130th MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2021
Legislative Document No. 197
S.P. 85 In Senate, January 27, 2021
Resolve, To Ensure That Community Mental Health Service
Providers Can Access Pandemic Stimulus Funds
Received by the Secretary of the Senate on January 25, 2021. Referred to the Committee
on Health and Human Services pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed.
DAREK M. GRANT
Secretary of the Senate
Presented by Senator BREEN of Cumberland.
Cosponsored by Representative MILLETT of Cape Elizabeth and
Senator: CLAXTON of Androscoggin, Representatives: BRENNAN of Portland, CRAVEN of
Lewiston, WARREN of Hallowell.
Printed on recycled paper
 1 Sec. 1. Department of Health and Human Services to designate COVID-19
2 stimulus funding for community mental health service providers. Resolved:
3 That, to the extent resources are available from federal funding allocated to the State in any
4 federal law enacted after December 15, 2020 that provides stimulus funds due to the
5 ongoing pandemic related to coronavirus disease 2019, or COVID-19, the Department of
6 Health and Human Services shall designate a total of $15,000,000 for community mental
7 health service providers.
8 Sec. 2. Appropriations and allocations. Resolved: That the following
9 appropriations and allocations are made.
10 HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF
11 Mental Health Services - Community Z198
12 Initiative: Allocates one-time funding from the federal stimulus funding due to the ongoing
13 COVID-19 pandemic to community mental health service providers.
14 FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND 2021-22 2022-23
15 All Other $15,000,000 $0
16 __________ __________
17 FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND TOTAL $15,000,000 $0
18
14 SUMMARY
15 This resolve requires the Department of Health and Human Services to designate
16 $15,000,000 of federal COVID-19 stimulus funding allocated to the State pursuant to a
17 federal law enacted after December 15, 2020 for community mental health service
18 providers.
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