124th MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 319		LR 609(01)
	An Act To Track the Prevalence of Childhood Obesity in Maine
	Preliminary Fiscal Impact Statement for Original Bill
	Sponsor: Rep. Rankin of Hiram
	Committee: Health and Human Services
	Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Preliminary Fiscal Impact Statement
State Mandate - Unfunded
			2009-10	2010-11	Projections 2011-12	Projections 2012-13
Net Cost (Savings)
	General Fund		$29,201	$12,295	$12,528	$12,528
Appropriations/Allocations
	General Fund		$29,201	$12,295	$12,528	$12,528
State Mandates
	Required Activity				Unit Affected	Costs
	Requiring local school administrative units to have a school nurse collect body mass index data from students and report the data collected to the Department of Health and Human Services, Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention is a state mandate pursuant to the Constitution of Maine.  Unless General Fund appropriations are provided to fund at least 90% of the additional costs or a Mandate Preamble is amended to the bill and two-thirds of the members of each House vote to exempt this mandate from the funding requirement, the local school administrative units may not be required to implement these changes.				School	Significant
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention in the Department of Health and Human Services will incur additional costs estimated to be $29,201 in fiscal year 2009-10 and $12,295 in fiscal year 2010-11 to implement and administer the collection and analysis of student body mass index data reported by schools.
	The cost to local school administrative units is estimated to be $1,043,878 given the assumptions detailed below.  The actual cost to local school administrative units may be higher or lower depending on actual experience.
	Total number of students to be screened (October 1, 2007 Public Resident Count)					198,094
	Number of screenings per year for each child					1
	Estimated average annual salary - School Nurse					$      43,000
	Average # of hours worked per school year (assumed 40 hours per week * 34 weeks/year)					1,360
	Estimated average hourly rate - School Nurse					$       31.62
	Estimated screening time per student (minutes)					5
	Estimated reporting time per student (minutes)					5
	Estimated total screening/reporting time per student (minutes)					10
	Total screening/reporting time in minutes (# of students * total screening time per student)					1,980,940
	Total screening/reporting time in hours (total screening/reporting in minutes / 60)					33,016
	Estimated average cost to screen all students (average hourly rate/school nurse * total screening/reporting time in hours)					$ 1,043,878