128th MAINE LEGISLATURE
LD 1676 LR 2500(03)
An Act To Reestablish the Office of Advocacy within the Department of Health and Human Services
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment " "
Committee: Health and Human Services
Fiscal Note Required: Yes
             
Fiscal Note
FY 2017-18 FY 2018-19 Projections  FY 2019-20 Projections  FY 2020-21
Net Cost (Savings)
General Fund $0 $312,491 $318,215 $324,347
Appropriations/Allocations
General Fund $0 $312,491 $318,215 $324,347
Other Special Revenue Funds $0 $200,666 $207,005 $215,423
Fiscal Detail and Notes
This bill includes an appropriation of $111,825 in fiscal year 2018-19 to the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) for the costs of one Attorney General Detective position and allocates $200,666 in Other Special Revenue Funds to establish one Assistant Attorney General position and one Paralegal positon in the OAG to investigate all deaths and serious injuries of persons with intellectual disabilities or autism receiving adult developmental services.
The bill also includes General Fund appropriations to the Department of Health an Human Services of $200,666 in fiscal year 2018-19 to fund the Assistant Attorney General position and the Paralegal positon in the OAG.

Any additional costs to the Department of Health and Human Services to take part in the Maine Elder Death Analysis Review Team are expected to be minor and can be absorbed within existing budgeted resources.