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This amendment
removes Mental Health Worker I, Mental Health Worker II, Mental Health Worker
III and Mental Health Worker IV positions in the Department of Health and
Human Services (DHHS) from being added to the 1998 Special Plan and adds
several nursing positions to the 1998 Special Plan effective October 1, 2026.
This bill removes the one-time General Fund appropriation of $2,855,717 in
fiscal year 2025-26 to the Retirement Allowance Fund within the Maine Public
Employees Retirement System for the increase in the unfunded actuarial
liability created as a result of the retroactive provisions in this bill and
provides a one-time General Fund appropriation of $4,310,037 in fiscal year
2026-27 to the same account for the increase in the unfunded actuarial
liability as a result of the newly added nursing positions. Pursuant to the
Constitution of Maine, Article IX, Section 18-A, unfunded liabilities may not
be created except those that result from experience losses. A General Fund
appropriation of $1,568 and Other Special Revenue Funds allocations of
$216,358 in fiscal year 2026-27 are provided to various programs within DHHS
for the increase in the employer's retirement contributions on a prospective
basis.
The amendment would also transfer $4,311,605 in fiscal year 2026-27 from
the Maine Budget Stabilization Fund to the unappropriated surplus of the
General Fund; General Fund. |