LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 83RD LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

April 30, 2013

TO:	Honorable Lois W. Kolkhorst, Chair, House Committee on Public Health
FROM:	Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB2158 by Goldman (Relating to the period of ineligibility from participation in the Medicaid program by providers found liable for certain unlawful acts under the program.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would amend the Human Resources Code to provide the effective date of a Medicaid provider's ineligibility to participate in the Medicaid program after the provider has been found liable of Medicaid fraud. The Office of the Attorney General has indicated that any cost associated with the bill could be absorbed within existing resources.

Local Government Impact

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

Source Agencies:

302 Office of the Attorney General, 529 Health and Human Services Commission

LBB Staff:

UP, CL, EP, JM, ES