This Fiscal Note is not an official copy and should not be quoted or cited.
This Fiscal Note is not an official copy and should not be quoted or cited.
Fiscal Note - SB 0384 - Penalizes inmates for filing frivolous complaints against doctors and nurses
COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH
OVERSIGHT DIVISION
FISCAL NOTE
L.R. NO.: 1688-01
BILL NO.: SB 384
SUBJECT: Prisons and Jails; Probation and Parole; Physicians; Nurses; Economic Development Department; Administrative Law; Boards, Commissions
TYPE: Original
DATE: February 15, 1999
FISCAL SUMMARY
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ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON STATE FUNDS | |||
| FUND AFFECTED | FY 2000 | FY 2001 | FY 2002 |
| None | |||
| Total Estimated
Net Effect on All State Funds |
$0 | $0 | $0 |
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ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON FEDERAL FUNDS | |||
| FUND AFFECTED | FY 2000 | FY 2001 | FY 2002 |
| None | |||
| Total Estimated
Net Effect on All Federal Funds |
$0 | $0 | $0 |
|
ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON LOCAL FUNDS | |||
| FUND AFFECTED | FY 2000 | FY 2001 | FY 2002 |
| Local Government | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Numbers within parentheses: ( ) indicate costs or losses
This fiscal note contains 3 pages.
FISCAL ANALYSIS
ASSUMPTION
Officials of the Department of Corrections (DOC) assume this proposal would penalize inmates for filing frivolous complaints against doctors and nurses. As it relates to the DOC, similar procedures are already in practice within the department. This proposal would enhance the criteria for enforcing this procedure. Supervision by the DOC through setting back an offender's parole hearing by 60 days could result in some additional costs but DOC officials assume that the impact would be $0 or a minimal amount which could be absorbed.
DOC officials assume that the ten year fiscal impact would be unknown, but assumed to be $0 or minimal per year.
Oversight assumes this proposal would not fiscally impact Office of the Attorney General, Department of Economic Development - Professional Registration, or the Administrative Hearing Commission.
| FISCAL IMPACT - State Government | FY 2000 | FY 2001 | FY 2002 |
| (10 Mo.) | |||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| FISCAL IMPACT - Local Government | FY 2000 | FY 2001 | FY 2002 |
| (10 Mo.) | |||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| FISCAL IMPACT - Small Business | |||
| No direct fiscal impact to small businesses would be expected as a result of this proposal. | |||
DESCRIPTION
This proposal would provide penalties for inmates filing a false, frivolous or malicious complaint, or one filed for the purpose of harassment, against a licensed physician or nurse. The penalties, an additional sixty days before being eligible for parole or a fine up to half the offender's prison account, are the same as those for filing such claims in court.
This legislation is not federally mandated, would not duplicate any other program and would not require additional capital improvements or rental space.
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
Department of Corrections
NOT RESPONDING - Office of the Attorney General, Department of Economic Development, Administrative Hearing Commission
Jeanne Jarrett, CPA
Director
February 15, 1999