131st MAINE LEGISLATURE
LD 1315 LR 1734(01)
An Act to Require Instruction in Schools on Substance Abuse Prevention and Administration of Naloxone Hydrochloride
Preliminary Fiscal Impact Statement for Original Bill
Sponsor: Sen. Pouliot of Kennebec
Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs
Fiscal Note Required: Yes
             
Preliminary Fiscal Impact Statement
Potential State Mandate - Unfunded
State Mandates
Required Activity Unit Affected Local Cost
Requires secondary schools to provide students with an age-appropriate instructional program on the use and misuse of drugs and controlled substances.  The instructional program must include a component on providing appropriate assistance to an overdose victim including training in how to administer an opioid antidote. School Moderate statewide
The required local activities in this bill may represent a state mandate pursuant to the Constitution of Maine. If the bill does require a local unit of government to expand or modify its activities so as to necessitate additional expenditures from local revenue, the state mandate provisions of the Constitution of Maine require either: (1) General Fund appropriations be provided to fund at least 90% of any additional necessitated local costs of the mandate; or (2) a Mandate Preamble be added to the bill and two-thirds of the members of each House vote to exempt the mandate from the funding requirement. If the bill does represent a state mandate and neither one of these actions occurs, the local units of government will not be required to implement the mandated activities.