Honorable Richard Peña Raymond, Chair, House Committee on Human Services
FROM:
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
HB3353 by Coleman (Relating to the certification, training, and supervision of certified family partners and the provision of peer support services by certified family partners to the family or primary caregiver of certain children with serious emotional disturbance.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would require the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) to establish certain requirements for a person to be certified as a family partner. Certified family partners would provide peer support services to the family or primary caregiver of certain children aged 3 to 17 years. Additionally, the executive commissioner of HHSC would be required to define the scope of peer support services a certified family partner may provide. The bill would take effect immediately upon a two-thirds vote from all members of each house or, if such a vote is not received, on September 1, 2017. It is assumed any costs associated with the provisions of the bill can be absorbed within the available resources of HHSC.
Local Government Impact
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.