Honorable Dan Patrick, Lieutenant Governor, Senate Honorable Dennis Bonnen, Speaker of the House, House of Representatives
FROM:
John McGeady, Assistant Director Sarah Keyton, Assistant Director Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
HB812 by White (Relating to the amount of the health care services fee paid by certain inmates.), Conference Committee Report
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would amend the Government Code as it relates to the amount of the health care services fee paid by certain incarcerated individuals. The bill would reduce the offender health care services fee for initiating a visit with a health care provider from $100 annually to $13.55 per visit with a maximum payment of $100 during a state fiscal year. The bill would also repeal Government Code, Section 501.063(a)(2), which establishes that the offender health care fee covers all offender initiated visits to a health care provider until the first anniversary of the imposition of the fee. The bill would take effect September 1, 2019.
Local Government Impact
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies:
304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 696 Department of Criminal Justice