LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 76th Regular Session
March 16, 1999
TO: Honorable Jane Nelson, Chair, Senate Committee on Health
Services
FROM: John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: SB968 by Lindsay (Relating to access to criminal history
record information for certain hospitals and hospital
districts.), As Introduced
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* Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for *
* SB968, As Introduced: positive impact of $339,628 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 $167,844 *
* 2001 171,784 *
* 2002 171,784 *
* 2003 171,784 *
* 2004 171,784 *
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All Funds, Five-Year Impact:
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*Fiscal Probable Revenue Probable Change in Number of *
* Year Gain/(Loss) from Savings/(Cost) from State Employees from *
* General Revenue Fund General Revenue Fund FY 1999 *
* 0001 0001 *
* 2000 $200,000 $(32,156) 1.0 *
* 2001 200,000 (28,216) 1.0 *
* 2002 200,000 (28,216) 1.0 *
* 2003 200,000 (28,216) 1.0 *
* 2004 200,000 (28,216) 1.0 *
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Technology Impact
Technology impact would be limited to a microcomputer and associated
equipment to support one administrative technician.
Fiscal Analysis
The bill would allow public hospitals and hospital districts to obtain
Criminal History Record Information on applicants for employment or
volunteers, current employees or volunteers, and applicants and
employees of a person or business that contracts with these hospitals.
Methodology
The Department of Public Safety estimates that there would be
approximately 200,000 criminal history background checks conducted in
each fiscal year in association with the provisions of this bill. The
department charges $1 per record check. Therefore the revenue gain to
the General Revenue Fund is estimated to be $200,000 per fiscal year.
It is assumed that the additional inquiries would require one additional
FTE (Administrative Technician I) to handle the additional workload.
Local Government Impact
Hospital districts choosing to begin a program of criminal history
background checks for certain employees would incur some additional
costs, but at an estimated $1 per record check, this impact is not
expected to be significant.
Source Agencies:
LBB Staff: JK, TP, KF