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State of Alaska
                                                             Fiscal Note
                                                                                                  Bill Version:                     SB 206
 2024 Legislative Session
                                                                                                  Fiscal Note Number:               1
                                                                                                  (S) Publish Date:                 2/23/2024
 Identifier:        SB206-DOLWD-WC-02-09-24                                         Department:       Department of Labor and Workforce Development
 Title:             WORKERS' COMP. STAY-AT-WORK PROGRAM                             Appropriation: Workers' Compensation
 Sponsor:           GRAY-JACKSON                                                    Allocation:       Workers' Compensation
 Requester: (S) L&C                                                                 OMB Component Number:              344
 Expenditures/Revenues
 Note: Amounts do not include inflation unless otherwise noted below.                                                                     (Thousands of Dollars)
                                                 Included in
                                    FY2025       Governor's
                                Appropriation      FY2025                                                Out-Year Cost Estimates
                                  Requested       Request
 OPERATING EXPENDITURES               FY 2025        FY 2025       FY 2026                          FY 2027           FY 2028             FY 2029         FY 2030
 Personal Services                        56.4                        112.9                           112.9             112.9               112.9           112.9
 Travel
 Services                                   6.3                        12.5                             12.5                 12.5             12.5             12.5
 Commodities
 Capital Outlay
 Grants & Benefits
 Miscellaneous
 Total Operating                          62.7            0.0         125.4                            125.4             125.4              125.4            125.4
 Fund Source (Operating Only)
 1157 Wrkrs Safe (DGF)                           62.7                               125.4              125.4             125.4              125.4            125.4
 Total                                           62.7               0.0             125.4              125.4             125.4              125.4            125.4
 Positions
 Full-time                                         1.0                                  1.0               1.0                 1.0              1.0              1.0
 Part-time
 Temporary
 Change in Revenues
 None
 Total                                             0.0              0.0                 0.0               0.0                 0.0              0.0              0.0
 Estimated SUPPLEMENTAL (FY2024) cost:                                     0.0                (separate supplemental appropriation required)
 Estimated CAPITAL (FY2025) cost:                                          0.0                (separate capital appropriation required)
 Does the bill create or modify a new fund or account?       No
 (Supplemental/Capital/New Fund - discuss reasons and fund source(s) in analysis section)
 ASSOCIATED REGULATIONS
 Does the bill direct, or will the bill result in, regulation changes adopted by your agency?                     Yes
 If yes, by what date are the regulations to be adopted, amended or repealed?                                     03/01/25
 Why this fiscal note differs from previous version/comments:
 Initial version.
 Prepared By:             Alexis Hildebrand signing for Charles Collins, Director                                       Phone:          (907)465-2790
 Division:                Workers' Compensation Division                                                                Date:           02/09/2024
 Approved By:             Dan DeBartolo, Director                                                                       Date:           02/09/24
 Agency:                  DOLWD Administrative Services Division
Printed 2/21/2024                                                         Page 1 of 2                                                            Control Code: juTxP
                                                                                                                      SB 206 - Fiscal Note 1
                                                 FISCAL NOTE ANALYSIS
STATE OF ALASKA                                                                 BILL NO. SB 206
2024 LEGISLATIVE SESSION
Analysis
   This legislation develops a stay‐at‐work program to assist with the retention of injured workers in the workplace and speed
   up the process of recovery after a workplace injury. The program will enable injured workers to continue working with
   modified duties as they recover, instead of undergoing an eligibility evaluation for reemployment benefits. This voluntary
   program will require the participation of the employee, employer, and attending physician.
   To carry out this program, the Division would add a Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor 3, range 19, who would coordinate
   and facilitate stay‐at‐work planning beginning on January 2, 2025.
(Revised 10/31/2023 OMB/LFD)                                                                                      Page 2 of 2
SB206-DOLWD-WC-02-09-24                                           Page 2 of 2                                                    Control Code: juTxP
Statutes affected: 
SB0206A, AM SB 206, introduced 01/24/2024: 23.30.005, 23.30.041, 23.30.043, 23.30.095, 23.10.065, 23.30.110, 23.30.100, 23.30.105