LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 88TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

April 24, 2023

TO:	Honorable Lois W. Kolkhorst, Chair, Senate Committee on Health & Human Services
FROM:	Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	SB2548 by Middleton (Relating to the procedures for the removal of certain children in the managing conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.), As Introduced

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would prohibit the department from moving a child who has been placed in the home of a parent without a hearing except in certain situations. 

It is assumed any costs to the Office of Court Administration and the Department of Family and Protective Services could be absorbed within existing resources. In addition, no fiscal impact is assumed to the Juvenile Justice Department. 

Local Government Impact

No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

Source Agencies:

212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council, 405 Department of Public Safety, 407 Commission on Law Enforcement, 530 Family and Protective Services, Department of, 644 Juvenile Justice Department

LBB Staff:

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