Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 1. Stipends included in base pay for adult protective services employees. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, any stipend payment for employees in Human Services Caseworker positions, Human Services Caseworker Supervisor positions, Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Caseworker positions and Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Caseworker Supervisor positions in the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Aging and Disability Services must be considered part of those employees' base pay for purposes of transfers, promotions, cost-of-living adjustments, merit increases and collectively bargained wage increases.
Sec. 2. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF
Office of Aging and Disability Services Adult Protective Services Z040
Initiative: Notwithstanding the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 7065, provides funding for the recruitment and retention of employees in Adult Protective Services Caseworker positions, Adult Protective Services Caseworker Supervisor positions, Adult Protective Services Public Service Manager I positions and Adult Protective Services Public Service Manager II positions via a stipend payment of up to $5 per wage-hour.
| GENERAL FUND | 2019-20 | 2020-21 |
|
Personal Services
|
$780,000 | $780,000 |
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|
|
| GENERAL FUND TOTAL | $780,000 | $780,000 |
Office of Aging and Disability Services Adult Protective Services Z040
Initiative: Notwithstanding the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 7065, provides funding for the recruitment and retention of employees in Adult Protective Services Caseworker positions, Adult Protective Services Caseworker Supervisor positions, Adult Protective Services Public Service Manager I positions and Adult Protective Services Public Service Manager II positions via a $1 per wage-hour stipend payment for employees holding or obtaining a relevant master's degree.
| GENERAL FUND | 2019-20 | 2020-21 |
|
Personal Services
|
$25,000 | $25,000 |
|
|
|
| GENERAL FUND TOTAL | $25,000 | $25,000 |
| HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF | ||
| DEPARTMENT TOTALS | 2019-20 | 2020-21 |
|
GENERAL FUND
|
$805,000 | $805,000 |
|
|
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| DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS | $805,000 | $805,000 |