125th MAINE LEGISLATURE
LD 955 LR 1350(02)
An Act To Establish the Dental Adjudicatory Panel
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment "   "
Committee: Labor, Commerce, Research and Economic Development
Fiscal Note Required: Yes
             
Fiscal Note
Potential current biennium cost increase - Other Special Revenue Funds
Potential current biennium revenue increase - Other Special Revenue Funds
Fiscal Detail and Notes
Additional costs to the Board of Dental Examiners, affiliated with the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation, associated with establishing a Dental Adjudicatory Panel for the purpose of conducting adjudicatory hearings can not be determined at this time and will depend on the number of hearings conducted.
This fiscal note assumes that this legislation represents a shift of duties from the Board to the Panel and that a similar number of adjudicatory hearings will occur whether it is the Board or the Panel conducting the hearing.  Given this assumption, there appears to be both sufficient allocations and funding within the board's existing budgeted resources to support such additional costs as travel reimbursement and other incidental expenses for panel members until the panel is repealed on September 15, 2014    To the extent that the number of requests for adjudicatory hearings increase as a result of this legislation, the Board may need to increase fees to cover the additional costs.
The increase in costs to the Judicial Department are expected to be minimal and can be absorbed utilizing existing budgeted resources.