State of Alaska
Fiscal Note
Bill Version: SB 137
2021 Legislative Session
Fiscal Note Number: 1
(S) Publish Date: 5/12/2021
Identifier: SB137-DCCED-CBPL-05-07-21 Department: Department of Commerce, Community and
Title: EXTEND BOARD OF DIRECT-ENTRY MIDWIVES Economic Development
Sponsor: KAWASAKI Appropriation: Corporations, Business and Professional
Requester: (S) LABOR & COMMERCE Licensing
Allocation: Corporations, Business and Professional
Licensing
OMB Component Number: 2360
Expenditures/Revenues
Note: Amounts do not include inflation unless otherwise noted below. (Thousands of Dollars)
Included in
FY2022 Governor's
Appropriation FY2022 Out-Year Cost Estimates
Requested Request
OPERATING EXPENDITURES FY 2022 FY 2022 FY 2023 FY 2024 FY 2025 FY 2026 FY 2027
Personal Services
Travel 20.3 20.3
Services 1.5 1.5
Commodities
Capital Outlay
Grants & Benefits
Miscellaneous
Total Operating 0.0 21.8 21.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Fund Source (Operating Only)
1156 Rcpt Svcs (DGF) 21.8 21.8
Total 0.0 21.8 21.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Positions
Full-time
Part-time
Temporary
Change in Revenues
1156 Rcpt Svcs (DGF) 21.8 21.8
Total 0.0 21.8 21.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Estimated SUPPLEMENTAL (FY2021) cost: 0.0 (separate supplemental appropriation required)
Estimated CAPITAL (FY2022) 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? No
If yes, by what date are the regulations to be adopted, amended or repealed? N/A
Why this fiscal note differs from previous version/comments:
Not applicable, initial version.
Prepared By: Sara Chambers, Division Director Phone: (907)465-2144
Division: Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing Date: 05/07/2021
Approved By: Micaela Fowler, Administrative Services Director, DCCED Date: 05/07/21
Agency: Office of Management and Budget
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FISCAL NOTE ANALYSIS
STATE OF ALASKA BILL NO. SB 137
2021 LEGISLATIVE SESSION
Analysis
SB 137 extends statutory authorization for the existing Board of Certified DirectEntry Midwives to June 30, 2023.
Adoption of the bill will continue existing activities by the board and administration by the Division of Corporations,
Business, and Professional Licensing (CBPL). Failure to adopt the bill would result in a oneyear wind down of the board in
FY2022, with CBPL assuming all licensing responsibility in FY2023.
If the bill passes the following expenses will be incurred:
Travel: $20.3 (5 board members and 1 staff member, to attend four board meetings per year)
Services: $0.4 (advertising of public notice of board meetings)
$1.0 (training and conference fees)
$0.1 (stipends for board members attending board meeting in community of residence)
Annual expenditures are estimated to be approximately $29.0 with revenues from license fees covering those expenses.
Regardless of whether this bill passes, activities and costs of the licensing program will continue (approximately $7.2 per
year). Current schedules of revenues and expenditures for CBPL licensing programs are located online at
https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/Portals/5/pub/FY212ndQtrAllBoards.pdf.
If this legislation is not passed and the board sunsets, CBPL would continue to require access to expertise in the profession.
Replacing the expertise currently provided by volunteer board members with professional service contracts may increase
the annual costs of this program, resulting in increased license fees. No professional licensing board has sunset in recent
years, so reasonable estimates of this cost are unknown.
Professional licensing programs within CBPL are funded by Receipt Supported Services, fund source 1156 Rcpt Svcs (DGF).
Licensing fees for each occupation are set per AS 08.01.065 so the total amount of revenue collected approximately equals
the occupations actual regulatory costs.
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Statutes affected:
SB0137A, AM SB 137, introduced 05/05/2021: 08.03.010