LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 86TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

May 23, 2019

TO:	Honorable Dennis Bonnen, Speaker of the House, House of Representatives
FROM:	John McGeady, Assistant Director     Sarah Keyton, Assistant Director Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB4298 by Murr (Relating to the licensing of satellite offices of outpatient chemical dependency care facilities.), As Passed 2nd House

Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for HB4298, As Passed 2nd House: a negative impact of ($84,000) through the biennium ending August 31, 2021.

The bill would make no appropriation but could provide the legal basis for an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions of the bill. The Department of State Health Services is required to implement a provision of this Act only if the legislature appropriates money specifically for that purpose. If the legislature does not appropriate money specifically for that purpose, the department may, but is not required to, implement a provision of this Act using other appropriations available for that purpose.

General Revenue-Related Funds, Five-Year Impact:

Fiscal Year	Probable Net Positive/(Negative) Impact to General Revenue Related Funds
2020	($42,000)
2021	($42,000)
2022	($42,000)
2023	($42,000)
2024	($42,000)

All Funds, Five-Year Impact:

Fiscal Year	Probable Revenue Gain/(Loss) from General Revenue Fund 1
2020	($42,000)
2021	($42,000)
2022	($42,000)
2023	($42,000)
2024	($42,000)

Fiscal Analysis

The bill would amend the Health and Safety Code to exempt certain satellite offices of chemical dependency treatment facilities from licensing requirements.

The bill would take effect September 1, 2019.

Methodology

The Health and Human Services Commission indicates that 676 satellite offices would no longer be required to pay a license fee of $125 every two years under the provisions of the bill. According to the Comptroller of Public Accounts, this would lead to a loss of $42,000 in General Revenue for each fiscal year.

The Department of State Health Services is required to implement a provision of this Act only if the legislature appropriates money specifically for that purpose. If the legislature does not appropriate money specifically for that purpose, the department may, but is not required to, implement a provision of this Act using other appropriations available for that purpose.

Local Government Impact

No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

Source Agencies:

304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 529 Health and Human Services Commission

LBB Staff:

WP, SD, AKi, JQ, MNa