Honorable Myra Crownover, Chair, House Committee on Public Health
FROM:
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
HB2340 by Sheffield (Relating to regulation of prescribed pediatric extended care centers; amending a provision subject to a criminal penalty.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would amend Health and Safety Code relating to regulation of Prescribed Pediatric Extended Care Centers (PPECCs), including creating a new temporary license for the centers. The bill would allow minors to receive services in PPECCs and transportation to and from PPECCs without accompaniment. The bill would require that nursing services provided by PPECCs be a one-to-one replacement of private duty nursing or other skilled nursing services unless additional nursing services are medically necessary. The agencies would be required to seek any necessary federal waiver or authorization and could delay implementation of any provision until such waiver or authorization is granted.
According to the Department of Aging and Disability Services, the new regulatory requirements can be handled with existing resources as the agency expects the number of providers to be small. The Health and Human Services Commission does not anticipate a significant cost to implement the provisions of the bill.
Local Government Impact
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies:
529 Health and Human Services Commission, 539 Aging and Disability Services, Department of