Honorable Dennis Bonnen, Speaker of the House, House of Representatives
FROM:
John McGeady, Assistant Director Sarah Keyton, Assistant Director Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
HB1070 by Price (Relating to the mental health first aid training program reporting requirements.), As Passed 2nd House
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would require local mental health authorities (LMHAs) to provide information regarding the number of trainers who left the mental health first aid training program and the number of university employees, school district employees, and school resource officers, categorized by LMHA region or university or school district. The bill would require the Department of State Health Services (DSHS) to produce a report with information on the mental health first aid training program, and develop a form for the LMHAs to use to report the information. The bill would take effect September 1, 2019.
The mental health first aid training program transferred from DSHS to the Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) pursuant to Senate Bill 200, Eighty-fourth Legislature, Regular Session, 2015. As such, this analysis assumes the division under HHSC would be responsible for implementing the provisions of the bill. Based on the Legislative Budget Board's analysis of HHSC, it is assumed that the provisions of the bill relating to the mental health first aid training program reporting requirements could be absorbed using existing resources.
Local Government Impact
It is assumed that the provisions of the bill relating to mental health first aid training reporting requirements could be absorbed using existing resources.