LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE 75th Regular Session May 12, 1997 TO: Honorable Hugo Berlanga, Chair IN RE: Senate Bill No. 910, As Engrossed Committee on Public Health By: Zaffirini House Austin, Texas FROM: John Keel, Director In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on SB910 ( Relating to the use of electronic transfer and data matching in connection with certain benefits programs.) this office has detemined the following: Biennial Net Impact to General Revenue Funds by SB910-As Engrossed No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. The bill would implement Texas Performance Review (TPR) recommendation GG8 in Disturbing the Peace: The Challenge of Change in Texas Government. It is assumed that the Health and Human Services Commission will enter into a consultant contract for the data matching system project which will specify that payments under the contract will be made from amounts recovered by agencies as a result of the data matching project. It is assumed that start-up costs for the data matching project could be absorbed within current resources. No estimate is available for potential savings that could result from implementing the provisions of the bill. No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated. Source: Agencies: LBB Staff: JK ,BB