LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                              April 12, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Dale B. Tillery, Chair, House Committee on
               Pensions & Investments
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB1076  by Haggerty (relating to participation by
               employees and retired employees of community supervision
               and corrections departments in the uniform group
               insurance program for state employees.), Committee
               Report 1st House, Substituted
  
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*  No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.        *
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Local Government Impact
  
The bill would provide an option to community supervision and corrections
departments (CSCDs) to participate in the state's Uniform Group
Insurance Program (UGIP).  The CSCDs would be responsible for paying 100
percent of the premium for an employee's or retiree's basic coverage and
50 percent of the premium for dependent coverage.  CSCDs that are paying
higher costs for insurance than they would under the state's UGIP would
likely choose to participate in the state program and would experience a
savings.  The amount of the savings would vary by department, depending
on the difference between their existing costs and the costs for UGIP.
According to the Texas Probation Association, some CSCDs have
experienced a 35 percent increase in insurance costs in the previous two
years.
  
  
Source Agencies:   327   Employees Retirement System
LBB Staff:         JK, RB, SC