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Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following:
‘Resolve, To Support Homeless Youth Shelters’
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the title and before the summary and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 1 Department of Health and Human Services; Homeless Youth Program. Resolved: That the Department of Health and Human Services shall allocate funds available in the Homeless Youth Program for fiscal years 2014-15 and 2015-16 to each of the 3 geographic regions proportionately based on the total amount each geographic region received during fiscal year 2012-13. The department may not reallocate funds from one geographic region to another during this period; and be it further
Sec. 2 Unspent funds for fiscal year 2013-14. Resolved: That any unspent funds remaining from the 2013-14 contract with the Halcyon House emergency shelter in Skowhegan must be allocated to the New Beginnings emergency shelter in Lewiston as soon as the Department of Health and Human Services determines that all financial obligations of Halcyon House have been satisfied.’
 
SUMMARY
This amendment, which is the majority report of the committee, replaces the bill with a resolve and changes the title. It requires the Department of Health and Human Services to allocate funds available in the Homeless Youth Program proportionately based on the total amount each geographic region received during fiscal year 2012-13 for the fiscal years 2014-15 and 2015-16. It requires any unspent funds from the 2013-14 contract with the now-closed Halcyon House emergency shelter in Skowhegan to be allocated to the New Beginnings emergency shelter in Lewiston as soon as the Department of Health and Human Services determines that all financial obligations of Halcyon House have been satisfied.