Honorable Garnet Coleman, Chair, House Committee on County Affairs
FROM:
John McGeady, Assistant Director Sarah Keyton, Assistant Director Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
HB3786 by Coleman (Relating to establishing family drug courts in counties.), As Introduced
The fiscal implications of the bill cannot be determined at this time as the amount and timing of any appropriations, gifts, grants, or donations are unknown.
The bill would amend Government Code, Chapter 122 to require the commissioners court of each county that has not established a family drug court to study the effect the creation of a family drug court would have in the county and this provision would expire January 1, 2021. The bill would establish the county family drug court fund as a dedicated account in the general revenue fund. The account would consist of appropriations of money to the fund by the legislature and gifts, grants, and donations to the fund. The bill would allow the Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) to provide counties who submit the family drug court study to the commission with funds from the county family drug court fund to establish and administer a family drug court.
The amount of funding available in the family drug court fund for grants cannot be determined as the amount and timing of any appropriations, gifts, grants, or donations are unknown. The fiscal impact to HHSC is cannot be determined as it is dependent on the amount of funding available to distribute to counties and the number of counties that submit the family drug court study, which are unknown. It is assumed that the Office of Court Administration and Department of Family and Protective Services can implement the provisions of the bill within existing resources.
This legislation would do one or more of the following: create or recreate a dedicated account in the General Revenue Fund, create or recreate a special or trust fund either in, with, or outside of the Treasury, or create a dedicated revenue source. The fund, account, or revenue dedication included in this bill would be subject to funds consolidation review by the current Legislature. The bill would take effect September 1, 2019.
Local Government Impact
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies:
212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council, 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 529 Health and Human Services Commission, 530 Family and Protective Services, Department of