GENERAL FUND 2005-06 2006-07

All Other $0 $30,000

__________ __________

GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 $30,000

PART UUU

Sec. UUU-1. Education in Unorganized Territory account; lapse balances. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, $1,600,000 of unencumbered balance forward in fiscal year 2004-05 in the Education in the Unorganized Territory, General Fund account in the Department of Education lapses to the General Fund in fiscal year 2005-06.

Sec. UUU-2. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.

EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF

Education in the Unorganized Territory 0220

Initiative: Provides for a one-time deappropriation of funds to the Education in the Unorganized Territory program in fiscal year 2005-06.

GENERAL FUND 2005-06 2006-07

All Other ($400,000) $0

__________ __________

GENERAL FUND TOTAL ($400,000)

PART VVV

Sec. VVV-1. Commissioner of Health and Human Services; rulemaking. The Commissioner of Health and Human Services shall adopt rules governing the MaineCare consumer-directed attendant services program to increase the rate of reimbursement for providers of consumer-directed personal care assistance services from $7.71 per hour to $9.00 per hour effective July 1, 2006.

Sec. VVV-2. Commissioner of Labor; rulemaking. The Commissioner of Labor shall adopt rules governing the program of state-funded consumer-directed personal care assistance services under the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 26, section 1412-H to increase the rate of reimbursement for providers of consumer-directed personal care assistance services from $7.71 per hour to $9.00 per hour effective July 1, 2006.