121st Maine Legislature
		Office of Fiscal and Program Review
		LD 1181
		An Act To Provide Fair Hearings in Health Insurance Rate Proceedings
		LR 1341(01)
		Fiscal Note for Original Bill
		Sponsor: Sen. Treat of Kennebec
		Committee: Insurance and Financial Services
		Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
					Projections	Projections
			2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07
Appropriations/Allocations
	Other Special Revenue Funds		$564,269	$746,833	$776,706	$807,775
Revenue
	Other Special Revenue Funds		$564,269	$746,833	$776,706	$807,775
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	Assumes 300 such filings will result under this bill.  Assumes the need for 2 contracted hearings officers and 7 additional positions in the Bureau of Insurance; including a supervisory actuary and two actuarial assistants to produce the written actuarial analyses, and two advocacy panels each consisting of an attorney and an actuarial assistant separate from the staff completing the analysis.   In addition to the contract costs of the hearings officers, the fiscal note also assumes "all other" costs for rent, computers, equipment, etc.  The Bureau may also need to generate additional revenue under its assessment authority to cover these additional costs.  The fiscal note assumes a 10/1/03 effective date.