LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                                   Austin, Texas
         
                                   FISCAL NOTE
                               75th Regular Session
         
                                  May 17, 1997
         
         
      TO: Honorable Judith Zaffirini, Chair            IN RE:  House Bill No. 2482, Committee Report 2nd House, as amended
          Committee on Health & Human Services                              By: Smithee
          Senate
          Austin, Texas
         
         
         
         
         FROM:  John Keel, Director    
         
In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on HB2482 ( Relating 
to the establishment of an accreditation program for child-care 
facilities and child-placing agencies as an alternative to state 
licensure; providing a criminal penalty.) this office has detemined 
the following:
         
         Biennial Net Impact to General Revenue Funds by HB2482-Committee Report 2nd House, as amended
         
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
         
The bill would amend Chapter 42 of the Human Resources Code 
to establish a registration program for child-care facilities 
and child-placing agencies which are accredited by a private 
organization that requires compliance with standards that meet 
or exceed the state's minimum licensing standards. It would 
also amend Chapter 43 of the Human Resources Code to authorize 
child-care administrators to practice without a license if they 
are accredited by a private organization that has qualifications 
that meet or exceed the state's qualifications.

According 
to the Department of Protective and Regulatory Services, current 
law already exempts from regulation many of the child-care facilities 
and child-placing agencies that would be eligible for registration 
under the proposed bill. In addition, the department does not 
anticipate a significant reduction in workload if the provision 
relating to child-care administrators is implemented.
         
 
          
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
          
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