LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 82ND LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION March 22, 2011 TO: Honorable Jerry Madden, Chair, House Committee on Corrections FROM: John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:HB1908 by Madden (Relating to student loan repayment assistance for certain providers of correctional health care.), As Introduced No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. The bill would amend statute to allow physicians who provide health care services to persons committed to a secure correctional facility operated by or under contract with the Texas Youth Commission or persons confined in a secure correctional facility operated by or under contract with any division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to be eligible for the physician loan repayment program. Under provisions of the bill, the Correctional Managed Health Care Committee, comprised of members of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Texas Tech Health Science Center and members appointed by the Governor could create a new student loan repayment assistance program for medical and mental health care physicians and other staff providing correctional managed health care. The Committee could adopt rules governing the new program. Since the bill indicates that the program would be supported from funds appropriated for purposes of correctional managed health care, any costs associated with the new program would be come from those funds and there would not be a significant cost to the state. Local Government Impact No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated. Source Agencies:696 Department of Criminal Justice, 720 The University of Texas System Administration, 768 Texas Tech University System Administration, 781 Higher Education Coordinating Board LBB Staff: JOB, ESi, RT, GO, DE, AI
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 82ND LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
March 22, 2011
TO: Honorable Jerry Madden, Chair, House Committee on Corrections FROM: John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:HB1908 by Madden (Relating to student loan repayment assistance for certain providers of correctional health care.), As Introduced
TO: Honorable Jerry Madden, Chair, House Committee on Corrections
FROM: John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: HB1908 by Madden (Relating to student loan repayment assistance for certain providers of correctional health care.), As Introduced
Honorable Jerry Madden, Chair, House Committee on Corrections
Honorable Jerry Madden, Chair, House Committee on Corrections
John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
HB1908 by Madden (Relating to student loan repayment assistance for certain providers of correctional health care.), As Introduced
HB1908 by Madden (Relating to student loan repayment assistance for certain providers of correctional health care.), As Introduced
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would amend statute to allow physicians who provide health care services to persons committed to a secure correctional facility operated by or under contract with the Texas Youth Commission or persons confined in a secure correctional facility operated by or under contract with any division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to be eligible for the physician loan repayment program. Under provisions of the bill, the Correctional Managed Health Care Committee, comprised of members of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Texas Tech Health Science Center and members appointed by the Governor could create a new student loan repayment assistance program for medical and mental health care physicians and other staff providing correctional managed health care. The Committee could adopt rules governing the new program. Since the bill indicates that the program would be supported from funds appropriated for purposes of correctional managed health care, any costs associated with the new program would be come from those funds and there would not be a significant cost to the state.
The bill would amend statute to allow physicians who provide health care services to persons committed to a secure correctional facility operated by or under contract with the Texas Youth Commission or persons confined in a secure correctional facility operated by or under contract with any division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to be eligible for the physician loan repayment program.
Under provisions of the bill, the Correctional Managed Health Care Committee, comprised of members of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Texas Tech Health Science Center and members appointed by the Governor could create a new student loan repayment assistance program for medical and mental health care physicians and other staff providing correctional managed health care. The Committee could adopt rules governing the new program. Since the bill indicates that the program would be supported from funds appropriated for purposes of correctional managed health care, any costs associated with the new program would be come from those funds and there would not be a significant cost to the state.
Local Government Impact
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies: 696 Department of Criminal Justice, 720 The University of Texas System Administration, 768 Texas Tech University System Administration, 781 Higher Education Coordinating Board
696 Department of Criminal Justice, 720 The University of Texas System Administration, 768 Texas Tech University System Administration, 781 Higher Education Coordinating Board
LBB Staff: JOB, ESi, RT, GO, DE, AI
JOB, ESi, RT, GO, DE, AI