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LD1274 • 2025

An Act to Cap State General Assistance Reimbursement to Municipalities

An Act to Cap State General Assistance Reimbursement to Municipalities

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Sponsor
Representative Billy Bob Faulkingham
Last action
2025-05-06
Official status
Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act to Cap State General Assistance Reimbursement to Municipalities

An Act to Cap State General Assistance Reimbursement to Municipalities Sponsor: Representative Billy Bob Faulkingham Reference committee: Health and Human Services Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to Cap State General Assistance Reimbursement to Municipalities Sponsor: Representative Billy Bob Faulkingham Reference committee: Health and Human Services Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP

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Bill History

  1. 2025-05-06 Senate

    Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)

  2. 2025-05-01 Committee

    Reported Out; ONTP

  3. 2025-04-28 Committee

    Work Session Reconsidered

  4. 2025-04-28 Committee

    Voted; ONTP

  5. 2025-04-24 Committee

    Work Session Held

  6. 2025-04-24 Committee

    Voted; Divided Report

  7. 2025-03-25 House

    Committee on Health and Human Services suggested and ordered printed. The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES . Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  8. 2025-03-25 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services.

Official Summary Text

An Act to Cap State General Assistance Reimbursement to Municipalities
Sponsor:
Representative Billy Bob Faulkingham
Reference committee:
Health and Human Services
Latest committee action:
Reported Out; ONTP

Current Bill Text

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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST SPECIAL SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 1274
H.P. 849 House of Representatives, March 25, 2025
An Act to Cap State General Assistance Reimbursement to
Municipalities
Reference to the Committee on Health and Human Services suggested and ordered printed.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative FAULKINGHAM of Winter Harbor.
Cosponsored by Senator BICKFORD of Androscoggin and
Representatives: COOPER of Windham, EDER of Waterboro, FOLEY of Wells,
FREDERICKS of Sanford, LEMELIN of Chelsea, OLSEN of Raymond, WHITE of Ellsworth.

Page 1 - 132LR0862(01)
1Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
2Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §4311, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2015, c. 267, Pt. SSSS, §1, is
3 further amended by enacting at the end a new last blocked paragraph to read:
4 The department may not reimburse a single municipality in an amount totaling more than
5 50% of the funds reimbursed to municipalities for general assistance in a fiscal year.
6SUMMARY
7 This bill provides that the Department of Health and Human Services may not
8 reimburse a single municipality for general assistance in an amount totaling more than 50%
9 of the funds reimbursed to municipalities for general assistance in a fiscal year.
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