Sec. C-11. PL 2005, c. 519, Pt. GGG, §1 is amended to read:

*Sec. GGG-1. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF (FORMERLY DHS)

Purchased Social Services 0228

Initiative: Appropriates funds for grants to build new newly built or to be built hospices and to establish new hospice services to support in-patient hospice facilities. These funds must be awarded through a competitive bidding process, the funds being awarded equally among the following 2 areas of the State: Lewiston and Auburn; and Scarborough and South Portland to Hospice of Southern Maine located in Portland and Androscoggin Home Care and Hospice located in Lewiston. Grantees must have plans submitted submit their detailed plans to the Department of Health and Human Services by July 1, 2006 to qualify for these grants. The plans must include but are not restricted to a description of the business relationship between the grantee and other for-profit or nonprofit organizations, the construction plan of the facility built or to be built, the expected cost of the facility, the number of people to be employed at the facility and the services to be offered from the facility.

GENERAL FUND 2005-06 2006-07

All Other $0 $250,000

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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 $250,000

Sec. C-12. PL 2005, c. 519, Pt. GGG, §2 is enacted to read:

*Sec. GGG-2.__Report.__The Department of Health and Human Services must submit a report to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over health and human services matters and the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over appropriations and financial affairs no later than January 15, 2007 identifying how the grant funds awarded under section 1 were utilized by the grantees.

Sec. C-13. PL 2005, c. 519, Pt. UUU, §2 is amended to read:

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