LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE
75th Regular Session
March 9, 1997
TO: Honorable Harvey Hilderbran, Chair IN RE: House Bill No. 1555
Committee on Human Services By: Greenberg
House
Austin, Texas
FROM: John Keel, Director
In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on HB1555 ( Relating
to inspection of child-care facilities.) this office has detemined
the following:
Biennial Net Impact to General Revenue Funds by HB1555-As Introduced
Implementing the provisions of the bill would result in a net
positive impact of $946,680 to General Revenue Related Funds
through the biennium ending August 31, 1999.
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 partially implement the Texas Performance
Review recommendation HHS 5 in Disturbing the Peace: The Challenge
of Change in Texas Government.
The bill would amend Chapter
42 of the Human Resources Code to require the Department of
Protective and Regulatory Services to coordinate child-care
facility inspections performed by state agencies. The bill
would prohibit one state agency from duplicating an inspection
conducted by another state agency, and it would require the
department to assign items that may be inspected by more than
one agency to only one agency.
The bill would require the
department by rule, and with the assistance of the Comptroller
of Public Accounts, to adopt each child-care facility inspection
form used by state agencies. These forms would be designed
to eliminate redundant inspections and must be adopted by January
1, 1998.
The bill would require the department to establish
a computerized database containing child-care facility inspection
information. State agencies would be required to submit their
completed inspection forms to the department which would be
required to add the inspection information to the database.
The
bill would require the department to establish a pilot program
allowing child-care facility inspectors to access and update
the information in the computerized database using laptop computers
during an inspection. A report on the effectiveness of the
pilot program would be due not later than January 15, 1999.
Fiscal Analysis
According to estimates developed by the Comptroller, the bill
would result in a net savings to the general revenue fund.
The bill would require an additional one-half FTE.
Methodolgy
Costs:
The state would incur a cost for the pilot program:
$41,000 for fiscal year 1998, and $8,320 for each subsequent
year.
The state would incur a cost for the database: $13,000
for each year.
Coordination of child-care facilities and
consolidation of forms would be achieved within appropriated
agency budgets.
Savings:
Savings are based on each agency's
percentage of inspection time to be saved multiplied by its
total inspection budget. Savings would be achieved through
reductions to the following agency appropriations:
$247,023
from the Department of Protective and Regulatory Services
$254,895
from the Texas Workforce Commission
$9,082 from the Department
of Human Services
The probable fiscal implications of implementing the provisions
of the bill during each of the first five years following passage
is estimated as follows:
Five Year Impact:
Fiscal Year Probable Probable Probable Revenue Change in Number
Savings/(Cost) Savings/(Cost) Gain/(Loss) from of State
from General from General Federal Funds Employees from
Revenue Fund Revenue Fund FY 1997
0001 0001 0555
1998 ($54,000) $511,000 $0 0.5
1998 (21,320) 511,000 0 0.5
2000 (21,320) 511,000 0 0.5
2001 (21,320) 511,000 0 0.5
2002 (21,320) 511,000 0 0.5
Net Impact on General Revenue Related Funds:
The probable fiscal implication to General Revenue related funds
during each of the first five years is estimated as follows:
Fiscal Year Probable Net Postive/(Negative)
General Revenue Related Funds
Funds
1998 $457,000
1999 489,680
2000 489,680
2001 489,680
2002 489,680
Similar annual fiscal implications would continue as long as
the provisions of the bill are in effect.
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government
is anticipated.
Source: Agencies: 530 Department of Protective and Regulatory Services
304 Comptroller of Public Accounts
LBB Staff: JK ,BB ,PP ,NM