LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
 
FISCAL NOTE, 83RD LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
 
February 18, 2013

TO:
Honorable Jane Nelson, Chair, Senate Committee on Health & Human Services
 
FROM:
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
 
IN RE:
SB427 by Nelson (Relating to the regulation of certain child-care facilities and administrators of those facilities.), As Introduced



Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for SB427, As Introduced: a negative impact of ($217,674) through the biennium ending August 31, 2015.



Fiscal Year Probable Net Positive/(Negative) Impact to General Revenue Related Funds
2014 ($146,359)
2015 ($71,315)
2016 ($71,315)
2017 ($71,315)
2018 ($71,315)




Fiscal Year Probable Savings/(Cost) from
General Revenue Fund
1 		Probable Savings/(Cost) from
GR Match For Medicaid
758 		Probable Savings/(Cost) from
Federal Funds
555 		Change in Number of State Employees from FY 2013
2014 ($145,683) ($676) ($16,840) 1.0
2015 ($71,140) ($175) ($6,867) 1.0
2016 ($71,140) ($175) ($6,867) 1.0
2017 ($71,140) ($175) ($6,867) 1.0
2018 ($71,140) ($175) ($6,867) 1.0

Fiscal Analysis

The bill would amend sections of Chapter 42, Human Resources Code, that deal with inspections, background checks, and administrative penalties, and Chapter 43 that deal with background checks and the grounds for taking remedial action against an administrator's permit. The bill would require fingerprint-based background checks for all residential child-care providers. The bill would also require fingerprint-based background checks to be eligible for a child-care administrator's license.

Methodology

The Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) estimates that the bill could be implemented with the addition of 1.0 FTE to the Centralized Background Check Unit to perform an estimated 23,594 fingerprint-based background checks per year. Costs associated with the FTE total $68,320 in fiscal year 2014 and $60,814 in fiscal years 2015-2018. Additionally, DFPS would be responsible for paying the fee associated with the background check for its own staff.  An estimated 2,289 fingerprint-based background checks would be performed in fiscal year 2014 for its own staff at a cost $41.45 per background check ($94,879) and fiscal years 2015-2018 would see an increase of 419 background checks per year ($17,368).


Local Government Impact

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


Source Agencies:
530 Family and Protective Services, Department of
LBB Staff:
UP, CL, MB, NB, VJC