125th MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD  1884		LR 2738(01)
	An Act To Revise the Laws Regarding the Fund for a Healthy Maine
	Fiscal Note for Original Bill
	Committee: Not Referred
	Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
Future Legislative Cost/Study
			FY 2011-12	FY 2012-13	Projections  FY 2013-14	Projections  FY 2014-15
Net Cost (Savings)
	General Fund		$0	$131,028	$0	$0
Appropriations/Allocations
	General Fund		$0	$131,028	$0	$0
Legislative Cost/Study
	The bill creates a study commission that convenes every 4 years.  The general operating expenses of this study are projected to be $6,960 every 4 years based on current per diem and average expenses for legislative members.  The first year in which these costs would be incurred by the Legislature is fiscal year 2015-16.
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	This bill includes a one-time General Fund appropriation of $131,028 in fiscal year 2012-13 for the computer programming costs associated with establishing the Fund for a Healthy Maine as a separate fund.  Additional costs to the Department of Education and to the Department of Health and Human Services to provide the necessary data and information to the commission and prepare the required annual report can be absorbed within existing budgeted resources.