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Baldacci Governor 1 State House Station Augusta, fb88 04333 Dear Governor Baldacci: PL 2009, chapter 571, Part OOOO set forth a requirement that you develop and implement a limited, equitable curtailment of allotments to offset General Fund budgeted savings of $85,050,455 in the event that the Congress of the United States failed to enact an extension of Section 5001 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) that provides states with increased Federal Medicaid matching rates through June 30, 2011. As you are aware, in early August, Congress passed and the President signed into law the Education, Jobs and Medicaid Assistance Act (PL 111-226) which provided for an extension of the hold harmless provisions of Section 5001 of ARRA through June 30, 2011 and phases down the enhanced Medicaid match rate from 6.2 percentage points currently available, to 3.2 percentage points for the period January 1, 2011 through March 31, 2011 and to 1.2 percentage points for the period April 1, 2011 through June 30, 2011. While the provisions of PL 111-226 are extraordinarily helpful to us, the additional funds provided to the state by the legislation do not fully offset the $85,050,455 specified in Part OOOO of our supplemental budget. Instead, the federal assistance provided by the new legislation equates to $76,225,352, $8,825,103 less than the budgeted savings cited in Part OOOO. Therefore, I am now advising you to exercise the special authority granted you in PL 2009, chapter 571, Part OOOO and issue an Order Curtailing Allotments in the amount of $8,825,103, the maximum amount allowed under the provisions of the law. Per your direction, curtailment targets were issued to all departments and agencies of state government, which were asked to submit proposals for your consideration. We have discussed proposals with affected agencies and evaluated each carefully, mindful of the potential impact on public health, safety, education, welfare and effective program operations. In recommending initiatives to you, we have been careful to minimize reductions that might have adverse impacts. None of the recommended curtailments will lead to the termination of a program or service. I believe this package of initiatives represents a fair and equitable distribution of reductions. Importantly, we have identified savings opportunities in excess of the maximum allowed by Part OOOO and we will continue to work to identify additional savings, as you have asked. At your direction we are prepared to freeze those additional allotments to preserve those resources, thereby maximizing the options available over the balance of this fiscal year to meet those supplemental General Fund requirements that will need to be addressed in a supplemental budget. 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