HP0337
LD 428
Session - 129th Maine Legislature
H "A" to C "A", Filing Number H-549, Sponsored by Madigan
LR 705
Item 4
Bill Tracking, Additional Documents Chamber Status

Amend the amendment by striking out everything after the title and before the last indented paragraph and inserting the following:

Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and inserting the following:

Sec. 1. Stipends included in base pay for adult protective services employees. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, any stipend payment for employees in Human Services Caseworker positions, Human Services Caseworker Supervisor positions, Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Caseworker positions and Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Caseworker Supervisor positions in the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Aging and Disability Services must be considered part of those employees' base pay for purposes of transfers, promotions, cost-of-living adjustments, merit increases and collectively bargained wage increases.

Sec. 2. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF

Office of Aging and Disability Services Adult Protective Services Z040

Initiative: Notwithstanding the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 7065, provides funding for the recruitment and retention of employees in Adult Protective Services Caseworker positions, Adult Protective Services Caseworker Supervisor positions, Adult Protective Services Public Service Manager I positions and Adult Protective Services Public Service Manager II positions via a stipend payment of up to $5 per wage-hour.

GENERAL FUND 2019-20 2020-21
Personal Services
$780,000 $780,000
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $780,000 $780,000

Office of Aging and Disability Services Adult Protective Services Z040

Initiative: Notwithstanding the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 7065, provides funding for the recruitment and retention of employees in Adult Protective Services Caseworker positions, Adult Protective Services Caseworker Supervisor positions, Adult Protective Services Public Service Manager I positions and Adult Protective Services Public Service Manager II positions via a $1 per wage-hour stipend payment for employees holding or obtaining a relevant master's degree.

GENERAL FUND 2019-20 2020-21
Personal Services
$25,000 $25,000
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $25,000 $25,000

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 2019-20 2020-21
GENERAL FUND
$805,000 $805,000
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DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS $805,000 $805,000

summary

This amendment removes language requiring the Department of Health and Human Services to provide at least one week of training to new employees and removes language regarding the ratio of supervisors to caseworkers. It provides funding to support the recruitment and retention of certain employees in the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Aging and Disability Services with a stipend payment of up to $5 per wage-hour and an additional $1 per wage-hour stipend payment for employees holding a relevant master's degree.

FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED
(See attached)


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