Honorable John Whitmire, Chair, Senate Committee on Criminal Justice
FROM:
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
SB613 by Whitmire (Relating to services provided by the Health and Human Services Commission to sexually violent offenders who are incompetent to attend sex offender treatment.), As Introduced
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would require the Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) to provide inpatient mental health services to certain sex offenders.
According to HHSC, the provisions of the bill could be implemented within the available resources of the agency. The number of people affected is anticipated to be small and is unlikely to have a significant impact on either cost or availability of state hospital services to others.
Local Government Impact
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.