LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                              March 14, 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 of community supervision and corrections
               departments in the uniform group insurance program for
               state employees.), As Introduced
  
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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 basic 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, 302   Office of
                   the Attorney General
LBB Staff:         JK, RB, SC, DB