131st MAINE LEGISLATURE
LD 838 LR 1829(02)
An Act to Identify the State's Unidentified Human Remains
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment " "
Committee: Health and Human Services
Fiscal Note Required: Yes
             
Fiscal Note
FY 2023-24 FY 2024-25 Projections  FY 2025-26 Projections  FY 2026-27
Net Cost (Savings)
General Fund $0 $100,000 $15,000 $15,000
Appropriations/Allocations
General Fund $0 $100,000 $15,000 $15,000
Fiscal Detail and Notes
This bill includes a General Fund appropriation to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner within the Office of the Attorney General of $100,000 in fiscal year 2024-25 to procure services for forensic genetic genealogy testing of the deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA, of unidentified human remains. The fiscal year 2024-25 cost assumes testing of 20 bodies currently in the possession of the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. In subsequent years the projected cost assumes testing of 3 additional bodies per year.