Honorable Myra Crownover, Chair, House Committee on Public Health
FROM:
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
SB582 by Kolkhorst (Relating to training courses for certain food handlers.), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted
No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would amend the Health and Safety Code to require a food handler training course accredited by the American Nation Standards Institute to meet a local health jurisdiction's training, testing, and permitting requirements. The bill would permit a local health jurisdiction to require a food establishment to maintain a certificate of completion on the training for the employees on the premises of the food establishment.
Local Government Impact
There could be loss of revenue if local health jurisdictions are unable to charge administration fees for the registration of American National Standards Institute courses. The revenue loss of the entity would vary depending on the fee amount, the number of individuals registering and the size of the local health jurisdiction. Based on the factors above, the bill could have significant fiscal impact on local governmental entities.
According to the Texas Association of City and County Health Officials (TACCHO), if local health districts are unable to recover administration costs, an estimated loss to ten local health districts would be $1.5 million. These districts include Austin/Travis County Health and Human Services, Angelina County and Cities Health District, Bell County Public Health District, City of El Paso Health District, Grayson County Health Department, Laredo Health Department, Northeast Texas Public Health District, San Antonio Metropolitan Health District, Wichita Falls-Wichita County Public Health District, and Williamson County and Cities Health District.