| TO: | Honorable Florence Shapiro, Chair, Senate Committee on Education |
| FROM: | John S. O'Brien, Deputy Director, Legislative Budget Board |
| IN RE: | HB2162 by Branch (Relating to hospital and clinic fees collected by certain public medical schools.), As Engrossed |
| Fiscal Year | Probable Net Positive/(Negative) Impact to General Revenue Related Funds |
|---|---|
| 2006 | $0 |
| 2007 | $0 |
| 2008 | $0 |
| 2009 | $0 |
| 2010 | $0 |
| Fiscal Year | Probable Savings from EST OTH EDUC & GEN INCO 770 |
Probable (Cost) from Other Local Funds |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | $5,364,216 | ($5,364,216) |
| 2007 | $5,364,216 | ($5,364,216) |
| 2008 | $5,364,216 | ($5,364,216) |
| 2009 | $5,364,216 | ($5,364,216) |
| 2010 | $5,364,216 | ($5,364,216) |
This bill relates to hospital and clinic fees collected by certain public medical schools. The bill amends Section 51.009 of the Education Code. Hospital and clinic fees received by a state-owned clinical care facility could only be counted as educational and general funds if general revenue fund appropriations are used to fund the operations of the facility.
The hospital and clinic fees received by a state owned clinical care facility, that does not receive general revenue for operations, would be excluded from the calculation of the proportionality ratio to pay for salary and wage related benefits.
Excluding the hospital and clinic fees from the calculation of the proportionality ratio would save approximately $5.3 million per year in General Revenue Dedicated - Other Education and General Income because this method of finance could no longer be used to pay for salary and wage related benefits. These costs would be absorbed by other local funds.
| Source Agencies: | 710 Texas A&M University System Administrative and General Offices, 720 The University of Texas System Administration, 739 Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, 763 University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, 781 Higher Education Coordinating Board
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| LBB Staff: | JOB, CT, RT, MM
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