OFFICE OF FISCAL ANALYSIS
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SB-1008
AN ACT CONCERNING HEALTH EQUITY, THE CORONAVIRUS
PANDEMIC AND PULSE OXIMETERS.
As Amended by Senate "A" (LCO 7678)
House Calendar No.: 449
Senate Calendar No.: 232
Primary Analyst: MP 4/29/21
Contributing Analyst(s): DC, ME
OFA Fiscal Note
State Impact:
Agency Affected Fund-Effect FY 22 $ FY 23 $
Public Health, Dept. GF - Potential
Cost
See Below None
Note: GF=General Fund
Municipal Impact: None
Explanation
The bill requires the Department of Public Health (DPH) in
consultation with the Insurance Department (DOI), to develop certain
educational materials and distribute them, which may result in a cost
to DPH for printing and mailing the materials to certain entities, in the
event the distribution cannot be done through electronic means. There
is no anticipated cost to develop the materials, which DPH has the
expertise to do, or for DOI to distribute the materials to health carriers
and pharmacy benefit managers.
Senate "A" makes DPH responsible for developing educational
materials, in consultation with DOI, and distributing them to health
care providers, pharmacies and medical schools, rather than DOI
developing regulations, which added the potential cost indicated
above. 2021SB-01008-R01-FN.DOCX Page 2 of 2
The Out Years
There is no fiscal impact in the out years.
The preceding Fiscal Impact statement is prepared for the benefit of the members of the General Assembly,
solely for the purposes of information, summarization and explanation and does not represent the intent of the
General Assembly or either chamber thereof for any purpose. In general, fiscal impacts are based upon a variety
of informational sources, including the analyst’s professional knowledge. Whenever applicable, agency data is
consulted as part of the analysis, however final products do not necessarily reflect an assessment from any
specific department.