LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 89TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

April 28, 2025

TO:	Honorable Lacey Hull, Chair, House Committee on Human Services
FROM:	Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB660 by Walle (Relating to employee caseload limit goals for child and adult protective services and child-care licensing services and call processing goals for certain of those services.), As Introduced

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would add average caseload goals for various caseworker types and goals for the average statewide intake hold time and abandonment rate. 

It is assumed that any costs for the Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) and the Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) could be absorbed within existing resources. 

Funding is not included to achieve the targets identified in the bill. If the agencies were required to meet those targets, HHSC would require appropriations and Full-time Equivalents (FTEs) to achieve the target for child care licensing inspections. DFPS would require additional appropriations and FTEs to achieve a call hold time of 5.0 minutes. Currently, it is assumed that DFPS is able to achieve the caseload targets within existing appropriations. 

Local Government Impact

No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

Source Agencies:

529 Health and Human Services Commission, 530 Family and Protective Services, Department of

LBB Staff:

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