This bill, which is reported out by the Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human Services pursuant to Resolve 2023, chapter 100, section 7, directs funds from the cigarette tax and the tobacco products tax to the Fund for a Healthy Maine. Under the bill, tax revenue from the cigarette tax is applied to the Fund for a Healthy Maine only if Master Settlement Agreement funds and other sources are insufficient to cover budgeted allocations, and the tobacco products tax revenue is applied to the Fund for a Healthy Maine only if the cigarette tax revenue is insufficient to cover any remaining budgeted allocations.

Statutes affected:
Bill Text LD 2249, SP 969: 22.1511, 36.4381