STATE OF MAINE

123rd LEGISLATURE

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LEGISLATIVE NOTICES

REVISED 1/23/07

JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCIAL AFFAIRS

Sen. Margaret Rotundo, Senate Chair

Rep. Jeremy Fischer, House Chair

Public Hearing Schedule: January 22-24, 2007 - Room 228, State House, Augusta, Maine

The Joint Standing Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs and the identified policy committees of the Legislature will be holding public hearings in Room 228 of the State House on LD 215, the Governor’s proposed Emergency FY 2006-07 Supplemental Budget Bill, "An Act To Make Supplemental Appropriations and Allocations for the Expenditures of State Government and to Change Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2007”.

The audio portions of public hearings and work sessions held in Room 228 of the State House may be monitored over the Internet by addressing:

http://janus.state.me.us/legis/audio/approps_cmte.html

The committees will hear testimony regarding the Part “A” General Fund and Fund for a Healthy Maine requests of the agencies and programs identified below and all language portions of the bill (Parts “C” – “R”).

(To be held in conjunction with the Joint Standing Committee on Transportation):

Monday	1:00 p.m.	Public Safety, Department of
1/22/07		State Police
		Transportation, Department of
		Language (Part “Q” Increase Funding for the Callahan Mine Site Restoration)

(To be held in conjunction with the Joint Standing Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife):

Monday (con’t)	Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, Department of
1/22/07	Language (Part “F” Removal of a Statutory Position)
	Language (Part “G” Transfers from the Carrying Account to Various Accounts in Inland Fisheries and Wildlife)

(To be held in conjunction with the Joint Standing Committee on Legal and Veterans Affairs):

Monday (con’t)	Defense, Veterans, and Emergency Management, Department of
1/22/07	Military Training and Operations

(To be held in conjunction with the Joint Standing Committee on State and Local Government):

Monday (con’t)	Administrative and Financial Services, Department of
1/22/07	Departments and Agencies - Statewide
	Executive Branch Departments and Independent Agencies - Statewide
	Buildings and Grounds Operations
	Language (Part “R” Authority to Transfer Undedicated Revenue )
	Audit, Department of
	Audit – Departmental Bureau
	Secretary of State, Department of
	Bureau of Administrative Services and Corporations
	Office of the Treasurer of State
	Debt Service - Treasury

(To be held in conjunction with the Joint Standing Committee on Labor):

Tuesday	1:30 p.m.	Labor, Department of
1/23/07		Language (Part “D-2” Statutory Position Change)

(To be held in conjunction with the Joint Standing Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry):

Tuesday (con’t)	Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources, Department of
1/23/07	Division of Quality Assurance and Regulation
	Food Assistance Program
	Office of Agricultural, Natural and Rural Resources
	Conservation, Department of
	Parks – General Operations
	Division of Forest Protection

(To be held in conjunction with the Joint Standing Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs):

Tuesday (con’t)	2:30 p.m.	University of Maine System, Board of Trustees of the
1/23/07		Educational and General Activities - UMS
		Education, Department of
		Language (Part “D-1” Statutory Position Change)
		Language (Part “N” Carry-forward and Transfer of Year-end Balances in the Management Information Services Program to the Learning Through Technology Program)

(To be held in conjunction with the Joint Standing Committee on Taxation):

Tuesday (con’t)	Administrative and Financial Services, Department of
1/23/07	Veterans Tax Reimbursement
	Homestead Property Tax Exemption Reimbursement
	Waste Facility Tax Reimbursement
	Language (Part “O” Delays Education Attainment Tax Credit)
	Language (Parts “P” Format of the Budget Document Submitted by the Governor).

(To be held in conjunction with the Joint Standing Committee on Marine Resources):

Tuesday (con’t)	Marine Resources, Department of
1/23/07	Bureau of Resource Management
	Bureau of Marine Patrol
	Division of Administrative Services
	Language (Part “E” Statutory Position Change)

(To be held in conjunction with the Joint Standing Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety):

Tuesday (con’t)	Corrections, Department of
1/23/07	Administration - Corrections
	State Prison
	Correctional Center
	Long Creek Youth Development Center
	Charleston Correctional Facility
	Downeast Correctional Facility
	Mountain View Youth Development Center
	Central Maine Pre-release Center
	Public Safety, Department of
	Fingerprint and Background Information – State Expense
	Defense, Veterans, and Emergency Management, Department of
	Administration – Maine Emergency Management Agency
	Disaster Assistance

(To be held in conjunction with the Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human Services):

Wednesday	9:00 a.m.	Health and Human Services, Department of (formerly the Dept. of Behavioral and Developmental Services)
1/24/07		Departmentwide (Restoring Funding for Mental Health Managed Care)
		Riverview Psychiatric Center
		Mental Health Services - Children
		Mental Retardation Services - Community
		Mental Retardation Waiver - Supports
		Office of Management and Budget
		Office of Substance Abuse
		Driver Education and Evaluation Program – Substance Abuse
		Medicaid Services – Mental Retardation
		Mental Health Services – Child Medicaid
		Mental Health Services – Community Medicaid
		Disproportionate Share – Riverview Psychiatric Center
		Disproportionate Share – Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center
		Office of Substance Abuse – Medicaid Seed
		Mental Retardation Waiver - MaineCare
		Language (Part “C” Transfer of an Anticipated Year-end Balance to the General Fund)
		Language (Part “K” Transfer of Certain Personal Services Balances to All Other)

(To be held in conjunction with the Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human Services):

Wednesday	1:00 p.m.	Health and Human Services, Department of (formerly the Dept. of Human Services)
1/24/07		Bureau of Medical Services
		Office of Management and Budget
		Medical Care – Payments to Providers
		Nursing Facilities
		OMB Operations - Regional
		Purchased Social Services
		Child Care Services
		Departmentwide (Funding to Correct the Billing Mechanism for Legal Services from the Attorney General)
		Community Services Center
		State Boarding Homes
		Food Stamps Administration
		Office of Integrated Access and Support – Central Office
		Language (Parts “H” Renaming Various Program within the Department)
		Language (Parts “I” Authority for Certain All Other Balances to Carry-forward)
		Language (Part “J” Year-end Transfers from the General Fund Unappropriated Surplus to Various DHHS Programs)
		FHM – Bureau of Family Independence - Central
		FHM – Bureau of Medical Services
		FHM – Drugs for the Elderly and Disabled
		Language (Parts “M” Repeal of Language Distributing Deallocations to Certain Fund for a Healthy Maine Programs)
		Administrative and Financial Services, Department of
		Language (Parts “L” Transfer of Funds from General Fund Unappropriated Surplus to Pay Hospital Settlements)

CONTACT PERSON: Diane Pruett

5 State House Station

Augusta, Maine 04333-0005

287-1316 or 287- 1635