LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 81ST LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

April 5, 2009

TO:	Honorable Jeff Wentworth, Chair, Senate Committee on Jurisprudence
FROM:	John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	SB1477 by Uresti (Relating to certain judicial findings required before a court may order a person to receive extended outpatient mental health services. ), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would allow judges or juries to place persons on extended outpatient commitments if they have either received a total of 60 days of court-ordered inpatient mental health services in the past year, or been in court-ordered outpatient mental health services in the preceding 60 days.

 

The Department of State Health Services (DSHS) estimates that there will only be about 20 persons per year eligible for this type of commitment. The bill would allow DSHS to consolidate multiple temporary outpatient commitment hearings into a single extended commitment hearing. The agency indicates no quantifiable cost or savings to the state.

Local Government Impact

No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

Source Agencies:

537 State Health Services, Department of

LBB Staff:

JOB, MN, BM