LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 82ND LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

Revision 2

March 17, 2011

TO:	Honorable Brandon Creighton, Chair, House Committee on State Sovereignty, Select
FROM:	John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB297 by Berman (Relating to certain federal health care legislation; imposing penalties.), As Introduced

There are anticipated costs and savings associated with the provisions of the bill but there is not sufficient information available at this time to estimate those fiscal implications.

The bill would add a chapter to Subtitle Z, Title 3 of the Government Code to make enforcing or attempting to enforce the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), as amended, a class A misdemeanor for public officers or employees of the state.  If enacted, the bill would take effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all members in each house, or on September 1, 2011 if not.

Local Government Impact

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

Source Agencies:

323 Teacher Retirement System, 327 Employees Retirement System, 454 Department of Insurance, 529 Health and Human Services Commission, 710 Texas A&M University System Administrative and General Offices, 720 The University of Texas System Administration

LBB Staff:

JOB, KM, LI, SD, MH, KKR