132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 1746		LR 1212(02)
	An Act to Reduce Dental Disease and Ensure Access to Essential Preventive Dental Care Among Maine Children
	Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment " "
	Committee: Health and Human Services
	Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
			FY 2025-26	FY 2026-27	Projections  FY 2027-28	Projections  FY 2028-29
Net Cost (Savings)
	General Fund		$466,666	$649,999	$832,332	$1,016,665
Appropriations/Allocations
	General Fund		$466,666	$649,999	$832,332	$1,016,665
	Federal Expenditures Fund		$210,031	$218,777	$224,930	$230,929
Revenue
	Federal Expenditures Fund		$210,031	$218,776	$224,930	$230,930
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	The bill includes ongoing General Fund appropriations to the Department of Health and Human Services of $466,666 in fiscal year 2025-26 and $649,999 in fiscal year 2026-27 to contract with mobile dental service providers to deliver services in public schools. The bill requires the department to provide for at least one mobile dental services provider to be implemented each school year in a different public health district until each of the state's 8 public health districts has at least one mobile dental services provider. The bill also provides ongoing Federal Expenditure Fund allocations to the Department of Health and Human Services to continue and make permanent one Public Health Educator III position and one Planning and Research to support oral health services provided in public schools.