TO: | Honorable Lois W. Kolkhorst, Chair, House Committee on Public Health |
FROM: | John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | HB1169 by Martinez, "Mando" (Relating to grants for federally qualified health centers.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted |
Fiscal Year | Probable Net Positive/(Negative) Impact to General Revenue Related Funds |
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2010 | ($5,000,000) |
2011 | ($5,000,000) |
2012 | ($5,000,000) |
2013 | ($5,000,000) |
2014 | ($5,000,000) |
Fiscal Year | Probable (Cost) from General Revenue Fund 1 |
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2010 | ($5,000,000) |
2011 | ($5,000,000) |
2012 | ($5,000,000) |
2013 | ($5,000,000) |
2014 | ($5,000,000) |
Section 1 of the bill would amend Section 31.017 of the Health and Safety Code by making permanent the current authority of the Department of State Health Services (DSHS) to make grants to establish federally qualified health centers (FQHCs), expand existing FQHCs, or support new or expanded services at facilities that can qualify as FQHCs. This authority would otherwise expire on September 1, 2009.
The bill would take effect August 31, 2009.
This analysis assumes yearly grant amounts currently included in Senate Bill 1, Eighty-first Legislature, Regular Session ($5.0 million per fiscal year). These funds are included in the Department of State Health Services (DSHS) bill pattern, strategy B.3.2, Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) Infrastructure Grants. If services were expanded beyond this level, it would increase expenditures and would require an additional appropriation.
According to DSHS, the administrative costs for the FQHC grant program were $148,895 in fiscal year 2008. The budgeted fiscal year 2009 amount is approximately $169,000. It is assumed that these administrative costs would continue in fiscal years 2010 through 2014 but are not included in the table above.
Source Agencies: | 529 Health and Human Services Commission, 537 State Health Services, Department of
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LBB Staff: | JOB, CL, PP, VJC, MB
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