TO: | Honorable Kent Grusendorf, Chair, House Committee on Public Education |
FROM: | John S. O'Brien, Deputy Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | HB984 by Reyna (Relating to the care of elementary and secondary school students with diabetes.), As Introduced |
The bill would increase administrative costs in local school districts by a significant amount. After the initial year of implementation, the annual net impact of the bill on school districts in the aggregate would be approximately $5.6 million.
In fiscal year 2006, school districts would incur a one-time estimated cost of $1.0 million associated with the implementation of the program and development and review of individual health plans. After 2006, the annual impact related to the development and review of plans would be approximately $288,000.
The requirement that each campus have at least three unlicensed diabetes care assistants (UDCAs) might be minimized by utilizing school nurses, local department of health staff, and volunteers from the medical community to provide the training to designated school employees each year. However, if such resources are unavailable, statewide training costs would be approximately $4.0 million annually. The daily monitoring and intervention assistance for the students with diabetes would be approximately $1.3 million on an annual, statewide basis.
Source Agencies: | 537 Department of State Health Services, 701 Central Education Agency
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LBB Staff: | JOB, CT, UP, KC
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