125th MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 955		LR 1350(03)
	An Act To Establish a Dental Adjudicatory Panel System
	Fiscal Note for Bill as Engrossed with: C "A" (S-482)
	Committee: Labor, Commerce, Research and Economic Development
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such additional costs as travel reimbursement and other incidental expenses for panel members until the panel is repealed on September 15, 2014.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.