Honorable Stephanie Klick, Chair, House Committee on Public Health
FROM:
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
HB3039 by Klick (relating to the Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact; authorizing fees.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for HB3039, Committee Report 1st House, Substituted : an impact of $0 through the biennium ending August 31, 2025.
The bill would make no appropriation but could provide the legal basis for an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions of the bill.
General Revenue-Related Funds, Five- Year Impact:
Fiscal Year
Probable Net Positive/(Negative) Impact to General Revenue Related Funds
2024
$0
2025
$0
2026
$0
2027
$0
2028
$0
All Funds, Five-Year Impact:
Fiscal Year
Probable Savings/(Cost) from General Revenue Fund 1
Probable Revenue Gain/(Loss) from General Revenue Fund 1
Change in Number of State Employees from FY 2023
2024
($263,564)
$263,564
3.0
2025
($227,626)
$227,626
3.0
2026
($227,893)
$227,893
3.0
2027
($228,163)
$228,163
3.0
2028
($228,436)
$228,436
3.0
Fiscal Analysis
The bill would amend the Occupations Code to establish the duties and responsibilities required of the Texas State Board of Dental Examiners (TSBDE) in order to participate in the Dentist and Dental Hygienist Licensing Compact. These duties and responsibilities include reporting standards that the TSBDE must meet, background check requirements, establishing compact privileges, and requirements of licensees to retain compact privileges.
This bill would be effective September 1, 2023.
Methodology
Based on the analysis of the TSBDE, this estimate assumes that the agency would require 3.0 additional full-time equivalent (FTE) positions to implement the provisions of the bill. An additional 2.0 License and Permit Specialist II FTEs (salary of $43,139 with estimated benefits of $13,731) would be needed to process additional applications and assist in the additional reporting requirements associated with being a compact participant state and an additional Investigator IV (salary of $55,096 with estimated benefits of $17,537) would be needed to handle additional complaints associated with compact privileges and licensees. Additionally, there is $28,991 in added annual costs to cover software licenses, share of space, phone access, and other operational costs and $13,350 in one-time start-up costs in fiscal year 2024.
Based on information provided by the Comptroller of Public Accounts, the additional revenue generated by the fee for license verification cannot be estimated at this time due to the participation rate being unknown. This analysis assumes that any increased cost to TSBDE authorized in the bill would be offset by an increase in fee-generated revenue because TSBPE is statutorily required to generate sufficient revenue to cover its costs of operation.
Technology
This estimate assumes that the agency would need to updated their Versa database to account for the additional type of application and to track the applications within the compact. This would result in a one-time cost of $34,850 in fiscal year 2024.
Local Government Impact
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies:
304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 504 Texas State Board of Dental Examiners