121st Maine Legislature
		Office of Fiscal and Program Review
		LD 475
		An Act To Improve Conditions for Inmates with Mental Illness
		LR0671(01)
		Fiscal Note for Original Bill
		Sponsor: Rep. Gerzofsky of Brunswick
		Committee: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
		Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
					Projections	Projections
			2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07
Net Cost (Savings)
	General Fund		$333,200	$33,200	$33,200	$33,200
Appropriations/Allocations
	General Fund		$333,200	$33,200	$33,200	$33,200
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	Included in the amounts above is a one-time General Fund appropriation already in the bill to the Department of Behavioral and Development Services of $300,000 in fiscal year 2003-04 for three county jail mental illness treatment pilot programs.  Also shown above but not yet in the bill is an annual General Fund appropriation of $33,200 to the Department of Corrections for the required training.  In addition to the amounts shown, the Department of Behavioral and Development Services will also require significant additional General Fund appropriations for the construction and operational costs associated with adding beds at the new Riverside Psychiatric Center.