Honorable Byron Cook, Chair, House Committee on State Affairs
FROM:
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
HB1936 by Springer (Relating to prohibiting certain transactions between a governmental entity and an abortion facility or affiliate of the facility.), As Introduced
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would prohibit a governmental entity from entering into a taxpayer resource transaction with licensed abortion facilities that perform, or are affiliated with a facility that performs, elective abortions. Taxpayer resource transactions, deemed by the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) as required by federal law, would be excluded from the prohibition. The Attorney General would be permitted to enjoin a violation of the prohibition on behalf of the state.
Based on the analysis provided by HHSC and the Office of Attorney General, the provisions of the bill can be implemented within existing resources.
Local Government Impact
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies:
302 Office of the Attorney General, 529 Health and Human Services Commission, 537 State Health Services, Department of