LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                              March 5, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Robert Junell, Chair, House Committee on
               Appropriations
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB1333  by Junell (Relating to making emergency
               appropriations.), As Introduced
  
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*  Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for    *
*  HB1333, As Introduced:  negative impact of $(156,300,000) through     *
*  the biennium ending August 31, 2003.                                  *
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Appropriations:
  
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           * Fiscal Year      Appropriation out of General      *
           *                          Revenue Fund              *
           *                              0001                  *
           *      2001                             $156,300,000 *
           *      2002                                        0 *
           *      2003                                        0 *
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General Revenue-Related Funds, Six-Year Impact:
  
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          *  Fiscal Year  Probable Net Positive/(Negative)   *
          *               Impact to General Revenue Related  *
          *                             Funds                *
          *       2001                       $(156,300,000)  *
          *       2002                                    0  *
          *       2003                                    0  *
          *       2004                                    0  *
          *       2005                                    0  *
          *       2006                                    0  *
          ****************************************************
  
All Funds, Six-Year Impact:
  
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*Fiscal    Probable Savings/(Cost) from    Probable Revenue Gain/(Loss)   *
* Year         General Revenue Fund             from Federal Funds        *
*                      0001                                               *
*  2001                    $(156,300,000)                              $0 *
*  2002                                 0                       1,661,957 *
*  2003                                 0                               0 *
*  2004                                 0                               0 *
*  2005                                 0                               0 *
*  2006                                 0                               0 *
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Fiscal Analysis
  
The bill would appropriate the following amounts from the General Revenue
Fund for fiscal year 2001:

1)  $1,000,000 to the Department of Health for Medicaid;
2) $45,000,000 to the Department of Health to offset a lower federal
Medicaid match rate and provide for increased Medicaid caseload and cost;

3) $74,600,000 to the Department of Criminal Justice for additional
capacity and payment to counties; and
4) $35,700,000 to the Department of Criminal Justice for salary
adjustments.
  
  
Methodology
  
The estimate assumes immediate effect.  The $1 million Medicaid
appropriation would draw down $1,661,957 in additional federal aid.  The
estimate assumes that the additional federal revenue would be received
in fiscal year 2002.
  
  
Local Government Impact
  
A portion of the appropriation to the Department of Criminal Justice
would be paid to counties housing state prisoners.
  
  
Source Agencies:   304   Comptroller of Public Accounts, 696   Texas
                   Department of Criminal Justice
LBB Staff:         JK, SD, WP, RS