124th MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 94		LR 518(01)
	An Act To Authorize the State Board of Nursing To Request Mental and Physical Examinations and To Establish a Nurse Health Program
	Preliminary Fiscal Impact Statement for Original Bill
	Sponsor: Rep. Perry of Calais
	Committee: Business, Research and Economic Development
	Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Preliminary Fiscal Impact Statement
			2009-10	2010-11	Projections 2011-12	Projections 2012-13
Appropriations/Allocations
	Other Special Revenue Funds		$100,000	$120,000	$120,000	$120,000
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	This bill includes Other Special Revenue Funds allocations of $100,000 in fiscal year 2009-10 and $120,000 in fiscal year 2010-11 for the State Board of Nursing, affiliated with the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation, to contract with an agency to operate a nurse health program beginning in September 2009. This estimate is based on the assumption that approximately 25%, or 6,000, of the 24,000 active licensee's in Maine will participate in the program annually at a cost of $23 per licensee.  The actual cost of the program may be higher or lower depending on actual experience.  As of the date that this fiscal note was prepared, the State Board of Nursing had an unexpended cash balance of $447,241, which is sufficient to absorb the cost of this legislation without increasing fees through at least the 2010-2011 biennium.