130th MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 1263		LR 931(02)
	An Act To Create a Separate Department of Child and Family Services
	Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment " "
	Committee: Health and Human Services
	Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
			FY 2021-22	FY 2022-23	Projections  FY 2023-24	Projections  FY 2024-25
Net Cost (Savings)
	General Fund		$0	$1,740,714	$1,801,239	$1,864,337
	Fund for a Healthy Maine		$0	$0	$0	$0
Appropriations/Allocations
	General Fund		$0	$1,740,714	$1,801,239	$1,864,337
	Federal Expenditures Fund		$0	$0	$0	$0
	Fund for a Healthy Maine		$0	$0	$0	$0
	Other Special Revenue Funds		$0	$0	$0	$0
	Federal Block Grant Fund		$0	$0	$0	$0
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	The bill includes General Fund appropriations to the newly created Department of Child and Family Services of $1,740,714 in fiscal year 2022-23 to establish 11 positions to staff the newly created Department of Child and Family Services Commissioner's office. Additionally, all positions, Personal Services and All Other funding from the current Office of Child and Family Services, within the Department of Health and Human Services, are transferred to the new department.
	Any additional costs to the Department of Administrative and Financial Services to work with the newly created Department of Child and Family Services are expected to be minor and can be absorbed within existing budgeted resources.