STATE OF MAINE

123rd LEGISLATURE

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LEGISLATIVE NOTICES

 

JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCIAL AFFAIRS

 

      Sen. Margaret Rotundo, Senate Chair

      Rep. Jeremy Fischer, House Chair

 

      Public Hearing Schedule for the 2008-2009 Biennial Budget for the period:  February 20-23, 2007, Room 228, State House

 

            The Joint Standing Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs and the Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human Services will be holding public hearings in Room 228 of the State House on the Governor’s budget bill for the 2008-2009 biennium LD No. 499 "An Act Making Unified Appropriations and Allocations for the Expenditures of State Government, General Fund and Other Funds, and Changing Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2008 and June 30, 2009”.  The proposed budget initiatives may be viewed on the Bureau of Budget’s website at:

 

http://www.maine.gov/budget/budget_information.htm

 

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 committee will hear testimony regarding all portions of the bill except Part B (self-funded position reclassifications and range changes).  Agencies are to address all initiatives regardless of fund type (Note: this is a change from past years when agencies only addressed initiatives funded by the General Fund and Fund for a Healthy Maine).

 

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

 

Tuesday

9:00 a.m.

Department of Health and Human Services

02/20/07

 

·         Overview of Budget

 

 

 

 

 

Department of Health and Human Services (Formerly BDS)

 

 

·         Freeport Towne Square

 

 

·         Medicaid Services – Mental Retardation

 

 

·         Mental Retardation Services - Community

 

 

·         Mental Retardation Waiver - Supports

 

 

·         Mental Retardation Waiver - MaineCare

 

 

·         Residential Treatment Facilities Assessment

 

 

 

 

1:00 p.m.

Department of Health and Human Services (Formerly BDS)

 

 

·         Consumer Directed Services

 

 

·         Office of Advocacy

 

 

·         Traumatic Brain Injury

 

 

·         Driver Education & Evaluation Program – Substance Abuse

 

 

·         FHM – Substance Abuse

 

 

·         Office of Substance Abuse

 

 

·         Office of Substance Abuse – Medicaid Seed

 

 

·         Office of Management and Budget

 

 

·         Regional Operations

 

 

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

 

Wednesday

9:00 a.m.

Department of Health and Human Services (Formerly BDS)

02/21/07

 

·         Departmentwide (includes implementation of a managed care effort)

 

 

·         Disproportionate Share – Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center

 

 

·         Disproportionate Share – Riverview Psychiatric Center

 

 

·         Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center

 

 

·         Riverview Psychiatric Center

 

 

·         Elizabeth Levinson Center

 

 

·         Mental Health Services – Child Medicaid

 

 

·         Mental Health Services – Children

 

 

·         Mental Health Services – Community

 

 

·         Mental Health Services – Community Medicaid

 

 

·         Language (Part “Z” – authorizes a transfer of positions to the Office of Integrated Access and Support program)

 

 

·         Language (Part “CC” – distributes savings from a managed care effort for behavioral health services)

 

 

 

 

1:00 p.m.

Department of Health and Human Services (Formerly DHS)

 

 

·         Bureau of Child and Family Services - Central

 

 

·         Bureau of Child and Family Services - Regional

 

 

·         Charitable Institutions, Aid to

 

 

·         Child Care Food Program

 

 

·         Child Care Services

 

 

·         Child Welfare Services

 

 

·         Foster Care

 

 

·         Head Start

 

 

·         FHM – Head Start

 

 

·         Special Children’s Services

 

 

·         Youth in Need of Services Pilot Program

 

 

·         Community Services Block Grant

 

 

·         FHM – Service Center

 

 

·         Community Services Center

 

 

·         Office of Licensing and Regulatory Services

 

 

·         Departmentwide

 

 

·         Disability Determination – Division of

 

 

·         Division of Purchased Services

 

 

·         Purchased Social Services

 

 

·         FHM - Purchased Social Services

 

 

·         Multicultural Services, Rate Setting and Quality Improvement

 

 

·         Office of Administrative Hearings

 

 

·         Office of Data, Research and Vital Statistics

 

 

·         Office of Management and Budget

 

 

·         OMB Operations - Regional

 

 

·         Training Programs and Employee Assistance

 

 

·         Language (Part “AA” – allocates the cost of certain legal expenses)

 

 

·         Language (Part “BB” – distributes certain information technology appropriations)

 

 

·         Language (Part “DD” – distributes savings and headcount from a departmentwide reorganization)

 

 

·         Language (Part “EE” – distributes savings resulting from a reduction in payments to the HHS Service Center)

 

 

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

 

Thursday

9:00 a.m.

Maine Children’s Trust Incorporated

02/22/07

 

 

 

 

Executive Department – Office of the Governor

 

 

·         Ombudsman Program

 

 

 

 

 

Disability Rights Center

 

 

 

 

 

Maine Health Data Organization

 

 

 

 

 

Hospice Council, Maine

 

 

 

 

 

Licensure of Water System Operators, Board of

 

 

·         Water System Operators – Board of Licensure

 

 

 

 

10:30 a.m.

Department of Health and Human Services (Formerly DHS)

 

 

·         Additional Support for Persons in Retraining and Employment (ASPIRE)

 

 

·         Bureau of Family Independence – Central

 

 

·         Bureau of Family Independence – Regional

 

 

·         FHM – BFI - Central

 

 

·         Food Stamp Administration

 

 

·         General Assistance – Reimbursement to Cities & Towns

 

 

·         Office of Integrated Access and Support – Central Office

 

 

·         State Supplement to Federal Supplemental Security Income (SSI)

 

 

·         Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)

 

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

 

Thursday

1:00 p.m.

Department of Health and Human Services (Formerly DHS)

02/22/07

 

·         Bureau of Medical Services (Admin)

 

 

·         FHM – Bureau of Medical Services

 

 

·         Medical Care – Payments to Providers (MaineCare/Medicaid)

 

 

·         Medical Care – Payments to Providers – Non Match

 

 

·         Language (Part “W” – authorizes transfer from the General Fund Unappropriated Surplus for hospital settlements and Prospective Interim Payments)

 

 

·         Language (Part “X” – authorizes available General Fund balances in the Bureau of Medical Services account to carry-forward.  Also, allows transfers between MaineCare General Fund accounts by Financial Order)

 

 

·         Language (Part “GG” – requires a review of the organizational structure of the Office of MaineCare Services)

 

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

 

Friday

9:00 a.m.

Department of Health and Human Services (Formerly DHS)

2/23/07

 

·         Congregate Housing

 

 

·         Elder and Adult Services, Bureau of

 

 

·         FHM – Drugs for the Elderly and Disabled

 

 

·         Long-Term Care – Human Services

 

 

·         Low-Cost Drugs to Maine’s Elderly

 

 

·         Maine Rx Plus Program

 

 

·         Nursing Facilities

 

 

·         Office of Elder Services Adult Protective Services

 

 

·         State Boarding Homes

 

 

·         Language (Part “Y” – nursing facilities cost-of-living adjustment)

 

 

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

 

Friday

1:00 p.m.

Department of Health and Human Services (Formerly DHS)

2/23/07

 

·         Abstinence Education

 

 

·         Aids Lodging House

 

 

·         Cerebral Palsy Centers – Grants to

 

 

·         Community Family Planning

 

 

·         Cystic Fibrosis, Treatment of

 

 

·         Dental Disease Prevention

 

 

·         Drinking Water Enforcement

 

 

·         FHM – Bureau of Health

 

 

·         FHM – Donated Dental

 

 

·         FHM – Family Planning

 

 

·         FHM – Human Leukocyte

 

 

·         FHM - Immunization

 

 

·         FHM – Medical Care

 

 

·         Bureau of Health

 

 

·         Human Leukocyte Antigen Screening Fund

 

 

·         Hypertension Control

 

 

·         Maine Asthma and Lung Disease Research Fund [DHHS]

 

 

·         Maine School Oral Health Fund

 

 

·         Maine Small Business Health Coverage

 

 

·         Maine Water Well Drilling Program

 

 

·         Maternal and Child Health

 

 

·         Maternal and Child Health Block Grant Match

 

 

·         Plumbing – Control Over

 

 

·         Rape Crisis Control

 

 

·         Risk Reduction

 

 

·         Sexually Transmitted Diseases

 

 

·         Tuberculosis Control Program

 

 

CONTACT PERSON:                                         Diane Pruett

                                                                                5 State House Station

                                                                                Augusta, Maine  04333-0005

                                                                                287-1316  or  287- 1635