Approved: 06/01/23
LD 1761 LR 689(02)
FY 2023-24 FY 2024-25
Projections
FY 2025-26
Projections
FY 2026-27
Net Cost (Savings)
General Fund $8,400,782 $85,453 $88,529 $91,716
Appropriations/Allocations
General Fund $8,400,782 $85,453 $88,529 $91,716
Other Special Revenue Funds $464,601 $638,447 $661,431 $685,242
Fiscal Detail and Notes
Of the total General Fund appropriations included in the bill, $8,338,558 is provided on a one-time basis in fiscal year
2023-24 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 provision in this bill. Pursuant to the Constitution
of Maine, Article IX, Section 18-A, unfunded liabilities may not be created except those that result from experience
losses. General Fund appropriations of $62,224 and $85,453 and Other Special Revenue Funds allocations of
$464,601 and $638,447 in fiscal years 2023-24 and 2024-25, respectively, are also provided to various programs
within DHHS for the increase in the employer's retirement contributions on a prospective basis.
This legislation adds persons employed in the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) on October 1,
2023, or hired thereafter, who have a responsibility for providing direct care to persons in need of mental health
services in a community-based or residential setting or to residents or patients of mental health institutions in this
State to the 1998 Special Plan and allows the service retirement benefits already earned by those employees under the
State Employee and Teacher program to be calculated under the 1998 Special Plan. This bill includes General Fund
appropriations totaling $8,400,782 in fiscal year 2023-24 and $85,453 in fiscal year 2024-25 and Other Special
Revenue Funds allocations totaling $464,601 in fiscal year 2023-24 and $638,447 in fiscal year 2024-25 for the cost
of this provision.
Fiscal Note
131st MAINE LEGISLATURE
An Act to Include Certain Mental Health Workers Under the 1998 Special Plan for Retirement
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment " "
Committee: Labor and Housing
Fiscal Note Required: Yes
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