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PUBLIC LAWS OF MAINE
First Regular Session of the 121st

PART JJJ

     Sec. JJJ-1. PL 2001, c. 559, Pt. GG, §22 is repealed.

     Sec. JJJ-2. Federal Relief Funds Reserve account established. The Federal Relief Funds Reserve account is established as a nonlapsing General Fund account to be used to reserve for health-related and other purposes the General Fund savings and revenue resulting from the receipt of any federal funds pursuant to the federal Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003, Public Law 108-27. Funds in the reserve account may not be expended, transferred or otherwise obligated unless specifically authorized by the Legislature.

     Sec. JJJ-3. Journal expenditures between funds; flexible grant funds in fiscal year 2002-03. Notwithstanding the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 1585, or any other provision of law, at the close of fiscal year 2002-03, the State Controller shall make the necessary accounting journal entries to move $25,000,000 of fiscal year 2002-03 General Fund expenditures certified by the Governor as eligible for expenditure from the funds received from the federal Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003, Public Law 108-27 to the Federal Block Grant Fund. TheGovernor shall certify expenditures in a manner that is consistent with federal requirements and minimizes the number of journal entries required. The State Controller shall provide the Joint Standing Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs with a report of the expenditures transferred and the programs and accounts affected no later than August 1, 2003 for fiscal year 2002-03 transfers. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the balances created in General Fund programs for which expenditures were shifted to the Federal Block Grant Fund must lapse to General Fund unappropriated surplus at the close of fiscal year 2002-03.

     Sec. JJJ-4. Calculation and transfer; fiscal year 2003-04 flexible grant funds. Notwithstanding the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 1585, or any other provision of law, the State Budget Officer shall calculate the amounts in section 7 of this Part that apply against each General Fund and Federal Block Grant Fund account and that represent fiscal year 2003-04 General Fund expenditures certified by the Governor as eligible for expenditure from the funds received from the federal Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003, Public Law 108-27. The State Budget Officer shall transfer those amounts by financial order upon approval of the Governor. These transfers are considered adjustments to General Fund appropriations and Federal Block Grant Fund allocations.

     Sec. JJJ-5. Transfer to Federal Relief Funds Reserve account. The State Controller shall transfer $26,687,473 from the General Fund unappropriated surplus no later than June 30, 2004 to the Federal Relief Funds Reserve account established in section 2 of this Part.

     Sec. JJJ-6. Revenue attributed to increase in federal medical assistance percentage. The State Controller in consultation with the Revenue Forecasting Committee shall calculate the amount of additional General Fund revenue from MaineCare reimbursement that is generated by the increase in the federal medical assistance percentage contained in the federal Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003, Public Law 108-27. The calculated amount must be deposited in the Federal Relief Funds Reserve account established in section 2 of this Part. The State Controller shall provide to the Revenue Forecasting Committee a report of the amount of revenue to be deposited in the Federal Relief Funds Reserve account no later than December 1, 2003.

     Sec. JJJ-7. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL
SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF
Departments and Agencies
Statewide - 0016
Initiative: Adjusts appropriations and allocations to reflect a shift of expenditures from the General Fund to the Federal Block Grant Fund as a result of the receipt of flexible federal grants pursuant to the federal Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 that will be distributed to programs pursuant to section 4 of the Part.
General Fund 2003-04 2004-05

Federal Block Grant Fund 2003-04 2004-05

ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL
SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 2003-04 2004-05

BEHAVIORAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL
SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF
Medicaid Services - Mental
Retardation 0705
Initiative: Deappropriates funds as a result of the one-time increase in the federal 2004 Federal Financial Participation Rate authorized in the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003, Public Law 108-27.
General Fund 2003-04 2004-05

Mental Retardation Waiver - Maine
Care 9999
Initiative: Deappropriates funds as a result of the one-time increase in the 2004 Federal Financial Participation Rate authorized in the federal Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003, Public Law 108-27.
General Fund 2003-04 2004-05

Mental Health Services - Child
Medicaid 0731
Initiative: Deappropriates funds as a result of the one-time increase in the 2004 Federal Financial Participation Rate authorized in the federal Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003, Public Law 108-27.
General Fund 2003-04 2004-05

Mental Health Services -
Community Medicaid 0732
Initiative: Deappropriates funds as a result of the one-time increase in the 2004 Federal Financial Participation Rate authorized in the federal Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003, Public Law 108-27.
General Fund 2003-04 2004-05

Office of Substance Abuse -
Medicaid Seed 0844
Initiative: Deappropriates funds as a result of the one-time increase in the 2004 Federal Financial Participation Rate authorized in the federal Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003, Public Law 108-27.
General Fund 2003-04 2004-05

BEHAVIORAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL
SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 2003-04 2004-05

HUMAN SERVICES,
DEPARTMENT OF
Medical Care - Payment to
Providers 0147
Initiative: Deappropriates funds as a result of the one-time increase in the 2004 Federal Financial Participation Rate authorized in the federal Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003, Public Law 108-27.
General Fund 2003-04 2004-05

Federal Expenditures Fund 2003-04 2004-05

Nursing Facilities 0148
Initiative: Deappropriates funds as a result of the one-time increase in the 2004 Federal Financial Participation Rate authorized in the federal Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003, Public Law 108-27.
General Fund 2003-04 2004-05

Federal Expenditures Fund 2003-04 2004-05

HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT
OF
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 2003-04 2004-05

LABOR, DEPARTMENT OF
Rehabilitation Services 0965
Initiative: Deappropriates funds as a result of the one-time increase in the 2004 Federal Financial Participation Rate authorized in the federal Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003, Public Law 108-27.
General Fund 2003-04 2004-05

LABOR, DEPARTMENT OF
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 2003-04 2004-05

SECTION TOTALS 2003-04 2004-05

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