121st Maine Legislature
		Office of Fiscal and Program Review
		LD 553
		Resolve, To Study the Needs of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Children and Adolescents
		LR 0987(02)
		Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment " "
		Committee: Health and Human Services
		Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
Current Costs - Legislative Study
Legislative Study
	The projected costs to fund the general operating expenses of this study, including interpreter services, are $11,060 in fiscal year 2003-04.  The Legislature has budgeted $30,000 in fiscal year 2003-04 for legislative studies.  Whether that amount is sufficient to fund all studies will depend on the number of studies authorized by the Legislative Council and the Legislature.  Any additional costs to the Departments of Education, Human Services, Labor, Behavorial and Developmental Services and the Governor Baxter School for the Deaf associated with serving on the Commission can be absorbed by each department utilizing existing budgeted resources.