JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE ON

APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCIAL AFFAIRS

 

Monday, May 4, 2009

Room 228 State House

 

DRAFT AGENDA

 

Summary of Selected Initiatives for Public Comment for May 4, 2009

 

 

Public Comment for Governor’s Proposals to Meet Revenue Reductions

 

9:00 a.m. to noon

Health and Human Services

- Hospital Payments

- Targeted Case Management

   * Eliminating Services Duplicated by Schaller Anderson Care Management

   * Eligibility Requirement

- MR Waiver Residential Rate Reductions

- Children’s PNMI Reimbursement Rate

- Pharmacy Reductions

- Fund for a Healthy Maine Revenue Re-projections (Added)

- ARRA Proposals

   * Patient Centered Medical Homes

   * Consent Decree:  MR Services

   * Health InfoNet

 

1:00-2:00 p.m.

Taxation

- Homestead Exemption Program

- Circuitbreaker Income Limits

- Tree Growth Program

- Municipal Revenue Sharing

- Tax Receivables Collection

- Financial Institution Data Matching

- Income Tax Indexing

- Net Operating Loss (NOL) Carry Forwards

- 2009 Tax Receivables Reduction Initiative

- Decoupling from Federal Standard Deduction

- Income Tax Conformity (Added)

 

2:00-4:00 p.m.

State and Local Government

- Statewide Services

- ARRA Administration

- Merit Increase Freezes

- 15% Health Insurance – New Employees

- Voluntary Employee Incentive Program (VEIP)

- Streamlining Commission

 

4:00-6:00 p.m.

Education

- GPA

- Higher Education

- ARRA Proposals

   * Medical Schools – TUFTS/MMC, UNE, Eastern Maine

   * Graduate School of Biomedical Science (GSBS)

   * EduCare

 

6:00-6:30 p.m.

Other

- Budget Stabilization Fund

- Reserve for General Fund Operating Capital

- Debt Service