TO: | Honorable Robert Duncan, Chair, Senate Committee on State Affairs |
FROM: | John S. O'Brien, Deputy Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | SB70 by Shapleigh (Relating to the provision of a preference in governmental purchasing decisions for vendors that provide health benefits to employees.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted |
This bill would require school districts, state agencies, institutions of higher education, municipalities, and counties to provide preference in awarding contracts to vendors that provide health benefits coverage to their employees and employees' dependents. The Texas Building and Procurement Commission would need to revise agency rules, revise contract management guidelines, and revise other procurement forms developed by the agency. It is assumed that these additional duties and responsibilities associated with implementing the provisions of the bill could be absorbed within existing state resources.
Source Agencies: | 303 Building and Procurement Commission, 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 701 Central Education Agency
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LBB Staff: | JOB, SR, JM, KJG
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