LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE
74th Regular Session
March 12, 1995
TO: Honorable Hugo Berlanga, Chair IN RE: House Bill No. 866,
Committee on Public Health as amended
House of Representatives By: maxey
Austin, Texas
FROM: John Keel, Director
In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on House Bill No.
866 (relating to public school health clinics) this office has
determined the following:
The bill would make no appropriation but could provide the legal
basis for an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions
of the bill.
The bill would require the Texas Department of Health to select
17 eligible school districts to which a grant to establish school
health clinics would be awarded. The Department of Health would
enter into an interagency agreement with the Texas Department of
Human Services to amend eligibility requirements for the state's
emergency assistance plan under Title IV-A, Social Security Act.
The Texas Department of Human Services would be required to apply
for funds to supplement other financial support for school health
clinics.
The bill would implement recommendations in the Comptroller of
Public Accounts' Gaining Ground. The bill would authorize the
Texas Department of Health to withhold a portion of federal funds
resulting from Medicaid administrative matching by the school
districts for the purpose of funding the school-based clinics.
The probable fiscal implication of implementing the provisions of
the bill during each of the first five years following passage
is estimated as follows:
Fiscal Probable Cost for Probable Gain to
Year Grants and General Revenue
Contracts Out of Fund 001
General Revenue
Fund 001
1996 $2,300,000 $2,300,000
1997 2,750,000 2,750,000
1998 2,800,000 2,800,000
1999 2,850,000 2,850,000
2000 2,900,000 2,900,000
Similar annual fiscal implications would continue as long as the
provisions of the bill are in effect.
The fiscal implication to units of local government cannot be
determined.
Source: Comptroller of Public Accounts
LBB Staff: JK, KF, DF