LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 83RD LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION May 3, 2013 TO: Honorable Jane Nelson, Chair, Senate Committee on Health & Human Services FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:SB191 by Birdwell (Relating to Temporary Assistance for Needy Families benefits accounts.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. The bill would require a provider of goods and services to recipients of financial assistance in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program to verify the recipient's identity with photo identification as a condition for the recipient making a cash withdrawal from the electronic benefits transfer account. The bill would require the Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) to issue electronic benefits transfer cards that display the name of the TANF recipient or other authorized person on the account, with an exemption for cards issued by a local eligibility office. HHSC estimates there would be minimal one-time costs associated with implementing the provisions of the bill, but the costs could be absorbed within agency resources. Local Government Impact No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated. Source Agencies:529 Health and Human Services Commission LBB Staff: UP, CL, ES, VJC
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 83RD LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
May 3, 2013
TO: Honorable Jane Nelson, Chair, Senate Committee on Health & Human Services FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:SB191 by Birdwell (Relating to Temporary Assistance for Needy Families benefits accounts.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
TO: Honorable Jane Nelson, Chair, Senate Committee on Health & Human Services
FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: SB191 by Birdwell (Relating to Temporary Assistance for Needy Families benefits accounts.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
Honorable Jane Nelson, Chair, Senate Committee on Health & Human Services
Honorable Jane Nelson, Chair, Senate Committee on Health & Human Services
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
SB191 by Birdwell (Relating to Temporary Assistance for Needy Families benefits accounts.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
SB191 by Birdwell (Relating to Temporary Assistance for Needy Families benefits accounts.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would require a provider of goods and services to recipients of financial assistance in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program to verify the recipient's identity with photo identification as a condition for the recipient making a cash withdrawal from the electronic benefits transfer account. The bill would require the Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) to issue electronic benefits transfer cards that display the name of the TANF recipient or other authorized person on the account, with an exemption for cards issued by a local eligibility office. HHSC estimates there would be minimal one-time costs associated with implementing the provisions of the bill, but the costs could be absorbed within agency resources.
The bill would require a provider of goods and services to recipients of financial assistance in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program to verify the recipient's identity with photo identification as a condition for the recipient making a cash withdrawal from the electronic benefits transfer account. The bill would require the Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) to issue electronic benefits transfer cards that display the name of the TANF recipient or other authorized person on the account, with an exemption for cards issued by a local eligibility office.
HHSC estimates there would be minimal one-time costs associated with implementing the provisions of the bill, but the costs could be absorbed within agency resources.
Local Government Impact
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies: 529 Health and Human Services Commission
529 Health and Human Services Commission
LBB Staff: UP, CL, ES, VJC
UP, CL, ES, VJC