LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                                   Austin, Texas
         
                                   FISCAL NOTE
                               75th Regular Session
         
                                  April 13, 1997
         
         
      TO: Honorable Harvey Hilderbran, Chair            IN RE:  House Bill No. 2250
          Committee on Human Services                              By: Wise
          House
          Austin, Texas
         
         
         
         
         FROM:  John Keel, Director    
         
In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on HB2250 ( Relating 
to child protective services provided by the Department of Protective 
and Regulatory Services.) this office has detemined the following:
         
         Biennial Net Impact to General Revenue Funds by HB2250-As Introduced
         
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
         
The bill would make no appropriation but could provide the basis 
for an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions of 
the bill.

The bill would amend Chapter 40 of the Human Resources 
Code to require the Department of Protective and Regulatory 
Services (PRS) to provide joint training for department and 
law enforcement personnel on the investigation of child abuse 
and neglect reports.  It would also require PRS to conduct community 
education and training programs relating to the prevention, 
identification, and treatment of child abuse and neglect.  It 
is assumed that implementation of these provisions would have 
no significant fiscal impact because the activities already 
occur at the local level.

The bill would amend Chapter 40 
of the Human Resources Code to require PRS to establish multidisciplinary 
teams to provide services relating to reports of child abuse 
or neglect.  It is assumed that implementation of this provision 
would have no significant fiscal impact because PRS has already 
established and incorporated multidisciplinary teams into the 
investigative process or is actively working to do so across 
the state.
         
 
          
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government 
is anticipated.
          
   Source:            Agencies:   530   Department of Protective and Regulatory Services
                                         
                      LBB Staff:   JK ,BB ,NM