| TO: | Honorable Jane Nelson, Chair, Senate Committee on Health & Human Services |
| FROM: | John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
| IN RE: | SB923 by Zaffirini (Relating to criminal history checks of certain employees and applicants for employment in nursing homes and to the period within which a nursing home must request certain criminal history checks.), As Introduced |
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would amend Section 250 of the Health and Safety Code to require a nursing facility to conduct a criminal history check on each licensed employee or applicant for employment. The Department of Human Services indicated that the cost would be $37,326 in All Funds, $14,848 in General Revenue for fiscal year 2004 and $20,148 in All Funds, $8,015 in General Revenue each year there after. The cost of the criminal check is a Medicaid eligible expense and as such could be included in the provider rate structure.
| Source Agencies: | 324 Department of Human Services
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| LBB Staff: | JK, EB, KF, ML
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