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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 721H.P. 460House of Representatives, February 25, 2025
Resolve, to Support the Full Implementation of Certified
Community Behavioral Health Clinics in the State
(EMERGENCY)
Received by the Clerk of the House on February 20, 2025. Referred to the Committee on
Health and Human Services pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint
Rule 401.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative GRAHAM of North Yarmouth.
Cosponsored by Representatives: BRENNAN of Portland, CLOUTIER of Lewiston,
DEBRITO of Waterville, DHALAC of South Portland, MCCABE of Lewiston, SHAGOURY
of Hallowell, STOVER of Boothbay, Senator: MOORE of Washington. Page 1 - 132LR1276(01)1 acts and resolves of the Legislature do not
2 become effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted as emergencies; and
3 Maine was accepted into the federal certified community behavioral health
4 clinic Medicaid demonstration program in June 2024;
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6 behavioral health services in the State and deliver effective evidence-based treatments for
7 mental health and substance use disorder to residents in their local communities;
8 this legislation must take effect before the expiration of the 90-day period
9 to address the critical need for additional funding to support full implementation of the 5
10 certified community behavioral health clinics in the State; and
11 in the judgment of the Legislature, these facts create an emergency within
12 the meaning of the Constitution of Maine and require the following legislation as
13 immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety; now,
14 therefore, be it
15 That the following
16 appropriations and allocations are made.
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19 Initiative: Provides one-time funding to support the full implementation of the 5 certified
20 community behavioral health clinics certified by the State as part of the federal certified
21 community behavioral health clinic Medicaid demonstration program, including hiring
22 clinical and administrative staff critical to the success of the program. The funding must
23 support enhancement of the department's proposed certified community behavioral health
24 clinic rate methodology, including increasing wages for new clinical positions that require
25 graduate-level education from 100% to 125% of the state median wage as reported by the
26 United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics and increasing wages for
27 new administrative positions from 75% to 100% of the state median wage as reported by
28 the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
GENERAL FUND
2025-26 2026-27All Other $1,000,000$1,000,000
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL
$1,000,000$1,000,000
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36 This resolve provides one-time funding to support the full implementation of the 5
37 certified community behavioral health clinics certified by the State as part of the federal
38 certified community behavioral health clinic Medicaid demonstration program, including
39 hiring clinical and administrative staff critical to the success of the program. The funding
40 must support enhancement of the Department of Health and Human Services' proposed
41 certified community behavioral health clinic rate methodology, including increasing wages
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42 for new clinical positions that require graduate-level education from 100% to 125% of the
43 state median wage as reported by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor
44 Statistics and increasing wages for new administrative positions from 75% to 100% of the
45 state median wage as reported by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor
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