LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 83RD LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

March 24, 2013

TO:	Honorable Harvey Hilderbran, Chair, House Committee on Ways & Means
FROM:	Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB1727 by Bohac (Relating to the exclusion from total revenue of certain payments received by health care providers for purposes of computing the franchise tax.), As Introduced

Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for HB1727, As Introduced: an impact of $0 through the biennium ending August 31, 2015.

Additionally, the bill will have a direct impact of a revenue loss to the Property Tax Relief Fund of ($37,589,000) for the 2014-15 biennium.  Any loss to the Property Tax Relief Fund must be made up with an equal amount of General Revenue to fund the Foundation School Program.

General Revenue-Related Funds, Five-Year Impact:

Fiscal Year	Probable Net Positive/(Negative) Impact to General Revenue Related Funds
2014	$0
2015	$0
2016	$0
2017	$0
2018	$0

All Funds, Five-Year Impact:

Fiscal Year	Probable Revenue (Loss) from Property Tax Relief Fund 304
2014	($18,756,000)
2015	($18,833,000)
2016	($19,186,000)
2017	($18,846,000)
2018	($18,692,000)

Fiscal Analysis

The bill would amend Chapter 171 of the Tax Code, regarding the franchise tax, to require institutional health care providers to exclude from total revenue 100 percent of payments received under certain health care payment programs and for the cost of uncompensated care.  Under current law institutional health care providers exclude 50 percent of such payments and costs from total revenue. 

The bill would take effect on January 1, 2014, and apply to reports due on or after that date.        

Methodology

The estimated fiscal impact is based on an analysis of franchise tax report data for institutional health care providers.   

Local Government Impact

No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

Source Agencies:

304 Comptroller of Public Accounts

LBB Staff:

UP, KK, SD