Maine LD1274: An Act to Cap State General Assistance Reimbursement to Municipalities

What the bill says

An Act to Cap State General Assistance Reimbursement to Municipalities Reference to the Committee on Health and Human Services suggested and ordered printed. ROBERT B. HUNT Clerk Presented by Representative FAULKINGHAM of Winter Harbor. Cosponsored by Senator BICKFORD of Androscoggin and Representatives: COOPER of Windham, EDER of Waterboro, FOLEY of Wells, FREDERICKS of Sanford, LEMELIN of Chelsea, OLSEN of Raymond, WHITE of Ellsworth. Printed on recycled paper.

From the engrossed text:

An Act to Cap State General Assistance Reimbursement to Municipalities Reference to the Committee on Health and Human Services suggested and ordered printed. ROBERT B. HUNT Clerk Presented by Representative FAULKINGHAM of Winter Harbor. Cosponsored by Senator BICKFORD of Androscoggin and Representatives: COOPER of Windham, EDER of Waterboro, FOLEY of Wells, FREDERICKS of Sanford, LEMELIN of Chelsea, OLSEN of Raymond, WHITE of Ellsworth. Printed on recycled paper Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §4311, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2015, c. 267, Pt. SSSS, §1, is further amended by enacting at the end a new last blocked paragraph to read: The department may not reimburse a single municipality in an amount totaling more than 50% of the funds reimbursed to municipalities for general assistance in a fiscal year. SUMMARY This bill provides that the Department of Health and Human Services may not reimburse a single municipality for general assistance in an amount totaling more than 50% of the funds reimbursed to municipalities for general assistance in a fiscal year. Page 1 - 132LR0862(01)

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Sponsors

• William Faulkingham (R, 12) · primary sponsor
• Bruce Bickford (R, 20)
• Mark Cooper (R, 107)
• John Eder (R, 136)