TO: | Honorable Jane Nelson, Chair, Senate Committee on Health & Human Services |
FROM: | John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | HB1743 by Delisi (Relating to the prevention of fraud and abuse under the medical assistance program; creating an offense. ), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted |
Fiscal Year | Probable Net Positive/(Negative) Impact to General Revenue Related Funds |
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2004 | $6,756,000 |
2005 | $14,638,000 |
2006 | $15,220,000 |
2007 | $15,220,000 |
2008 | $15,665,000 |
Fiscal Year | Probable Savings/(Cost) from GR MATCH FOR MEDICAID 758 |
Probable Savings/(Cost) from FEDERAL FUNDS 555 |
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2004 | $6,756,000 | $11,526,000 |
2005 | $14,638,000 | $23,349,000 |
2006 | $15,220,000 | $24,223,000 |
2007 | $15,220,000 | $24,223,000 |
2008 | $15,665,000 | $24,890,000 |
Fiscal Year | Change in Number of State Employees from FY 2003 |
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2004 | 18.0 |
2005 | 18.0 |
2006 | 18.0 |
2007 | 18.0 |
2008 | 18.0 |
The Comptroller of Public Accounts assumed that the General Revenue savings accrue, due to changes in the law and the more aggressive pursuit of fraud and abuse, would be: $7,882,000 in FY 2004, $15,764,000 in FY 2005, $16,391,000 in FYs 2006 and 2007, and $16,870,000 in FY 2008. Staffing increases recommended in the e-Texas report are as follows: eleven (11) new FTEs at the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) (cost of $1,392,000 per year) and eighteen (18) new FTEs at the Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) (cost of $1,126,000 per year). However, the OAG indicates that any legal work resulting from this bill could be reasonably absorbed within existing resources.
It is assumed that the savings are contingent on the appropriation to the HHSC being increased by $1,126,000 in fiscal year 2004 and fiscal year 2005 for eighteen (18) FTEs.
Source Agencies: | 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 501 Department of Health, 503 Board of Medical Examiners, 302 Office of the Attorney General, 529 Health and Human Services Commission
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LBB Staff: | JK, JO, EB, KF, AJ
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