OFFICE OF FISCAL ANALYSIS
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sHB-7200
AN ACT CONCERNING BLEEDING CONTROL TRAINING AND
KITS.
Primary Analyst: RP 4/1/25
Contributing Analyst(s): NB, LG, WL
Reviewer: PR
OFA Fiscal Note
State Impact:
Agency Affected Fund-Effect FY 26 $ FY 27 $
Department of Administrative
Services
GF - Cost 15,000,000 1,122,500
Department of Emergency
Services and Public Protection
GF - Cost 195,000 195,000
State Comptroller - Fringe
Benefits
1
GF - Cost 289,041 289,041
Note: GF=General Fund
Municipal Impact:
Municipalities Effect FY 26 $ FY 27 $
All Municipalities Potential
Cost
See Below None
Explanation
The bill makes various requirements regarding bleeding control
training and equipment, resulting in the impacts described below.
Section 1 requires the Department of Emergency Services and Public
Protection (DESPP) to administer a bleeding control training program
in each of the State’s 65 health districts, resulting in a cost of $195,000 in
FY 26 and FY 27 to DESPP and $65,136 in FY 26 and FY 27 to the State
1
The fringe benefit costs for most state employees are budgeted centrally in accounts
administered by the Comptroller. The estimated active employee fringe benefit cost
associated with most personnel changes is 40.71% of payroll in FY 26. 2025HB-07200-R000475-FN.docx Page 2 of 2
Comptroller – Fringe Benefits.
To implement the training program, DESPP will need to hire one
Field Program Consultant and one Training Officer, each with an annual
salary of about $80,000. There are also annual costs for vehicle leasing of
$10,000 and training equipment of $25,000.
2
Section 4 requires the Department of Administrative Services (DAS)
to ensure each floor owned by the state or political subdivision has a
“bleeding control kit” installed which results in a total cost to the state
of $15,223,905 in FY 26 and $1,346,405 in FY 27. The initial one-time
startup costs of installing a kit for each floor across every state and
municipal owned building is $13,877,500. DAS will require additional
staff and resources to ensure the kits are properly installed and
maintained totaling $1,346,405 per year beginning in FY 26 ($550,000 in
salary, $572,000 in other expenses, and $223,905 in fringe benefits).
This section also results in a potential cost to municipalities in FY 26
for bleeding control kits to the extent they are not provided by DAS or
already installed in municipal public buildings.
The Out Years
The annualized ongoing fiscal impact identified above would
continue into the future subject to ongoing needs and inflation. Once the
bleeding control training program is fully established, there may no
longer be a need for the Field Program Consultant.
2
Stop the Bleed Training Kits are estimated to be about $1,175 per kit and the
bill requires at least one person per health district to be trained every three
years.