478,350	
			
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND TOTAL	$0	$5,478,350	

Medical Care - Payments to Providers 0147
 
Initiative: Provides funding for an increase in rates and change in payment method for multisystemic and functional family therapies and an increase in rates for trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy provided under the MaineCare Benefits Manual, Chapter III, Section 65, Behavioral Health Services, based upon a recent rate study.

GENERAL FUND	2019-20	2020-21	
All Other	$0	$334,109	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$0	$334,109	

FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND	2019-20	2020-21	
All Other	$0	$586,808	
			
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND TOTAL	$0	$586,808	

Medical Care - Payments to Providers 0147
 
Initiative: Provides funding for an increase in rates for home and community-based behavioral therapy services provided under the MaineCare Benefits Manual, Chapter III, Section 65, Behavioral Health Services, to reflect updated pay rate information.

GENERAL FUND	2019-20	2020-21	
All Other	$0	$259,556	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$0	$259,556	

FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND	2019-20	2020-21	
All Other	$0	$455,868	
			
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND TOTAL	$0	$455,868	

Medical Care - Payments to Providers 0147
 
Initiative: Provides funding for an increase in the physician rate for psychiatric medication management services provided under the MaineCare Benefits Manual, Chapter III, Section 65, Behavioral Health Services, based upon a recent study.

GENERAL FUND	2019-20	2020-21	
All Other	$0	$359,308	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$0	$359,308	

FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND	2019-20	2020-21	
All Other	$0	$883,322	
			
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND TOTAL	$0	$883,322	

Medical Care - Payments to Providers 0147
 
Initiative: Provides funding to update pay rates to projected state median benchmarks for personal support services based upon a recent study. This funding is intended to be applied to the wages of direct care workers.

GENERAL FUND	2019-20	2020-21	
All Other	$0	$6,969,111	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$0	$6,969,111	

FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND	2019-20	2020-21	
All Other	$0	$13,857,245	
			
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND TOTAL	$0	$13,857,245	

OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS	2019-20	2020-21	
All Other	$0	$920,732	
			
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL	$0	$920,732	

Medical Care - Payments to Providers 0147
 
Initiative: Provides funding to increase certain rates related to the MaineCare Benefits Manual, Chapter III, Section 21, Allowances for Home and Community Benefits for Members with Intellectual Disabilities or Autism Spectrum Disorder, and Section 29, Allowances for Support Services for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities or Autism Spectrum Disorder. This funding is intended to be applied to the wages of direct care workers.

FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND	2019-20	2020-21	
All Other	$0	$1,620,889	
			
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND TOTAL	$0	$1,620,889	

Medical Care - Payments to Providers 0147
 
Initiative: Adjusts funding to update rates for services provided under the MaineCare Benefits Manual, Chapter III, Section 18, Allowances for Home and Community-Based Services for Adults with Brain Injury, and Section 20, Allowances for Home and Community Based Services for Adults with Other Related Conditions. This funding is intended to be applied to the wages of direct care workers.

FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND	2019-20	2020-21	
All Other	$0	$979,711	
			
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND TOTAL	$0	$979,711	

OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS	2019-20	2020-21	
All Other	$0	$94,203	
			
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL	$0	$94,203	

Mental Health Services - Community Z198
 
Initiative: Provides funding for an increase in the physician rate for psychiatric medication management services provided under the MaineCare Benefits Manual, Chapter III, Section 65, Behavioral Health Services, based upon a recent study.

GENERAL FUND	2019-20	2020-21	
All Other	$0	$279,000	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$0	$279,000	

Mental Health Services - Community Medicaid Z201
 
Initiative: Provides funding for an increase in the physician rate for psychiatric medication management services provided under the MaineCare Benefits Manual, Chapter III, Section 65, Behavioral Health Services, based upon a recent study.

OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS	2019-20	2020-21	
All Other	$0	$79,317	
			
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL	$0	$79,317	

Office for Family Independence - District 0453
 
Initiative: Continues 45 limited-period Customer Representative Associate II - Human Services positions previously established by Financial Order 000106 F9 and continued by Financial Order 000381 F0 through June 19, 2021, funded 62.1% Other Special Revenue Funds and 37.9% General Fund within the same program. This initiative also continues one limited-period Family Independence Unit Supervisor position previously established by Financial Order 000680 F0 through June 19, 2021, funded 62.1% Other Special Revenue Funds and 37.9% General Fund within the same program, and provides funding for related All Other costs for all positions.

GENERAL FUND	2019-20	2020-21	
Personal Services	$0	$1,156,452	
All Other	$0	$110,774	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$0	$1,267,226	

OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS	2019-20	2020-21	
Personal Services	$0	$1,894,950	
All Other	$0	$217,301	
			
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL	$0	$2,112,251	

Office for Family Independence - District 0453
 
Initiative: Continues 45 limited-period Customer Representative Associate II - Human Services positions and 2 limited-period Family Independence Unit Supervisor positions previously established by financial order through June 19, 2021, funded 62.1% Other Special Revenue Funds and 37.9% General Fund within the same program, and provides funding for related All Other costs to provide support at the eligibility determination call center.

GENERAL FUND	2019-20	2020-21	
Personal Services	$0	$1,255,840	
All Other	$0	$133,396	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$0	$1,389,236	

OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS	2019-20	2020-21	
Personal Services	$0	$2,057,760	
All Other	$0	$287,963	
			
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL	$0	$2,345,723	

Office for Family Independence - District 0453
 
Initiative: Transfers and reallocates the costs of 447 positions and adjusts funding for related All Other costs to align positions with additional federal revenue for staff costs associated with MaineCare. Position and allocation detail is on file with the Bureau of the Budget.

GENERAL FUND	2019-20	2020-21	
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT	0.000	(236.500)	
Personal Services	$0	($2,452,741)	
All Other	$0	($206,422)	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$0	($2,659,163)	

OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS	2019-20	2020-21	
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT	0.000	236.500	
Personal Services	$0	$2,452,741	
All Other	$0	$277,555	
			
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL	$0	$2,730,296	

Office of Child and Family Services - District 0452
 
Initiative: Establishes 16 Child Protective Services Caseworker positions, 2 Customer Representative Associate II - Human Services positions and 2 Child Protective Services Caseworker Supervisor positions, funded 79% General Fund and 21% Other Special Revenue Funds within the same program, and provides funding for related All Other costs to achieve target case load levels.

GENERAL FUND	2019-20	2020-21	
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT	0.000	20.000	
Personal Services	$0	$1,467,508	
All Other	$0	$100,393	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$0	$1,567,901	

OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS	2019-20	2020-21	
Personal Services	$0	$390,066	
All Other	$0	$37,835	
			
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL	$0	$427,901	

Special Children's Services 0204
 
Initiative: Provides funding for recruitment and retention efforts in accordance with established human resources processes for Public Health Nurse Supervisor positions, Public Health Nurse I positions, Public Health Nurse II positions, Public Health Nurse Consultant positions and Nursing Education Consultant positions within the Public Health Nursing Program established in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 22, section 1961 to help ensure the State can fill these vital positions.

FEDERAL BLOCK GRANT FUND	2019-20	2020-21	
Personal Services	$0	$49,393	
All Other	$0	$1,321	
			
FEDERAL BLOCK GRANT FUND TOTAL	$0	$50,714	

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF			
DEPARTMENT TOTALS	2019-20	2020-21	
			
GENERAL FUND	$508,750	$19,922,392	
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND	$0	$23,862,193	
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS	($467,172)	$9,378,858	
FEDERAL BLOCK GRANT FUND	$0	$212,967	
			
DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS	$41,578	$53,376,410	
 
Sec. A-8. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.
 
INDIGENT LEGAL SERVICES, MAINE COMMISSION ON
 
Reserve for Indigent Legal Services Z258
 
Initiative: Provides one-time additional funding for indigent legal services.

OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS	2019-20	2020-21	
All Other	$2,036,206	$0	
			
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL	$2,036,206	$0	
 
Sec. A-9. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.
 
JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT
 
Courts - Supreme, Superior and District 0063
 
Initiative: Provides funding for the increase of one Project Manager Associate position from 40 hours biweekly to 80 hours biweekly.

GENERAL FUND	2019-20	2020-21	
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT	0.500	0.500	
Personal Services	($15,099)	$42,909	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	($15,099)	$42,909	
 
Sec. A-10. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.
 
LABOR, DEPARTMENT OF
 
Labor Relations Board 0160
 
Initiative: Provides funding for contracted court reporter services and reduces the hours of one vacant Office Specialist I position from 80 hours biweekly to 40 hours biweekly.

GENERAL FUND	2019-20	2020-21	
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT	0.000	(0.500)	
Personal Services	($10,206)	($36,055)	
All Other	$10,206	$36,055	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$0	$0	
 
Sec. A-11. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.
 
PUBLIC SAFETY, DEPARTMENT OF
 
State Police 0291
 
Initiative: Provides one-time funding for a comparison microscope for the firearms unit of the crime laboratory.

GENERAL FUND	2019-20	2020-21	
Capital Expenditures	$59,800	$0	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$59,800	$0	

State Police 0291
 
Initiative: Provides one-time funding for the purchase of a gas chromatograph for the examination of fire debris.

GENERAL FUND	2019-20	2020-21	
Capital Expenditures	$48,100	$0	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$48,100	$0	

PUBLIC SAFETY, DEPARTMENT OF			
DEPARTMENT TOTALS	2019-20	2020-21	
			
GENERAL FUND	$107,900	$0	
			
DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS	$107,900	$0	
 
Sec. A-12. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.
 
TRANSPORTATION, DEPARTMENT OF
 
Highway and Bridge Capital 0406
 
Initiative: Provides funding to support highways and bridges statewide and to support transportation innovation initiatives that reduce greenhouse gas emissions impacting our climate. These funds do not lapse but must be carried forward to the next fiscal year to be used for the same purpose.

GENERAL FUND	2019-20	2020-21	
Capital Expenditures	$8,000,000	$0	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$8,000,000	$0	

Multimodal Transportation Fund Z017
 
Initiative: Provides funding to support highways and bridges statewide and to support transportation innovation initiatives that reduce greenhouse gas emissions impacting our climate. These funds do not lapse but must be carried forward to the next fiscal year to be used for the same purpose.

GENERAL FUND	2019-20	2020-21	
All Other	$500,000	$0	
Capital Expenditures	$1,500,000	$0	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$2,000,000	$0	

TRANSPORTATION, DEPARTMENT OF			
DEPARTMENT TOTALS	2019-20	2020-21	
			
GENERAL FUND	$10,000,000	$0	
			
DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS	$10,000,000	$0	
 
Sec. A-13. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.
 
TREASURER OF STATE, OFFICE OF
 
Debt Service - Treasury 0021
 
Initiative: Reduces funding for the Debt Service - Treasury program based upon the current debt service schedule and the decrease of anticipated issuance for fiscal year 2019-20 from $200 million to $150 million.

GENERAL FUND	2019-20	2020-21	
All Other	($10,000,000)	($3,607,185)	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	($10,000,000)	($3,607,185)	
 
PART B
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PART C
Sec. C-1. 20-A MRSA §15671, sub-§7, ¶B, as amended by PL 2019, c. 343, Pt. C, §1, is further amended to read:
 
B. The annual targets for the state share percentage of the statewide adjusted total cost of the components of essential programs and services are as follows.
 
(1) For fiscal year 2005-06, the target is 52.6%.
 
(2) For fiscal year 2006-07, the target is 53.86%.
 
(3) For fiscal year 2007-08, the target is 53.51%.
 
(4) For fiscal year 2008-09, the target is 52.52%.
 
(5) For fiscal year 2009-10, the target is 48.93%.
 
(6) For fiscal year 2010-11, the target is 45.84%.
 
(7) For fiscal year 2011-12, the target is 46.02%.
 
(8) For fiscal year 2012-13, the target is 45.87%.
 
(9) For fiscal year 2013-14, the target is 47.29%.
 
(10) For fiscal year 2014-15, the target is 46.80%.
 
(11) For fiscal year 2015-16, the target is 47.54%.
 
(12) For fiscal year 2016-17, the target is 48.14%.
 
(13) For fiscal year 2017-18, the target is 49.14%.
 
(14) For fiscal year 2018-19, the target is 49.58%49.77%.
 
(15) For fiscal year 2019-20, the target is 50.78%.
 
(16) For fiscal year 2020-21, the target is 51.78%.
Sec. C-2. 20-A MRSA §15671, sub-§7, ¶C, as amended by PL 2019, c. 343, Pt. C, §2, is further amended to read:
 
C. Beginning in fiscal year 2011-12, the annual targets for the state share percentage of the total cost of funding public education from kindergarten to grade 12 including the cost of the components of essential programs and services plus the state contributions to the unfunded actuarial liabilities of the Maine Public Employees Retirement System that are attributable to teachers, retired teachers' health insurance and retired teachers' life insurance are as follows.
 
(1) For fiscal year 2011-12, the target is 49.47%.
 
(2) For fiscal year 2012-13, the target is 49.35%.
 
(3) For fiscal year 2013-14, the target is 50.44%.
 
(4) For fiscal year 2014-15, the target is 50.13%.
 
(5) For fiscal year 2015-16, the target is 50.08%.
 
(6) For fiscal year 2016-17, the target is 50.82%.
 
(7) For fiscal year 2017-18, the target is 52.02%.
 
(8) For fiscal year 2018-19, the target is 53.37%.
 
(9) For fiscal year 2019-20, and subsequent fiscal years, the target is 55%.
Sec. C-3. 20-A MRSA §15671-A, sub-§2, ¶B, as amended by PL 2019, c. 343, Pt. C, §3, is further amended to read:
 
B. The commissioner shall calculate the full-value education mill rate that is required to raise the statewide total local share. The full-value education mill rate is calculated for each fiscal year by dividing the applicable statewide total local share by the applicable statewide valuation. The full-value education mill rate must be applied according to section 15688, subsection 3-A, paragraph A to determine a municipality's local cost share expectation.
 
(1) For the 2005 property tax year, the full-value education mill rate is the amount necessary to result in a 47.4% statewide total local share in fiscal year 2005-06.
 
(2) For the 2006 property tax year, the full-value education mill rate is the amount necessary to result in a 46.14% statewide total local share in fiscal year 2006-07.
 
(3) For the 2007 property tax year, the full-value education mill rate is the amount necessary to result in a 46.49% statewide total local share in fiscal year 2007-08.
 
(4) For the 2008 property tax year, the full-value education mill rate is the amount necessary to result in a 47.48% statewide total local share in fiscal year 2008-09.
 
(4-A) For the 2009 property tax year, the full-value education mill rate is the amount necessary to result in a 51.07% statewide total local share in fiscal year 2009-10.
 
(4-B) For the 2010 property tax year, the full-value education mill rate is the amount necessary to result in a 54.16% statewide total local share in fiscal year 2010-11.
 
(4-C) For the 2011 property tax year, the full-value education mill rate is the amount necessary to result in a 53.98% statewide total local share in fiscal year 2011-12.
 
(5) For the 2012 property tax year, the full-value education mill rate is the amount necessary to result in a 54.13% statewide total local share in fiscal year 2012-13.
 
(6) For the 2013 property tax year, the full-value education mill rate is the amount necessary to result in a 52.71% statewide total local share in fiscal year 2013-14.
 
(7) For the 2014 property tax year, the full-value education mill rate is the amount necessary to result in a 53.20% statewide total local share in fiscal year 2014-15.
 
(8) For the 2015 property tax year, the full-value education mill rate is the amount necessary to result in a 52.46% statewide total local share in fiscal year 2015-16.
 
(9) For the 2016 property tax year, the full-value education mill rate is the amount necessary to result in a 51.86% statewide total local share in fiscal year 2016-17.
 
(10) For the 2017 property tax year, the full-value education mill rate is the amount necessary to result in a 50.86% statewide total local share in fiscal year 2017-18.
 
(11) For the 2018 property tax year, the full-value education mill rate is the amount necessary to result in a 50.42%50.23% statewide total local share in fiscal year 2018-19.
 
(12) For the 2019 property tax year, the full-value education mill rate is the amount necessary to result in a 49.22% statewide total local share in fiscal year 2019-20.
 
(13) For the 2020 property tax year and subsequent tax years, the full-value education mill rate is the amount necessary to result in a 45%48.22% statewide total local share in fiscal year 2020-21 and after.
 
(14) For the 2021 property tax year and subsequent tax years, the full-value education mill rate is the amount necessary to result in a 45% statewide total local share in fiscal year 2021-22 and after.
Sec. C-4. 20-A MRSA §15683-C, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2019, c. 219, §7, is further amended to read:
 
1. Calculation of educationEducation service center per-pupil rate.   TheBeginning in fiscal year 2020-21, the commissioner shall calculateset a per-pupil amountrate for education service center administration of $94 per pupil. The per-pupil amount for education service center administration is based on the actual General Fund expenditures for school administrative units with 2,500 students or more for the functions of school boards, elections and central offices, as defined in the State's accounting handbook for local school systems for the most recent year available, excluding expenditures for administrative technology-related software and less miscellaneous revenues from other local governments, divided by the average of October and April enrollment counts for that fiscal year andset in fiscal year 2020-21 may be annually adjusted by appropriate trends in the Consumer Price Index or other comparable index.
Sec. C-5. 20-A MRSA §15688-A, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2019, c. 343, Pt. AAAAA, §1, is further amended to read:
 
1. Career and technical education program components.   Beginning in fiscal year 2018-19, the allocation for career and technical education centers and career and technical education regions is based upon a model that recognizes program components that have been approved by the department pursuant to chapter 313 for:
 
A. Direct instruction. The direct instruction component includes personnel costs for teachers, education technicians for programs and clinical supervisors for health care programs. The allocation for direct instruction is the sum of the costs as determined based on the following components, which the commissioner shall determine annually:
 
(1) A teacher salary matrix. In determining the teacher salary matrix for each program, the commissioner shall give consideration to the most recent available data regarding years of education experience and years of professional work experience relevant to instructional assignment;
 
(2) Student-to-teacher ratios for each program;
 
(3) The number of education technicians required for purposes of instructional support, based on student enrollment and program requirements. The commissioner shall calculate the education technician allocation by multiplying the number of education technicians required by the statewide average salary for full-time education technicians, based on the most recent available salary data, but shall ensure that each career and technical education center or career and technical education region is allocated at least one full-time education technician; and
 
(4) The clinical supervision staffing level necessary for each program requiring such staffing, based on student enrollment as determined pursuant to paragraph G;
 
B. Central administration. The central administration component includes personnel costs for directors, assistant directors and clerical staff working in career and technical education centers and career and technical education regions, as well as business managers working in career and technical education regions. The central administration allocation is the sum of:
 
(1) Costs for personnel for each career and technical education center and career and technical education region, as follows:
 
(a) A director, the allocation for which must be for one full-time equivalent;
 
(b) An assistant director, the allocation for which must be based on student enrollment as determined pursuant to paragraph G but may not exceed one full-time equivalent;
 
(c) Clerical staff, the allocation for which must be for at least one full-time equivalent, with additional clerical staff allocations based on student enrollment as determined pursuant to paragraph G;
 
(d) A career and technical education region business manager, the allocation for which must be for one full-time equivalent; and
 
(e) Benefit costs for employees in central administration, which must be calculated pursuant to section 15678, subsection 5, paragraph B; and
 
(2) Nonpersonnel costs, which the commissioner shall calculate annually based upon the relationship of the most recent available career and technical education expenditures for nonpersonnel costs to personnel costs;
 
C. Supplies and other expenditures such as purchased services, dues and fees for instructional programs. The allocation for supplies and other expenditures is the sum of:
 
(1) A per-program allocation for supplies, as determined by the commissioner based on the most recent available career and technical education expenditures amount, adjusted to the year prior to the allocation year; and
 
(2) A per-pupil allocation for each student in each career and technical education center and each career and technical education region, determined by the commissioner based on:
 
(a) The most recent available career and technical education expenditures amount, adjusted for inflation to the year prior to the allocation year; and
 
(b) Student enrollment, as determined pursuant to paragraph G;
 
D. Plant operation and maintenance, including all costs for operating and maintaining buildings and grounds. The commissioner shall determine the allocation for plant operation and maintenance costs for each career and technical education center and each career and technical education region by multiplying the square footage of the career and technical education center or career and technical education region building by an amount per square foot, as determined by the commissioner;
 
E. Other student and staff support, which includes costs for student services coordination, career preparation, instructional technology, professional development, student assessment and program safety. The other student and staff support allocation is the sum of the costs for:
 
(1) A counselor, the allocation for which must be for one full-time equivalent, to collaborate with sending school guidance counselors in order to maximize student participation at the middle school and high school grade levels;
 
(2) Career and technical education center or career and technical education region student services coordinators, the allocation for which must be based on student enrollment, as determined pursuant to paragraph G, but no less than one full-time equivalent;
 
(3) Benefit costs for employees under this paragraph, calculated pursuant to section 15678, subsection 5, paragraph B; and
 
(4) Instructional technology, staff professional development, student assessment and program safety. The commissioner shall calculate a per-pupil allocation for this allocation based upon student enrollment, as determined pursuant to paragraph G, and the relationship of the most recent available career and technical education expenditures for these costs to total costs, adjusted to the year prior to the allocation year;
 
F. Equipment provided pursuant to subsection 6; and
 
G. Student enrollment, which is determined as follows.
 
(1) For each program or plan approved pursuant to chapter 313 that has 3 years of attending student counts on October 1st, student enrollment is a 3-year average of the attending student counts on October 1st for that program or plan.
 
(2) For each program or plan approved pursuant to chapter 313 that is not governed by subparagraph (1), including a new program or plan approved pursuant to chapter 313, student enrollment must be based on the estimated attending student count submitted in accordance with the application for the program or plan approval. This estimated attending student count must be used until the program or plan has 3 consecutive years of actual attending student counts on October 1st.
 
In fiscal year 2019-20, the total allocation for a career and technical education center or career and technical education region is the sum of the components in paragraphs A to E, except if the sum of the components in paragraphs A to E is less than the most recent expenditure data, as adjusted for inflation to the year prior to the allocation year, the career and technical education center or career and technical education region may not receive less than the adjusted expenditure, and if the sum of the components in paragraphs A to E is more than 5% greater than the most recent expenditure data, as adjusted for inflation to the year prior to the allocation year, then the career and technical education center or career and technical education region may not receive more than the adjusted expenditures plus 5%.
 
In fiscal year 2020-21, fiscal year 2021-22 and fiscal year 2022-23, the total allocation for a career and technical education center or career and technical education region is the sum of the components in paragraphs A to E, except if the sum of the components in paragraphs A to E is less than the most recent expenditure data, as adjusted for inflation to the year prior to the allocation year, or more than the most recent expenditure data, as adjusted for inflation to the year prior to the allocation year, the total allocation must be determined pursuant to subsection 1-A. If the sum of the components in paragraphs A to E is more than 15% greater than the most recent expenditure data, as adjusted for inflation to the year prior to the allocation year, the career and technical education center or career and technical education region may not receive more than the adjusted expenditures plus 15%.
 
Beginning in fiscal year 2023-24, the total allocation for a career and technical education center or career and technical education region is the sum of components in paragraphs A to E.
 
The commissioner shall authorize monthly payment of allocations to career and technical education centers and career and technical education regions in an amount equal to 1/12 of the total allocation. Payments for satellite programs as approved pursuant to chapter 313 must be made within this schedule to the responsible career and technical education center or career and technical education region; it is the responsibility of the career and technical education center or career and technical education region to provide the state support for the approved satellite program to the school administrative unit that operates the approved satellite program.
 
If a school administrative unit operating a career and technical education center or career and technical education region has any unexpended funds at the end of the fiscal year, these funds must be carried forward for the purposes of career and technical education.
Sec. C-6. 20-A MRSA §15689, sub-§7-A, ¶B, as enacted by PL 2019, c. 343, Pt. UU, §3, is amended to read:
 
B. The commissioner shall allocate the funds appropriated by the Legislature in accordance with the following.
 
(1) The amount of increased funds provided to qualifying school administrative units under this subsection must be the amount necessary to fund the incremental salary increases specified in this subsection.
 
(2) The number of teachers eligible for incremental salary increases in a qualifying school administrative unit for a fiscal year must be based on the information supplied to the department pursuant to section 13407 in that fiscal year.
 
(3) The increased funds provided under this subsection must be issued to qualifying school administrative units as an adjustment to the state school subsidy for distribution to the teachers. Qualifying school administrative units shall use the payments provided under this subsection to provide salary adjustments to those teachers eligible for incremental salary increases. The department shall collect the necessary data to allow the funds to be included in a qualifying school administrative unit's monthly subsidy payments beginning no later than February 1st of each fiscal year.
 
(4) Funding for incremental salary increases in fiscal year 2020-21 must be based on data submitted to the department and certified by school administrative units as of October 1, 2019.
Sec. C-7. 20-A MRSA §15689-A, sub-§6, as enacted by PL 2005, c. 2, Pt. D, §61 and affected by §§72 and 74 and c. 12, Pt. WW, §18, is repealed.
Sec. C-8.  20-A MRSA §15689-A, sub-§28  is enacted to read:
 
28.  Rural schools.     The commissioner may pay costs to provide musical instruments and professional development in rural schools.
Sec. C-9. 20-A MRSA §15905, sub-§1, ¶A, as amended by PL 2017, c. 284, Pt. C, §56, is further amended to read:
 
A. The state board may approve projects as long as no project approval will cause debt service costs, as defined in section 15672, subsection 2-A, paragraph A and pursuant to Resolve 2007, chapter 223, section 4, to exceed the maximum limits specified in Table 1 and Table 2 in subsequent fiscal years.
Sec. C-10. 20-A MRSA §15905, sub-§1, ¶A-1, as amended by PL 2011, c. 1, Pt. E, §1, is further amended to read:
 
A-1. Beginning with the second regular session of the Legislature in fiscal year 1990 and every other year thereafter, on or before March 1st, the commissioner shall recommend to the Legislature and the Legislature shall establish maximum debt service limits for the next 2 biennia for which debt service limits have not been set for major capital projects, including major projects and integrated, consolidated secondary and postsecondary projects.
Sec. C-11. Mill expectation. The mill expectation pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, section 15671-A for fiscal year 2020-21 is 8.18.
Sec. C-12. Total cost of funding public education from kindergarten to grade 12. The total cost of funding public education from kindergarten to grade 12 for fiscal year 2020-21 is as follows:

				2020-21 TOTAL	
Total Operating Allocation		
					
		Total operating allocation pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, section 15683	$1,507,865,971	
					
		Total adjustments to state subsidy pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15689 included in subsidizable costs and total other subsidizable costs pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15681-A	$554,973,541	
					
Total Operating Allocation and Subsidizable Costs		
					
		Total operating allocation pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15683 and total other subsidizable costs pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15681-A	$2,062,839,512	
					
Total Debt Service Allocation		
					
		Total debt service allocation pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15683-A	$103,428,195	
					
Total Adjustments and Targeted Education Funds		
					
		Adjustments pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15689		
					
			Audit adjustments pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15689, subsection 4	$250,000	
					
			Educating students in long-term drug treatment center adjustments pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15689, subsection 5	$460,355	
					
			Minimum teacher salary adjustment pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15689, subsection 7-A	$2,100,000	
					
			Regionalization, consolidation and efficiency assistance adjustments pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15689, subsection 9	$6,161,789	
					
			MaineCare seed payments adjustments pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15689, subsection 14	$1,334,776	
					
			Special education budgetary hardship adjustment pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15689, subsection 15	$1,000,000	
					
		Total adjustments to the state share of the total allocation pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15689	$11,306,920	
					
		Targeted education funds pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15689-A		
					
			Special education costs for state agency clients and state wards pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15689-A, subsection 1	$33,737,998	
					
			Essential programs and services components contract pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15689-A, subsection 3	$300,000	
					
			Data management and support services for essential programs and services pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15689-A, subsection 10	$7,974,245	
					
			Postsecondary course payments pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15689-A, subsection 11	$4,000,000	
					
			National board certification salary supplement pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15689-A, subsection 12	$307,551	
					
			Learning through technology program pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15689-A, subsection 12-A	$16,114,960	
					
			Jobs for Maine's Graduates including college pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15689-A, subsection 13	$3,545,379	
					
			Maine School of Science and Mathematics pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15689-A, subsection 14	$3,615,347	
					
			Maine Educational Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15689-A, subsection 15	$8,913,765	
					
			Transportation administration pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15689-A, subsection 16	$410,111	
					
			Special education for juvenile offenders pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15689-A, subsection 17	$407,036	
					
			Comprehensive early college programs funding (bridge year program) pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15689-A, subsection 23	$1,000,000	
					
			Community schools pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15689-A, subsection 25	$200,000	
					
			Maine School for Marine Science, Technology, Transportation and Engineering pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15689-A, subsection 26	$132,316	
					
			Musical instruments and professional development in rural schools pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15689-A, subsection 28	$50,000	
					
		Total targeted education funds pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15689-A	$80,708,708	
					
		Enhancing student performance and opportunity pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15688-A and section 15672, subsection 1-D		
					
			Career and technical education costs pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15688-A, subsection 1	$57,424,775	
					
			Career and technical education middle school costs pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15672, subsection 1-D	$500,000	
					
			College transitions programs through adult education college readiness programs pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15688-A, subsection 2	$450,000	
					
			New or expanded public preschool programs pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15688-A, subsection 4	$0	
					
			National industry standards for career and technical education pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15688-A, subsection 6	$2,000,000	
					
			Regional school leadership academy pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15688-A, subsection 9	$0	
					
		Total enhancing student performance and opportunity pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15688-A and section 15672, subsection 1-D	$60,374,775	
					
Total Cost of Funding Public Education from Kindergarten to Grade 12		
					
			Total cost of funding public education from kindergarten to grade 12 for fiscal year 2020-21 pursuant to Title 20-A, chapter 606-B, not including normal retirement costs	$2,318,658,110	
					
			Total normal cost of teacher retirement	$50,697,332	
					
			Total cost of funding public education from kindergarten to grade 12 for fiscal year 2020-21 pursuant to Title 20-A, chapter 606-B, including normal retirement costs	$2,369,355,442	
					
			Total cost of state contribution to unfunded actuarial liabilities of the Maine Public Employees Retirement System that are attributable to teachers, retired teacher health insurance and retired teacher life insurance for fiscal year 2020-21 pursuant to Title 5, chapters 421 and 423, excluding the normal cost of teacher retirement	$228,931,183	
					
			Total cost of funding public education from kindergarten to grade 12, plus state contributions to the unfunded actuarial liabilities of the Maine Public Employees Retirement System that are attributable to teachers, retired teacher health insurance and retired teacher life insurance for fiscal year 2020-21 pursuant to Title 5, chapters 421 and 423	$2,598,286,625	
 
Sec. C-13. Local and state contributions to total cost of funding public education from kindergarten to grade 12. The local contribution and the state contribution appropriation provided for general purpose aid for local schools for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2020 and ending June 30, 2021 is calculated as follows:

		2020-21	2020-21	
		LOCAL	STATE	
Local and State Contributions to the Total Cost of Funding Public Education from Kindergarten to Grade 12			
				
	Local and state contributions to the total cost of funding public education from kindergarten to grade 12 pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, section 15683, subject to statewide distributions required by law	$1,142,503,195	$1,226,852,247	
				
	State contribution to the total cost of unfunded actuarial liabilities of the Maine Public Employees Retirement System that are attributable to teachers, teacher retirement health insurance and teacher retirement life insurance for fiscal year 2020-21 pursuant to Title 5, chapters 421 and 423 excluding the normal cost of teacher retirement		$228,931,183	
				
	State contribution to the total cost of funding public education from kindergarten to grade 12 plus state contribution to the total cost of unfunded actuarial liabilities of the Maine Public Employees Retirement System that are attributable to teachers, teacher retirement health insurance and teacher retirement life insurance for fiscal year 2020-21 pursuant to Title 5, chapters 421 and 423		$1,455,783,430	
 
Sec. C-14. Authorization of payments. If the State's continued obligation for any individual component contained in those sections of this Part that set the total cost of funding public education from kindergarten to grade 12 and the local and state contributions for that purpose exceeds the level of funding provided for that component, any unexpended balances occurring in other programs may be applied to avoid proration of payments for any individual component. Any unexpended balances from this Part may not lapse but must be carried forward for the same purpose.
Sec. C-15. Limit of State's obligation. Those sections of this Part that set the total cost of funding public education from kindergarten to grade 12 and the local and state contributions for that purpose may not be construed to require the State to provide payments that exceed the appropriation of funds for general purpose aid for local schools for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2020 and ending June 30, 2021.
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Sec. H-1. Transfer from Liquor Operation Revenue Fund. Notwithstanding the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 30-A, section 6054, subsection 4, or any other provision of law to the contrary, the Maine Municipal Bond Bank shall transfer $20,000,000 during fiscal year 2019-20 from the Liquor Operation Revenue Fund, established in Title 30-A, section 6054, subsection 1, to the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund.
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PART J
Sec. J-1. Transfer from General Fund unappropriated surplus; Maine Budget Stabilization Fund. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the State Controller shall transfer $17,431,338 during fiscal year 2019-20 from the General Fund unappropriated surplus to the Maine Budget Stabilization Fund established in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 1532.
PART K
Sec. K-1. 12 MRSA §8908, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 2005, c. 28, §1 and amended by PL 2011, c. 657, Pt. W, §7 and PL 2013, c. 405, Pt. A, §23, is further amended to read:
 
2. Use of fund.   The bureau may use the fund to pay operating expenses and to purchase aerial fire suppression resources, including helicopters, airplanes and spare parts, in accordance with the bureau's plan to diversify and modernize its aerial fire suppression fleet.
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PART S
Sec. S-1.  5 MRSA §1986  is enacted to read:
§ 1986. Criminal history record information for employees and contractors
 
1.  Definitions.     As used in this section, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.
 
A.  "Federal Bureau of Investigation" means the United States Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation.
 
B.  "State Police" means the Department of Public Safety, Bureau of State Police.
 
2.  Background investigation requirements.     The office shall perform fingerprint-based criminal history record checks for any person employed by the office, who may be offered employment by the office or who is employed by or may be offered employment by a contractor or subcontractor for the office to satisfy federal statutory and regulatory background investigation requirements, including but not limited to those established by the United States Internal Revenue Service's tax information security guidelines for federal, state and local agencies, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Criminal Justice Information Services Division's information security requirements for criminal history record information used for noncriminal justice purposes.
 
The criminal history record checks must include fingerprinting and obtaining national criminal history record information from the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
 
3.  Fingerprint-based criminal history obtained.     A person employed by the office or a person who is employed by a contractor or subcontractor for the office shall consent to having and have the person's fingerprints taken. A person who may be offered employment by the office or by a contractor or subcontractor for the office shall consent to having and have the person's fingerprints taken prior to being employed by the office or by a contractor or subcontractor for the office. The State Police shall take or cause to be taken the fingerprints of a person who has consented under this subsection and shall forward the fingerprints to the Department of Public Safety, State Bureau of Identification so that the bureau may conduct a state and national criminal history record check on the person. The bureau shall forward the results obtained to the office. The fee charged to the office by the State Police must be consistent with the fee charged to executive branch agencies receiving similar services. Except for the portion of the payment that constitutes the processing fee charged by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, all money received by the State Police under this subsection must be paid to the Treasurer of State, who shall apply the money to the expenses of administration of this section by the Department of Public Safety.
 
4.  Updates to information.     The fingerprint-based criminal history record check under subsection 3 must be conducted at least once every 5 years as the office determines appropriate or as required under federal regulations. The office may request continuous notifications of updated criminal history record information if a service providing notifications of updated criminal history record information becomes available.
 
5.  Confidentiality.     Information obtained pursuant to this section is confidential and may not be disseminated for purposes other than as provided in subsections 6 and 7.
 
6.  Use of information obtained.     Criminal history record information obtained pursuant to this section may be used by the office for employment purposes only. The information may be used only for making decisions regarding the suitability of a person described in this section for new or continued employment with the office. The subject of any criminal history record check under this section may contest any negative decision made by the office based upon the information received pursuant to the criminal history record check.
 
7.  Person's access to information obtained.     A person subject to the criminal history record check pursuant to subsection 3 must be notified each time a criminal history record check is performed on the person. A person subject to the criminal history record check under subsection 3 may inspect and review the criminal history record information pursuant to Title 16, section 709 and obtain federal information obtained pursuant to the criminal history record check by following the procedures outlined in 28 Code of Federal Regulations, Sections 16.32 and 16.33.
 
8.  Right of subject to remove fingerprints from record.     Upon request from a person subject to a criminal history record check pursuant to subsection 3, the Department of Public Safety shall remove the person's fingerprints from the Department of Public Safety's records and provide written confirmation of the removal to the person.
 
9.  Refusal to consent.     The office may not employ or permit the employment by a contractor or subcontractor of a person who has refused to consent to the background investigation requirements under this section in a position for which such background investigations are required under subsection 2.
Sec. S-2.  25 MRSA §1542-A, sub-§1, ¶U  is enacted to read:
 
U.  Who is required to have a criminal history record check under Title 5, section 1986.
Sec. S-3.  25 MRSA §1542-A, sub-§3, ¶T  is enacted to read:
 
T.  The State Police shall take or cause to be taken the fingerprints of the person named in subsection 1, paragraph U, at the request of that person or the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Office of Information Technology, and upon payment of the fees as provided under Title 5, section 1986.
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PART W
Sec. W-1.  PL 2019, c. 343, Pt. HHH, §2  is amended to read:
Sec. HHH-2. Transfer of Personal Services balances to All Other; state psychiatric centers. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, for fiscal years 2019-20 and 2020-21 only, the Department of Health and Human Services is authorized to transfer available balances of Personal Services appropriations and allocations in the Disproportionate Share - Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center program, the Disproportionate Share - Riverview Psychiatric Center program and, the Riverview Psychiatric Center program and the Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center program after all salary, benefit and other obligations are met to the All Other line category of those programs. These amounts may be transferred by financial order upon the recommendation of the State Budget Officer and approval of the Governor. These transfers are not considered adjustments to appropriations.
PART X
Sec. X-1. 36 MRSA §111, sub-§1-A, as amended by PL 2019, c. 233, §1, is further amended to read:
 
1-A. Code.   "Code" means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and amendments to that Code as of December 31, 20182019.
Sec. X-2. 36 MRSA §5124-C, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 2017, c. 474, Pt. B, §2, is amended to read:
 
1. Amount; before January 1, 2020.   For tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2018 and before January 1, 2020, the standard deduction of a resident individual is equal to the standard deduction as determined in accordance with the Code, Section 63, subject to the phase-out under subsection 2.
Sec. X-3.  36 MRSA §5124-C, sub-§1-A  is enacted to read:
 
1-A.  Amount; on or after January 1, 2020.     For tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2020, the standard deduction of a resident individual is equal to the federal standard deduction, subject to the phase-out under subsection 2.
Sec. X-4. Application. That section of this Part that amends the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 36, section 111, subsection 1-A applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2019 and to any prior tax years as specifically provided by the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and amendments to that Code as of December 31, 2019.
PART Y
Sec. Y-1. 36 MRSA §2892, last ¶, as enacted by PL 2019, c. 343, Pt. EEE, §1, is amended to read:
For state fiscal years beginning on or after July 1, 2019 but before July 1, 2021, the hospital's taxable year is the hospital's fiscal year that ended during calendar year 2016.
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PART BB
Sec. BB-1. Increase to medication passes. The Department of Health and Human Services shall amend 10-149 C.M.R. Chapter 5, Section 63, In-home and Community Support Services for Elderly and Other Adults, for residents who reside in one of the assisted living facilities that have contracts with the department to increase the number of reimbursable medication passes from 3 reimbursable medication passes per consumer per day to 6 reimbursable medication passes per consumer per day. Rules adopted pursuant to this section are routine technical rules as defined in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.
PART CC
Sec. CC-1. Transfer from General Fund; additional funds for indigent legal services. No later than June 30, 2020, the State Controller shall transfer $2,036,206 from the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund to the Maine Commission on Indigent Legal Services, Reserve for Indigent Legal Services program, Other Special Revenue Funds. Funds transferred pursuant to this section are in addition to funds transferred pursuant to Public Law 2019, chapter 343, Part PPPP, section 1.
PART DD
Sec. DD-1. Transfer; Inland Fisheries and Wildlife carrying account. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the State Controller shall transfer $300,000 by June 30, 2020 from the Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Carrying Balances - General Fund account within the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife to the Enforcement Operations - Inland Fisheries and Wildlife program, General Fund account within the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. These funds may be allotted by financial order upon recommendation of the State Budget Officer and approval of the Governor.
PART EE
Sec. EE-1. 26 MRSA §1221, sub-§4-A, ¶A, as amended by PL 2007, c. 352, Pt. A, §2, is further amended to read:
 
A. The standard rate of contributions is 5.4%. A contributing employer's rate may not be varied from the standard rate unless the employer's experience rating record has been chargeable with benefits throughout the period of 24 consecutive calendar months ending on the computation date applicable to such a year. A contributing employer newly subject to this chapter shall pay contributions at a rate equal to the greater of the predetermined yield or 1.0% until the employer's experience rating record has been chargeable with benefits throughout the period of 24 consecutive calendar months ending on the computation date applicable to such a year. For rate years thereafter, the employer's contribution rate is determined in accordance with this subsection and subsection 3.
 
Effective January 1, 2008, the contribution rate must be reduced by the Competitive Skills Scholarship Fund predetermined yield as defined in section 1166, subsection 1, paragraph C, except that a contribution rate under this paragraph may not be reduced below 1%.
 
Effective January 1, 2021, the contribution rate must also be reduced by the Unemployment Program Administrative Fund predetermined yield as defined in section 1167, subsection 1, paragraph C, except that a contribution rate under this paragraph may not be reduced below 1%.
Sec. EE-2. 26 MRSA §1221, sub-§4-A, ¶B, as amended by PL 2017, c. 284, Pt. CCCCC, §5, is further amended to read:
 
B. Subject to paragraph A, an employer's contribution rate for the 12-month period commencing January 1st of each year is based upon the employer's experience rating record and determined from the employer's reserve ratio. The employer's reserve ratio is the percent obtained by dividing the amount, if any, by which the employer's contributions, credited from the time the employer first or most recently became an employer, whichever date is later, up to and including June 30th of the preceding year, including any part of the employer's contributions due for that year paid on or before July 31st of that year, exceed the employer's benefits charged during the same period, by the employer's average annual payroll for the period of 36 consecutive months ending June 30th of the preceding year. The employer's contribution rate is determined under subparagraphs (1) to (8).
 
(1) The commissioner shall prepare a schedule listing all employers for whom a reserve ratio has been computed pursuant to this paragraph, in the order of their reserve ratios, beginning with the highest ratio. For each employer, the schedule must show:
 
(a) The amount of the employer's reserve ratio;
 
(b) The amount of the employer's annual taxable payroll; and
 
(c) A cumulative total consisting of the amount of the employer's annual taxable payroll plus the amount of the annual taxable payrolls of all other employers preceding the employer on the list.
 
(2) The commissioner shall segregate employers into contribution categories in accordance with the cumulative totals under subparagraph (1), division (c). The contribution category is determined by the cumulative payroll percentage limits in column B. Each contribution category is identified by the contribution category number in column A that is opposite the figures in column B, which represent the percentage limits of each contribution category. If an employer's taxable payroll falls in more than one contribution category, the employer must be assigned to the lower-numbered contribution category, except that an employer may not be assigned to a higher contribution category than is assigned any other employer with the same reserve ratio.

A	B	C	D	E	
Contribution Category	% of Taxable Payrolls From To	Experience Factors	Phase-in Experience Factors 2002 and 2003	Phase-in Experience Factors 2000 and 2001	
1	00.00	05.00	.30	.38750	.4750	
2	05.01	10.00	.35	.43125	.5125	
3	10.01	15.00	.40	.47500	.5500	
4	15.01	20.00	.45	.51875	.5875	
5	20.01	25.00	.50	.56250	.6250	
6	25.01	30.00	.55	.60625	.6625	
7	30.01	35.00	.60	.65000	.7000	
8	35.01	40.00	.65	.69375	.7375	
9	40.01	45.00	.70	.73750	.7750	
10	45.01	50.00	.75	.78125	.8125	
11	50.01	55.00	.80	.82500	.8500	
12	55.01	60.00	.90	.91250	.9250	
13	60.01	65.00	1.00	1.00000	1.0000	
14	65.01	70.00	1.10	1.08750	1.0750	
15	70.01	75.00	1.25	1.21875	1.1875	
16	75.01	80.00	1.40	1.35000	1.3000	
17	80.01	85.00	1.60	1.52500	1.4500	
18	85.01	90.00	1.90	1.78750	1.6750	
19	90.01	95.00	2.20	2.05000	1.9000	
20	95.01	100.00	2.60	2.40000	2.2000	

(3-A) Beginning January 1, 2008, the commissioner shall compute a reserve multiple to determine the schedule and planned yield in effect for a rate year. The reserve multiple is determined by dividing the fund reserve ratio by the average benefit cost rate. The determination date is October 31st of each calendar year. The schedule and planned yield that apply for the 12-month period commencing on January 1, 2008 and every January 1st thereafter are shown on the line of the following table that corresponds with the applicable reserve multiple in column A.

A	B	C	
Reserve	Schedule	Planned	
Multiple		Yield	
Over 1.58	A	0.6%	
1.50 - 1.57	B	0.7%	
1.42 - 1.49	C	0.8%	
1.33 - 1.41	D	0.9%	
1.25 - 1.32	E	1.0%	
.50 - 1.24	F	1.1%	
.25 - .49	G	1.2%	
Under .25	H	1.3%	

(4) The commissioner shall compute the predetermined yield by multiplying the ratio of total wages to taxable wages for the preceding calendar year by the planned yield.
 
(5) The commissioner shall determine the contribution rates effective for a rate year by multiplying the predetermined yield by the experience factors for each contribution category. Contribution category 20 in the table in subparagraph (2) must be assigned a contribution rate of at least 5.4%. The employer's experience factor is the percentage shown in column C in the table in subparagraph (2) that corresponds with the employer's contribution category in column A, except that the experience factors in column E must be used to determine the contribution rates for rate years 2000 and 2001 and those in column D must be used for rate years 2002 and 2003. Beginning January 1, 2018, for rate years when schedule A is in effect as determined in subparagraph (3-A), the experience factor in subparagraph (2) for contribution category 1 is assigned an experience factor of 0.00 in column C.
 
(6) If, subsequent to the assignment of contribution rates for a rate year, the reserve ratio of an employer is recomputed and changed, the employer must be placed in the position on the schedule prepared pursuant to subparagraph (1) that the employer would have occupied had the corrected reserve ratio been shown on the schedule. The altered position on the schedule does not affect the position of any other employer.
 
(7) In computing the contribution rates, only the wages reported by employers liable for payment of contributions into the fund and net benefits paid that are charged to an employer's experience rating record or to the fund are considered in the computation of the average benefit cost rate and the ratio of total wages to taxable wages.
 
(8) Beginning January 1, 2008, all contribution rates must be reduced by the Competitive Skills Scholarship Fund predetermined yield as defined in section 1166, subsection 1, paragraph C, except that contribution category 20 under this paragraph may not be reduced below 5.4%.
 
(9) Beginning January 1, 2021, the contribution rate must also be reduced by the Unemployment Program Administrative Fund predetermined yield as defined in section 1167, subsection 1, paragraph C, except that a contribution rate under this paragraph may not be reduced below 1%.
PART FF
Sec. FF-1.  26 MRSA §1167  is enacted to read:
§ 1167. Unemployment Program Administrative Fund
 
1.  Definitions.     As used in this section, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.
 
A.  "Unemployment Program Administrative Fund contributions" or "fund contributions" means the money payments required by this section to be made into the Unemployment Program Administrative Fund by an employer as a percentage of the employer's taxable payroll based on the Unemployment Program Administrative Fund predetermined yield in effect for the Unemployment Program Administrative Fund rate year.
 
B.  "Unemployment Program Administrative Fund planned yield" means the percentage of wages, as defined in section 1043, subsection 19, equal to .04% of the total wages for each contributing employer subject to this chapter.
 
C.  "Unemployment Program Administrative Fund predetermined yield" means the amount determined by multiplying the ratio of total wages to taxable wages, as defined by section 1221, subsection 6, paragraph L, by the Unemployment Program Administrative Fund planned yield. The Unemployment Program Administrative Fund predetermined yield is rounded to the nearest .01%.
 
D.  "Unemployment Program Administrative Fund rate year" has the same meaning as "rate year" under section 1221, subsection 6, paragraph F.
 
2.  Established.     The Unemployment Program Administrative Fund, referred to in this section as "the fund," is established as a special fund in the State Treasury. All receipts, including interest, fines and penalties collected from the Unemployment Program Administrative Fund contributions, must be paid into the fund. Income from the investment of the fund must be deposited to the credit of the fund. All money in the fund must be deposited, administered and disbursed in the same manner and under the same conditions and requirements as are provided by law for other special funds.
 
3.  Administered.     The money in the fund must be administered by the commissioner exclusively for the purpose of administering this chapter and for the costs of administering the fund.
 
4.  Employers liable for fund contribution.     Each employer, as defined in section 1043, subsection 9, other than an employer liable for a payment in lieu of a contribution, shall pay a fund contribution. Beginning January 1, 2021, fund contributions are payable in the same manner as described under section 1221, subsection 1 and in accordance with section 1221, subsection 4-A.
 
5.  Receipts.     All receipts collected from fund contributions, including interest, fines and penalties on fund contributions not paid when due, must be paid into the fund.
 
6.  Experience rating records.     Fund contributions may not be credited to an employer's experience rating record as described in section 1221, subsection 3.
 
7.  Relationship to unemployment insurance contributions.     Fund contributions may not be considered as part of the employer's unemployment insurance contribution rate pursuant to section 1221. Unemployment insurance contributions for all employers subject to the contribution provisions of this chapter must be reduced by a percentage equal to the total fund contribution assessment as in section 1221, subsection 4-A. Exceptions pertaining to new employer rates and contribution rate category 20 are described in section 1221, subsection 4-A, paragraphs A and B.
 
8.  Other provisions of this chapter.     All provisions of this chapter and rules adopted under this chapter regarding payments, time limits, dates of payment, reports, interest and penalties on amounts not paid by employers when due, fines, liens and warrants that apply to the collection of contributions also apply to the collection of fund contributions.
 
9.  Maximum fund balance.     The Department of Labor shall transfer any cash balance that exceeds 180 days working capital as of December 31, 2023, and every year thereafter, from the Unemployment Program Administrative Fund to the Unemployment Compensation Fund within 30 days.
PART GG
Sec. GG-1. Money credited to State of Maine account in Unemployment Trust Fund under Section 903(f) of federal Social Security Act.  Money credited to the account of the State of Maine in the federal Unemployment Trust Fund by the United States Secretary of the Treasury on July 29, 2009 pursuant to Section 903(f) of the federal Social Security Act may not be requisitioned from the State's account or used except for the payment of benefits and for the payment of expenses incurred for the administration of the State's unemployment compensation law and public employment offices. Money used for the payment of benefits is requisitioned as defined in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 26, section 1162. Money requisitioned and used for the payment of expenses incurred for the administration of the State's unemployment compensation law and public employment offices requires a specific appropriation by the Legislature as provided in section 2. That use is only permissible if the expenses are incurred and the money is requisitioned after the effective date of a law making an appropriation and specifying the purposes for which the money is appropriated and the amounts appropriated for those purposes. Any amount that may be obligated under such an appropriation is limited to an amount that does not exceed the amount by which the aggregate of the amounts transferred to the account of the State of Maine pursuant to Section 903(f) of the federal Social Security Act exceeds the aggregate of the amounts used by the State pursuant to this Act and charged against the amounts transferred to the account of the State of Maine.
For purposes of this section, the amounts obligated under an appropriation for administrative purposes must be charged against transferred amounts at the exact time the obligation is entered into. The appropriation, obligation and expenditure or other disposition of money appropriated under this section must be accounted for in accordance with standards established by the United States Secretary of Labor. Money appropriated as provided in this Act for the payment of administration must be requisitioned as needed for the payment of obligations incurred under the appropriation and, upon requisition, must be deposited in the Employment Security Administration Fund from which payments are made. Money so deposited must, until expended, remain a part of the unemployment fund and, if it will not be immediately expended, must be returned promptly to the account of the State of Maine in the federal Unemployment Trust Fund.
Sec. GG-2. Allocation maintaining state unemployment compensation and public employment system. There is allocated out of funds made available to the State under Section 903(f) of the federal Social Security Act, as amended, the sum of $27,534,100, in accordance with section 1, to be used under the direction of the Department of Labor for the purpose of maintaining and operating the State's unemployment compensation and public employment system. The uses include both personnel and nonpersonnel administrative costs required to administer the unemployment insurance program, deliver employment assistance services through the Department of Labor's career center system and provide labor market information program services for workers and employers in the State.
The amount obligated pursuant to this Act may not exceed at any time the amount by which the aggregate of the amounts transferred to the account of the State of Maine pursuant to Section 903(f) of the federal Social Security Act exceeds the aggregate of the amounts obligated for administration and paid out for benefits and required by law to be charged against the amounts transferred to the account of the State of Maine.
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Sec. LL-1. 10 MRSA §1100-T, sub-§2, ¶A, as amended by PL 2013, c. 438, §3, is further amended to read:
 
A. For investments made in tax years beginning before January 1, 2012, a tax credit certificate may be issued in an amount not more than 40% of the amount of cash actually invested in an eligible Maine business in any calendar year or in an amount not more than 60% of the amount of cash actually invested in any one calendar year in an eligible Maine business located in a high-unemployment area, as determined by rule by the authority. For investments made in tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2012, a tax credit certificate may be issued to an investor other than a private venture capital fund in an amount not more than 60% of the amount of cash actually invested in an eligible Maine business in any calendar year. For investments made in tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2014, a tax credit certificate may be issued to an investor other than a private venture capital fund in an amount not more than 50% of the amount of cash actually invested in an eligible Maine business in any calendar year. For investments made on or after April 1, 2020, a tax credit certificate may be issued to an investor other than a private venture capital fund in an amount not more than 40% of the amount of cash actually invested in an eligible Maine business in any calendar year. Rules adopted pursuant to this section are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.
Sec. LL-2. 10 MRSA §1100-T, sub-§2, ¶C, as amended by PL 2003, c. 451, Pt. E, §2, is further amended to read:
 
C. Aggregate investment eligible for tax credits may not be more than $5,000,000 for any one business as of the date of issuance of a tax credit certificate. Beginning with investments made on or after April 1, 2020, aggregate investment eligible for tax credits may not be more than $3,500,000 for any one business as of the date of issuance of a tax credit certificate and not more than $2,000,000 for any calendar year.
Sec. LL-3. 10 MRSA §1100-T, sub-§2, ¶I, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 642, §7 and affected by §12, is amended to read:
 
I. The business receiving the investment may not be in violation of the requirements of subsection 67.
Sec. LL-4. 10 MRSA §1100-T, sub-§2-A, ¶B, as amended by PL 2009, c. 470, §3, is further amended to read:
 
B. As used in this subsection, unless the context otherwise indicates, an "eligible business" means a business located in the State that:
 
(1) Is a manufacturer;
 
(2) Is engaged in the development or application of advanced technologies;
 
(3) Provides a product or service that is sold or rendered, or is projected to be sold or rendered, predominantly outside of the State;
 
(4) Brings capital into the State, as determined by the authority; or
 
(5) Is certified as a visual media production company under Title 5, section 13090-L.
Sec. LL-5. 10 MRSA §1100-T, sub-§2-C, ¶A, as enacted by PL 2011, c. 454, §6, is amended to read:
 
A. For investments made in tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2012, a tax credit certificate may be issued to a private venture capital fund in an amount that is not more than 50% of the amount of cash actually invested in an eligible business. For investments made on or after April 1, 2020, a tax credit certificate may be issued to a private venture capital fund in an amount that is not more than 40% of the amount of cash actually invested in an eligible business. The tax credit certificate may be revoked and the credit recaptured pursuant to Title 36, section 5216-B, subsection 5 to the extent that the authority determines that the eligible business for which the tax credit certificate was issued moves substantially all of its operations and assets outside of the State during the period ending 4 years after an investment, except in the case of an arm's length, fair value acquisition approved by the authority. A private venture capital fund that received the 20% credit certificate under subsection 2-A, paragraph A, subparagraph (2) for an investment is not eligible for a tax credit certificate under this subsection for that investment.
Sec. LL-6. 10 MRSA §1100-T, sub-§2-C, ¶B, as amended by PL 2013, c. 438, §4, is further amended to read:
 
B. As used in this subsection, unless the context otherwise indicates, "eligible business" means a business located in the State that has certified that the amount of the investment is necessary to allow the business to create or retain jobs in the State and that, as determined by the authority:
 
(1) Is a manufacturer or a value-added natural resource enterprise;
 
(2) Is engaged in the development or application of advanced technologies;
 
(3) Provides a product or service that is sold or rendered, or is projected to be sold or rendered, predominantly outside of the State; or
 
(5) Is certified as a visual media production company under Title 5, section 13090-L.
Sec. LL-7. 10 MRSA §1100-T, sub-§2-C, ¶C, as enacted by PL 2011, c. 454, §6, is amended to read:
 
C. Aggregate investment eligible for tax credit certificates, including investments under this subsection and under subsection 2, may not be more than $5,000,000 for any one eligible business. Beginning with investments made on or after April 1, 2020, aggregate investment eligible for tax credit certificates, including investments under this subsection and under subsection 2, may not be more than $3,500,000 for any one eligible business in total and not more than $2,000,000 for any calendar year.
Sec. LL-8. 10 MRSA §1100-T, sub-§2-C, ¶D, as amended by PL 2013, c. 438, §4, is further amended to read:
 
D. The investment with respect to which any private venture capital fund is applying for a tax credit certificate may not be more than the lesser of an amount equal to $500,000 times the number of investors in the private venture capital fund and an aggregate of $4,000,000 in any one eligible business invested in by a private venture capital fund in any 3 consecutive calendar years, except that this. For investments made on or after April 1, 2020, the investment with respect to which any private venture capital fund is applying for a tax credit certificate may not be more than the lesser of an amount equal to $500,000 times the number of investors in the private venture capital fund and an aggregate of $3,500,000 in any one eligible business invested in by a private venture capital fund. This paragraph does not limit other investment by an applicant for which that applicant is not applying for a tax credit certificate. A private venture capital fund must certify to the authority that it will be in compliance with these limitations. The tax credit certificate issued to a private venture capital fund may be revoked and any credit taken recaptured pursuant to Title 36, section 5216-B, subsection 5 if the fund is not in compliance with this paragraph.
Sec. LL-9. 10 MRSA §1100-T, sub-§4, as amended by PL 2013, c. 438, §5, is further amended to read:
 
4. Total of credits authorized.   The authority may issue tax credit certificates to investors eligible pursuant to subsections 2, 2-A and 2-C in an aggregate amount not to exceed $2,000,000 up to and including calendar year 1996, $3,000,000 up to and including calendar year 1997, $5,500,000 up to and including calendar year 1998, $8,000,000 up to and including calendar year 2001, $11,000,000 up to and including calendar year 2002, $14,000,000 up to and including calendar year 2003, $17,000,000 up to and including calendar year 2004, $20,000,000 up to and including calendar year 2005, $23,000,000 up to and including calendar year 2006, $26,000,000 up to and including calendar year 2007 and $30,000,000 up to and including calendar year 2013, in addition to which, the authority may issue tax credit certificates to investors eligible pursuant to subsections 2, 2-A and 2-C in an annual amount not to exceed $675,000 for investments made between January 1, 2014 and December 31, 2014, $4,000,000 for investments made in calendar year 2015 and, $5,000,000 for investments made in calendar years 2016 to 2019, $15,000,000 for investments made in calendar years 2020 to 2026 and $5,000,000 each year for investments made in calendar years beginning with 20162027. The authority may provide that investors eligible for a tax credit under this section in a year when there is insufficient credit available are entitled to take the credit when it becomes available subject to limitations established by the authority by rule. Rules adopted pursuant to this subsection are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.
Sec. LL-10. 10 MRSA §1100-T, sub-§6, as amended by PL 2011, c. 454, §8, is repealed.
Sec. LL-11.  10 MRSA §1100-T, sub-§7  is enacted to read:
 
7.  Reports.     The following reports are required regarding activities under this section.
 
A.  A business eligible to have investors receive a tax credit under this section shall report to the authority, in a manner determined by the authority, the following information regarding that business's activities in the State over the calendar year in which the investment occurred and for each additional year for which a credit is claimed:
 
(1) The total amount of private investment received by the eligible business from each investor eligible to receive a tax credit;
 
(2) The total number of persons employed by the eligible business as of December 31st;
 
(3) The total number and geographic location of jobs created and retained by the eligible business stated separately for all jobs in the State and for those jobs that would not have been created or retained in the absence of the credit;
 
(4) Total annual payroll of the eligible business stated separately for all employees in the State and for those employees who would not have been employed in the absence of the credit; and
 
(5) Total sales revenue of the eligible business stated separately within and outside the State.
 
B.  An investor eligible for a tax credit under this section shall notify the authority when a business that received an investment from that investor eligible for a credit under this section ceases operations and the likely reasons for the cessation of business.
 
C.  The authority shall report annually to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over taxation matters and to the Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability on all activity under this section during the prior calendar year. The authority shall identify in its report businesses receiving investments eligible for a credit under this section and the authority's determination as to whether the investments would have been made in the absence of the credit.
Sec. LL-12.  36 MRSA §5216-B, sub-§6  is enacted to read:
 
6.  Evaluation; specific public policy objective; performance measures.     The credit provided under this section is subject to ongoing legislative review in accordance with Title 3, chapter 37. The Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability shall submit an evaluation of the credit provided under this section to the joint legislative committee established to oversee program evaluation and government accountability matters and the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over taxation matters. In developing evaluation parameters to perform the review, the office shall consider:
 
A.  That the specific public policy objectives of the credit provided under this section are:
 
(1) To increase job opportunities for residents of the State in businesses that export products or services from the State;
 
(2) To increase private investment in small new and existing businesses, especially those that experience significant difficulty in the absence of investment incentives in obtaining equity financing to carry the businesses from start-up through initial development; and
 
(3) To increase municipal tax bases; and
 
B.  Performance measures, including, but not limited to:
 
(1) The number and geographic distribution of full-time employees added or retained during a period being reviewed who would not have been added or retained in the absence of the credit;
 
(2) The amount of qualified investment in eligible businesses during the period being reviewed;
 
(3) The change in the number of businesses created or retained in the State as a result of the credit;
 
(4) Measures of fiscal impact and overall economic impact to the State; and
 
(5) The amount of the tax revenue loss for each year being reviewed divided by the number of jobs created or retained.
PART MM
Sec. MM-1. Carrying balances; Department of Health and Human Services web portal upgrade. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, at the end of each fiscal year the State Controller shall carry forward, to be used for the same purposes, any unexpended balance of the $1,700,000 appropriated in Public Law 2019, chapter 343 in the All Other line category in the Office for Family Independence - District program, General Fund account for the purpose of upgrades to the public assistance web portal.
PART NN
Sec. NN-1. Payments to State from Maine Governmental Facilities Authority operating account. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the Maine Governmental Facilities Authority shall transfer $4,000,000 from the balance in the authority's operating account to the State as undedicated revenue no later than June 30, 2020.’
 
SUMMARY
PART A
This Part makes appropriations and allocations.
PART C
This Part does the following.
1. It establishes the total cost of education from kindergarten to grade 12, the state contribution, the annual target state share percentage and the mill expectation for the local contribution for fiscal year 2020-21.
2. It establishes, beginning in fiscal year 2020-21, the per-pupil rate for education service center administration.
3. With respect to fiscal years 2020-21, 2021-22 and 2022-23, it caps the total allocation for a career and technical education center or career and technical education region.
4. It provides that funding for incremental salary increases in fiscal year 2020-21 must be based on data submitted to the Department of Education and certified by school administrative units as of October 1, 2019.
5. It amends the laws governing the payment of targeted education funds to remove authorization for the annual education research contract and to authorize the payment of costs to provide musical instruments and professional development in rural schools.
6. It establishes for fiscal years 2023-24 through 2026-27 the debt service ceiling for capital projects, including major projects and integrated, consolidated secondary and postsecondary projects.
PART H
This Part directs the Maine Municipal Bond Bank to transfer $20,000,000 during fiscal year 2019-20 from the Liquor Operation Revenue Fund to the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund.
PART J
This Part directs the State Controller to transfer $17,431,338 during fiscal year 2019-20 from the General Fund unappropriated surplus to the Maine Budget Stabilization Fund established in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 1532.
PART K
This Part authorizes the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, Bureau of Forestry to pay operating expenses from the Aerial Fire Suppression Fund.
PART S
This Part implements criminal history record checks for certain individuals with access to federal tax information and other federally protected data at the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Office of Information Technology. The criminal history record checks apply to all new applicants and current employees and contractors or subcontractors of the office to ensure compliance with federal laws and regulations governing access to federally protected data, including, but not limited to, the Internal Revenue Service's criminal history record check requirements for all employees and contractors with access to federal tax information and the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Criminal Justice Information Services Division.
PART W
This Part authorizes the Department of Health and Human Services to transfer available balances of Personal Services appropriations and allocations in the Disproportionate Share - Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center program, the Disproportionate Share - Riverview Psychiatric Center program, the Riverview Psychiatric Center program and the Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center program after all salary, benefit and other obligations are met to the All Other line category.
PART X
This Part updates references to the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986 contained in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 36 to refer to the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended through December 31, 2019, for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2019 and for any prior tax years as specifically provided by the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. It also provides that, for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2020, the Maine standard deduction under the Maine income tax is equal to the federal standard deduction and is not limited by the federal Internal Revenue Code of 1986, Section 63.
PART Y
This Part clarifies that, with regard to each hospital in the State, the hospital’s fiscal year that ended during calendar year 2016 is intended to be the hospital’s taxable year for all state fiscal years beginning on or after July 1, 2019 for the purpose of taxes imposed by Title 36, section 2892.
PART BB
This Part requires the Department of Health and Human Services to amend the Office of Elderly Services Policy Manual, 10-149 C.M.R. Chapter 5, Section 63 to increase the number of reimbursable medication passes per consumer per day from 3 to 6.
PART CC
This Part transfers $2,036,206 to the Maine Commission on Indigent Legal Services; this transfer is in addition to a transfer of $16,526,403 made in July 2019.
PART DD
This Part transfers funds from the Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Carrying Balances - General Fund account to the Enforcement Operations - Inland Fisheries and Wildlife program, General Fund account to fund a Personal Services shortfall in fiscal year 2019-20.
PART EE
This Part reduces unemployment insurance trust fund contributions for employers by a percentage used to calculate the Unemployment Program Administrative Fund assessment except as described in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 26, section 1221, subsection 4-A, paragraphs A and B pertaining to new employer rates and contribution rate category 20.
PART FF
This Part establishes the Unemployment Program Administrative Fund for the purpose of operating the Maine unemployment insurance program, including both personnel and nonpersonnel costs, and for the costs of administering the fund.
PART GG
This Part authorizes the use of unemployment insurance modernization funds under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and Section 903(f) of the federal Social Security Act for the purposes of operating the State's unemployment compensation and public employment systems.
PART LL
This Part amends the Maine Seed Capital Tax Credit Program by:
1. For investments made on or after April 1, 2020:
A. Reducing from 50% to 40% of investment the maximum credit available to individual investors and private venture capital funds;
B. Reducing from $5,000,000 to $3,500,000 the total aggregate investment eligible for tax credits for any one business; and
C. Limiting to $2,000,000 the eligible total aggregate investment for any one business in any calendar year;
2. Increasing from $5,000,000 to $15,000,000 the overall annual limit on total authorized credits for calendar years 2020 through 2026;
3. Expanding the definition of "eligible business" to include businesses that provide a product that is sold predominantly outside the State; and
4. Providing a structure for the required reporting of data to facilitate an evaluation of the effectiveness of the credit by the Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability.
PART MM
This Part authorizes the carry-forward of any remaining balance of the amount appropriated in Public Law 2019, chapter 343 in the Office for Family Independence - District program, General Fund account within the Department of Health and Human Services for the purpose of upgrades to the public assistance web portal to be used for the same purposes in the next fiscal year.
PART NN
This Part authorizes a transfer of a portion of the accumulated balance in the operating account of the Maine Governmental Facilities Authority to the State in fiscal year 2019-20. This balance has built up over the last 20 years from loan initiation fees, maintenance fees and related interest that exceed amounts needed to fund the actual costs of administering these loans and has been identified as a resource that could be transferred to the State.
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED
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