121st Maine Legislature
Office of Fiscal and Program Review
LD 475
An Act To Improve Conditions for Inmates with Mental Illness      
LR0671(01)
Fiscal Note for Original Bill
Sponsor: Rep. Gerzofsky of Brunswick
Committee: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Fiscal Note Required: Yes
   
             
Fiscal Note
Projections Projections
2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07
Net Cost (Savings)
General Fund $333,200 $33,200 $33,200 $33,200
Appropriations/Allocations
General Fund $333,200 $33,200 $33,200 $33,200
Fiscal Detail and Notes
Included in the amounts above is a one-time General Fund appropriation already in the bill to the Department of Behavioral and Development Services of $300,000 in fiscal year 2003-04 for three county jail mental illness treatment pilot programs.  Also shown above but not yet in the bill is an annual General Fund appropriation of $33,200 to the Department of Corrections for the required training.  In addition to the amounts shown, the Department of Behavioral and Development Services will also require significant additional General Fund appropriations for the construction and operational costs associated with adding beds at the new Riverside Psychiatric Center.