| TO: | Honorable Jane Nelson, Chair, Senate Committee on Health & Human Services |
| FROM: | John S. O'Brien, Deputy Director, Legislative Budget Board |
| IN RE: | SB1482 by Shapleigh (Relating to the acquisition of goods and services for certain state agencies providing health and human services.), As Introduced |
The bill would amend the Government Code section 2155.144 (d), specifying factors that should be considered in determining best value when health and human service agencies procure certain goods and services.
The bill would take effect September 1, 2005.
The Building and Procurement Commission estimates no fiscal impact. The Health and Human Services Commission states that the impact can not be determined without more information. Also, the agency believes that if the bill passes prior to the signing of a contract for integrated eligibility (call centers), that there would be a cost associated with conducting an economic impact analysis and with delaying the transition to call centers.
This cost estimate assumes that the change in criteria specified by the bill would not have a significant cost to the state. In addition, some form of economic impact analysis is assumed to already be a part of the agency's future decisions on closure of eligibility offices.
| Source Agencies: | 303 Building and Procurement Commission, 529 Health and Human Services Commission
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| LBB Staff: | JOB, CL, KF, MB
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