LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 76th Regular Session
April 13, 1999
TO: Honorable Patricia Gray, Chair, House Committee on Public
Health
FROM: John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: HB811 by Jones, Jesse (Relating to the services included
in home health care services.), As Introduced
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* Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for *
* HB811, As Introduced: positive impact of $0 through the biennium *
* ending August 31, 2001. *
* *
* The bill would make no appropriation but could provide the legal *
* basis for an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions of *
* the bill. *
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General Revenue-Related Funds, Five-Year Impact:
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* Fiscal Year Probable Net Positive/(Negative) *
* Impact to General Revenue Related *
* Funds *
* 2000 $0 *
* 2001 0 *
* 2002 0 *
* 2003 0 *
* 2004 0 *
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All Funds, Five-Year Impact:
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* Fiscal Year Probable Revenue Gain/(Loss) from *
* Home Health Services Account/ *
* GR-Dedicated *
* 5018 *
* 2000 $858,900 *
* 2001 858,900 *
* 2002 858,900 *
* 2003 858,900 *
* 2004 858,900 *
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Fiscal Analysis
The bill would add blood pressure monitoring, diabetes treatment, and
minimal house cleaning to the definition of home health services.
Methodology
Revenues above are based on the assumption that the Department of Health
would be required to regulate entities providing minimal house cleaning
as a home health services provider, as the bill would add this function
to the list defining home health services as the provision of any one or
more of the services in the list.
Revenues shown above assume there are 2,863 entities in the state
providing house cleaning services that would each pay a fee to the
Department of Health of $300 to be regulated as home health agencies.
The department has identified no additional costs to regulate these
entities.
Local Government Impact
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies: 501 Department Of Health, 324 Department of Human
Services
LBB Staff: JK, TP, KF