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Amend the resolve by striking out the title and substituting the following:
‘Resolve, Regarding Tobacco Cessation and Treatment’
Amend the resolve by striking out everything after the title and before the summary and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 1 Best practice and model treatment programs. Resolved: That the Department of Health and Human Services, through the Partnership for a Tobacco-Free Maine, Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the Office of MaineCare Services, shall undertake a study of best practice treatment and clinical practice guidelines for tobacco cessation treatment. The study must use the most recent available clinical practice guidelines available from the United States Department of Health and Human Services Public Health Service and must include development of a model tobacco cessation treatment program for use in the public sector and private sector. The department shall report back to the Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human Services by January 15, 2008. The committee may submit legislation to the Second Regular Session of the 123rd Legislature related to best practice treatment and clinical practice guidelines for tobacco cessation treatment.’
 
SUMMARY
This amendment replaces the resolve and substitutes a new title. The amendment directs the Department of Health and Human Services, through the Partnership for a Tobacco-Free Maine, Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the Office of MaineCare Services, to undertake a study of best practice treatment and clinical practice guidelines for tobacco cessation treatment. The amendment requires the department to report to the Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human Services by January 15, 2008 and authorizes the committee to submit legislation.