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State of Alaska
                                                            Fiscal Note
                                                                                              Bill Version:                    HB 295
 2022 Legislative Session
                                                                                              Fiscal Note Number:              3
                                                                                              (H) Publish Date:                2/16/2022
 Identifier:        HB295-DOH-LABS-2-4-2022                                    Department:        Department of Health
 Title:             DENTIST SPEC. LICENSE/RADIOLOGIC EQUIP                     Appropriation: Public Health
 Sponsor:           ORTIZ                                                      Allocation:        Public Health Laboratories
 Requester: (H) LC                                                             OMB Component Number:               2252
 Expenditures/Revenues
 Note: Amounts do not include inflation unless otherwise noted below.                                                                (Thousands of Dollars)
                                                 Included in
                                    FY2023       Governor's
                                Appropriation      FY2023                                            Out-Year Cost Estimates
                                  Requested       Request
 OPERATING EXPENDITURES               FY 2023        FY 2023       FY 2024                      FY 2025           FY 2026            FY 2027        FY 2028
 Personal Services                       118.2                        178.2                       178.2             178.2              178.2          178.2
 Travel                                                                36.0                         36.0              36.0               36.0          36.0
 Services                                 51.0                         10.0                         10.0              10.0               10.0          10.0
 Commodities                                4.0
 Capital Outlay                           20.0
 Grants & Benefits
 Miscellaneous
 Total Operating                         193.2            0.0         224.2                        224.2             224.2             224.2            224.2
 Fund Source (Operating Only)
 1003 GF/Match (UGF)                           193.2
 1007 I/A Rcpts (Other)                                                         224.2              224.2             224.2             224.2            224.2
 Total                                         193.2              0.0           224.2              224.2             224.2             224.2            224.2
 Positions
 Full-time                                        1.0                                 1.0             1.0                1.0              1.0              1.0
 Part-time                                        1.0                                 1.0             1.0                1.0              1.0              1.0
 Temporary
 Change in Revenues
 None
 Total                                            0.0             0.0                 0.0             0.0                0.0              0.0              0.0
 Estimated SUPPLEMENTAL (FY2022) cost:                                   0.0                (separate supplemental appropriation required)
 Estimated CAPITAL (FY2023) 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?                                 07/01/23
 Why this fiscal note differs from previous version/comments:
 Not applicable, initial version.
 Prepared By:               Heidi Hedberg, Director                                                                 Phone:         (907)269-2042
 Division:                  Public Health                                                                           Date:          02/02/2022
 Approved By:               Sylvan Robb, Assistant Commissioner                                                     Date:          02/04/22
 Agency:                    Department of Health
Printed 2/14/2022                                                       Page 1 of 2                                                         Control Code: VYOSl
                                                                                                                     HB 295 - Fiscal Note 3
                                                  FISCAL NOTE ANALYSIS
STATE OF ALASKA                                                                     BILL NO. HB295
2022 LEGISLATIVE SESSION
Analysis
   This bill transfers responsibility for registration and certification of dental radiologic devices from the Board of Dental
   Examiners to the Department of Health, effective July 1, 2023. The department will need to promulgate regulations. The
   Division of Public Health currently has responsibility for all other radiologic device inspections which are carried out by a
   single Radiological Health Physicist.
   The fiscal note describes an initial cost and implementation period funded by GF Match followed by flat funding from a
   reimbursable services agreement with the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development as part of
   the fees charged to licensed dentists.
   There are approximately 2,200 individual dental devices/practices currently licenced for radiological equipment by the
   Board of Dental Examiners. Of those, about 1,000 are in Anchorage. Due to the volume of devices, the Division of Public
   Health will need to hire one additional inspector (Radiological Health Physicist 1, range 19) along with one parttime
   administrative position (Office Assistant 2, range 10) to provide support to the program and coordination with licensed
   dentists. The inspector will also incur travel costs to perform onsite, routine inspections and costs for office supplies and
   other basic expenses for both of the new positions (phones, rent, utilities, etc.).
   Onetime costs are needed initially for purchasing testing equipment, developing a radiological health database to handle
   the additional workload, purchasing a field laptop, phone, and workstations for the new positions. Ongoing costs include
   potential database development costs, annual calibration of equipment, travel costs, and salaries.
   Year 1 calculation (FY2023): Salaries for a fulltime Radiological Health Physicist 1, parttime Office Assistant 2, contracted
   database implementation, testing equipment, and computer equipment. The two positions are budgeted for eight
   months because it will take a few months to recruit for and hire staff to fill the positions.
   Year 2  6 calculation (FY2024  FY2028): Salaries for a fulltime Radiological Health Physicist 1, parttime Office Assistant 2,
   contracted database maintenance, testing equipment calibration, and travel costs.
(Revised 11/23/2021 OMB/LFD)                                                                                           Page 2 of 2
HB295-DOH-LABS-2-4-2022                                          Page 2 of 2                                                Control Code: VYOSl
Statutes affected: 
HB0295A, AM HB 295, introduced 01/31/2022: 08.01.065, 44.29.020, 08.36.110, 08.36.234, 08.36.245, 08.36.315, 18.60.545, 44.46.029, 08.36.075, 46.03.022, 18.05.065, 18.60.525, 44.29.027