LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                          Austin, Texas

                           FISCAL NOTE
                       74th Regular Session

                          April 28, 1995



 TO:     Honorable Judith Zaffirini, Chair      IN RE: Committee Substitute
         Committee on Health & Human Services                  for Senate
         Senate                                 Bill No. 1226
         Austin, Texas









FROM: John Keel, Director

In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on Senate Bill No.
1226 (Relating to child-care facilities.) this office has
determined the following:

The bill would require the Texas Department of Protective and
Regulatory Services to conduct a comprehensive cost-benefit
analysis and economic impact study that includes families and
licensed child-care providers, when determining minimum standards
for child-care facilities that provide care for less than 24
hours a day.  Current law requires the department to conduct a
comprehensive review of all child care rules and standards at
least every six years.

The bill would also require the department to contract for an
independent comprehensive cost-benefit analysis and economic
impact study relating to staff-child ratios, group sizes, and
square footage requirements that are contained in any minimum
standards for child-care facilities adopted by the Texas Board of
Protective and Regulatory Services in 1994.  The department must
submit the report to the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the
Speaker of the House of Representatives, and members of the 75th
Legislature no later than December 1, 1996.

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 Out 
             Year      of  General    
                     Revenue Fund 001 
                                      
          1996                $100,000
          1997                        
                                      
          1998                        
                                      
          1999                        
          2000                        
                                      
                                      
                                      
       No fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.


Source:   Department of Protective and Regulatory Services
          LBB Staff: JK, NM, DF