An Act To Improve Access to Dental Care through the Establishment of the Maine Board of Oral Health
Maine Legislature, Session 127, LD 0540
Committee Amendment CA_A_H138 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 364, L.D. 540, Bill, "An Act To 
Improve Access to Dental Care through the Establishment of the Maine Board of Oral 
Health" 
Amend the bill by adding after section 33 the following: 
'Sec. 34. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
PROFESSIONAL AND FINANCIAL REGULATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
Dental Examiners - Board of 0384 
Initiative: Deallocates funds from the Board of Dental Examiners. 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT 
Personal Services 
All Other 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL 
Maine Board of Oral Health N198 
2015-16 
(4.000) 
($241,902) 
($157,559) 
($399,461) 
2016-17 
(4.000) 
($321,976) 
($209,240) 
($531,216) 
Initiative: Allocates funds for the per diem and All Other costs to the Maine Board of 
Oral Health and its subcommittees as a result of the changes in duties, functions and 
responsibilities caused by the transition from the Board of Dental Examiners to the Maine 
Board of Oral Health and the creation of the Subcommittee on Dentists. 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
Personal Services 
All Other 
2015-16 
$4,860 
$103,462 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
2016-17 
$4,860 
$116,936 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A "to H.P. 364, L.D. 540 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL 
$108,322 
$121,796 
Maine Board of Oral Health N198 
Initiative: Allocates funds for one Office Associate II position and related All Other costs 
to support the work of the Maine Board of Oral Health and its subcommittees. 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
2015-16 
2016-17 
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT 
1.000 
1.000 
Personal Services 
$47,069 
$64,145 
All Other 
$7,079 
$6,039 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL 
$54,148 
$70,184 
Maine Board of Oral Health N198 
Initiative: Allocates funds to create the Maine Board of Oral Health. 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
2015-16 
2016-17 
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT 
4.000 
4.000 
Personal Services 
$241,902 
$321,976 
All Other 
$157,559 
$209,240 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL 
$399,461 
$531,216 
PROFESSIONAL AND FINANCIAL 
REGULATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
2015-16 
2016-17 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
$162,470 
$191,980 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
$162,470 
$191,980 
SUMMARY 
This amendment is the minority report of the committee. The amendment adds an 
appropriations and allocations section. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 05107115 
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LD540 
LR 1626(02) 
An Act To Improve Access to Dental Care through the Establishment of the Maine Board of Oral 
Health 
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Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment Iff (H) 3V 
Committee: Labor, Commerce, Research and Economic Development 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Projections 
Projections 
FY 2015-16 
FY2016-17 
FY2017-18 
FY2018-19 
Appropriations/Allocations 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
$162,470 
$191,980 
$198,508 
$202,703 
Revenue 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
$60,384 
$405,014 
$60,384 
$405,014 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
This legislation renames the Board of Dental Examiners, affiliated with the Department of Professional and Financial 
Regulation, the Maine Board of Oral Health. This bill also makes changes to the duties, functions and responsibilities 
of the board and its established subcommittees and creates a Subcommittee on Dentists. This bill includes Other 
Special Revenue Funds allocations of $162,470 in fiscal year 2015-16 and $191,980 in fiscal year 2016-17 to the 
Maine Board of Oral Health for one Office Associate 11 position, additional per diem costs for board and 
subcommittee members, and related all other costs including legal, fmancial and technology services associated with 
the increased duties and responsibilities of the subcommittees. This bill also includes other offsetting allocations and 
deallocations netting to zero of $399,461 in fiscal year 2015-16 and $531,216 in fiscal year 2016-17 move functions 
from the old board to the new board in the accounting system. This fiscal note assumes an October 1, 2015 effective 
date. It also assumes that the initiatives included in LD 1019, the Governor's proposed budget for the 2016-2017 
biennium for the Board of Dental Examiners are adopted as proposed. The fiscal note may need to be adjusted based 
on final legislative actions on the biennial budget. 
An analysis performed by the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation indicates that license fees will 
need to be increased in order to support the additional costs to each subcommitte and the board. This analysis assumes 
that each subcommittee will be self-supporting and will share in the costs of supporting the board. According to the 
department, license fees for dentists will need to increase from $440 biennially to $495 biennially; license fees for 
dental hygienists will need to increase from $140 biennially to $390 biennially; and license fees for denturists will 
need to increase from $140 biennially to $5,300 biennially. As the new fee for denturists is impractically high, it is 
unclear how the board will procede. The higher fees, if actually collected, are expected to increase dedicated revenue 
to the board by $60,384 in fiscal year 2015-16 and $405,014 in fiscal year 2016-17. 
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