Honorable Patrick M. Rose, Chair, House Committee on Human Services
FROM:
John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
HB2448 by Davis, John (Relating to distribution of information regarding the child health plan program to school children.), As Introduced
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill requires the Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) to develop a program to annually distribute information regarding CHIP to each child enrolled in public or private primary or secondary school in the state. Schools would be responsible for distributing information and a form to be returned to the school that requires each child's parent or guardian to acknowledge awareness of CHIP and request or decline additional information. These forms would be submitted to HHSC; the commission would be responsible for providing additional information to parents and guardians who request it.
HHSC estimates that the cost of the outreach effort can be absorbed within available resources. There could be additional costs to the CHIP program if the outreach effort results in increased enrollment; those costs cannot be estimated at this time.
Local Government Impact
There could be administrative costs to schools for distributing, collecting, and submitting the forms.