Honorable Lois W. Kolkhorst, Chair, House Committee on Public Health
FROM:
John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
HB1240 by Villarreal (Relating to information required to be provided to parents of an infant.), As Introduced
Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for HB1240, As Introduced: a negative impact of ($840,433) through the biennium ending August 31, 2011.
The bill would make no appropriation but could provide the legal basis for an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions of the bill.
Fiscal Year
Probable Net Positive/(Negative) Impact to General Revenue Related Funds
2010
($417,352)
2011
($423,081)
2012
($428,858)
2013
($434,104)
2014
($439,389)
Fiscal Year
Probable (Cost) from General Revenue Fund 1
2010
($417,352)
2011
($423,081)
2012
($428,858)
2013
($434,104)
2014
($439,389)
Fiscal Analysis
The bill requires hospitals, birthing centers, physicians, nurse midwives, and midwives who provide prenatal care to women during gestation or at delivery of an infant to provide the woman and the father of the infant, if possible, or another adult caregiver with a resource guide including information in both English and Spanish relating to the development, health, and safety of a child from birth until age five; a resource guide provided on the Department of State Health Services (DSHS) website or an alternative guide may be used. DSHS is required to establish guidelines for the provision of this information, to make available on their website a printable version of the required resource guide, and to make the required resource guide available for distribution to the specified providers. DSHS is authorized to make available online and distribute an existing publication created by another health and human services agency as the required resource guide.
Methodology
DSHS assumes existing staff will be used to develop the required resource guide and that the guide will be distributed using a process currently in place at no significant cost. The department estimates 417,352 guides will be produced in fiscal year 2010 increasing to 439,389 in fiscal year 2014 at an estimated printing cost of $1 per guide. The total estimated cost is $417,352 in fiscal year 2010; $423,081 in fiscal year 2011; $428,858 in fiscal year 2012; $434,104 in fiscal year 2013; and $439,389 in fiscal year 2014.
Local Government Impact
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.