LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 81ST LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION April 17, 2009 TO: Honorable John Whitmire, Chair, Senate Committee on Criminal Justice FROM: John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:SB2239 by Zaffirini (Relating to the forensic medical examination of a sexual assault victim who has not reported the assault to a law enforcement agency.), As Introduced Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for SB2239, As Introduced: an impact of $0 through the biennium ending August 31, 2011.
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 81ST LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
April 17, 2009
TO: Honorable John Whitmire, Chair, Senate Committee on Criminal Justice FROM: John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:SB2239 by Zaffirini (Relating to the forensic medical examination of a sexual assault victim who has not reported the assault to a law enforcement agency.), As Introduced
TO: Honorable John Whitmire, Chair, Senate Committee on Criminal Justice
FROM: John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: SB2239 by Zaffirini (Relating to the forensic medical examination of a sexual assault victim who has not reported the assault to a law enforcement agency.), As Introduced
Honorable John Whitmire, Chair, Senate Committee on Criminal Justice
Honorable John Whitmire, Chair, Senate Committee on Criminal Justice
John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
SB2239 by Zaffirini (Relating to the forensic medical examination of a sexual assault victim who has not reported the assault to a law enforcement agency.), As Introduced
SB2239 by Zaffirini (Relating to the forensic medical examination of a sexual assault victim who has not reported the assault to a law enforcement agency.), As Introduced
Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for SB2239, As Introduced: an impact of $0 through the biennium ending August 31, 2011.
Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for SB2239, As Introduced: an impact of $0 through the biennium ending August 31, 2011.
General Revenue-Related Funds, Five-Year Impact: Fiscal Year Probable Net Positive/(Negative) Impact to General Revenue Related Funds 2010 $0 2011 $0 2012 $0 2013 $0 2014 $0
2010 $0
2011 $0
2012 $0
2013 $0
2014 $0
All Funds, Five-Year Impact: Fiscal Year Probable Savings/(Cost) fromCrime Victims Comp Acct469 2010 ($230,680) 2011 ($237,790) 2012 ($244,900) 2013 ($252,405) 2014 ($259,910)
Fiscal Year Probable Savings/(Cost) fromCrime Victims Comp Acct469 2010 ($230,680) 2011 ($237,790) 2012 ($244,900) 2013 ($252,405) 2014 ($259,910)
2010 ($230,680)
2011 ($237,790)
2012 ($244,900)
2013 ($252,405)
2014 ($259,910)
Fiscal Analysis
The bill would amend the Code of Criminal Procedure and the Health and Safety Code to expand victim rights by providing the right to a forensic medical examination to victims of sexual assault who have not reported the assault to a law enforcement agency, if the forensic exam is otherwise conducted at a health care facility within 96 hours of the assault.
Methodology
The bill would provide that the Department of Public Safety pay for reasonable costs of a forensic medical exam and evidence collection kits of a sexual assault victim who has not reported the assault to law enforcement. The bill also provides that the Office of the Attorney General reimburse the Department of Public Safety for those aforementioned costs. The Office of the Attorney General estimates that reimbursements of forensic exams and collection kits as a result of the bill would increase by approximately 15 percent and would total approximately 584 new applications. Each new application would be cost approximately $395 providing a total cost of $230,680 in fiscal year 2010 out of the Compensation to Victims of Crime Account No. 469. In fiscal year 2011, the OAG estimates that 602 new applications will be submitted for reimbursement providing a cost of $237,790 out of the Compensation to Victims of Crime Account No. 469. It is assumed that the number of reimbursements will increase slightly in the remaining years providing a cost out of the Compensation to Victims of Crime Account No. 469 totaling $244,900 in fiscal year 2012, $252,405 in fiscal year 2013, and $259,910 in fiscal year 2014. It is assumed that any administrative costs associated with the implementation of the bill at the Department of Public Safety and the Office of the Attorney General could be absorbed within existing state resources.
Local Government Impact
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies: 302 Office of the Attorney General, 405 Department of Public Safety
302 Office of the Attorney General, 405 Department of Public Safety
LBB Staff: JOB, ESi, JM, LG
JOB, ESi, JM, LG