TO: | Honorable Rodney Ellis, Chair, Senate Committee on Government Organization |
FROM: | John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | SB861 by Shapleigh (Relating to the creation of employee wellness programs by state agencies.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted |
Fiscal Year | Probable Net Positive/(Negative) Impact to General Revenue Related Funds |
---|---|
2008 | ($4,915,473) |
2009 | ($343,428) |
2010 | ($343,428) |
2011 | ($343,428) |
2012 | ($343,428) |
Fiscal Year | Probable (Cost) from GENERAL REVENUE FUND 1 |
---|---|
2008 | ($4,915,473) |
2009 | ($343,428) |
2010 | ($343,428) |
2011 | ($343,428) |
2012 | ($343,428) |
It is assumed that each agency would designate a wellness coordinator from its current staff and the agency could absorb the cost of providing information about wellness to its employees.
It is assumed that the wellness center staffed by an on-site nurse practitioner would only be provided in areas with a concentration of state employees. A pilot program conducted by ERS indicates that offering a health clinic in state complexes with approximately 18,000 state employees is cost neutral. Therefore no cost for the health clinic is reflected in the tables above.
There are 143,097 state employees. It is assumed that ten percent of current employees would be provided ergonomic office equipment. The cost of providing an ergonomic chair, keyboard, and mouse to 14,310 employees is $4,572,045. This is a one time cost to General Revenue.
It is assumed that the nutrition education and smoking cessation programs would be provided through current Employee Assistance Programs (EAP). Twenty percent of employees are not covered by an EAP; therefore, the an EAP would be purchased for 28,619 new employees at $12 per employee per year. The annual cost of providing the program to additional employees would be $343,428 in General Revenue.
Source Agencies: |
LBB Staff: | JOB, MN, JI, DH
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