LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 84TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION March 13, 2015 TO: Honorable Donna Campbell, Chair, Senate Committee on Veteran Affairs & Military Installations FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:SB169 by Uresti (Relating to ensuring that certain military members and their spouses and dependents maintain their positions on interest lists or other waiting lists for certain health and human services assistance programs.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. The bill would amend Chapter 531 of the Government Code, relating to ensuring that certain military members who reside out of state and their spouses and dependent children maintain their positions on interest or waiting lists for certain assistance programs provided by the health and human services agencies. The bill would require the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission to adopt rules to implement the bill by December 1, 2015. The bill would direct state agencies to request any federal waiver or authorization necessary to implement the provisions of the bill and authorizes the agencies to delay implementation of provisions until such waiver or authorization is granted. The health and human services agencies indicate that the provisions of the bill can be implemented within existing resources. The Texas Military Department and the Texas Veterans Commission indicate that the bill has no fiscal impact on those agencies. Local Government Impact No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated. Source Agencies:529 Health and Human Services Commission, 401 Military Department, 403 Veterans Commission, 530 Family and Protective Services, Department of, 537 State Health Services, Department of, 538 Assistive and Rehabilitative Services, Department of, 539 Aging and Disability Services, Department of LBB Staff: UP, FR, WP, CH, LR
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 84TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
March 13, 2015
TO: Honorable Donna Campbell, Chair, Senate Committee on Veteran Affairs & Military Installations FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:SB169 by Uresti (Relating to ensuring that certain military members and their spouses and dependents maintain their positions on interest lists or other waiting lists for certain health and human services assistance programs.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
TO: Honorable Donna Campbell, Chair, Senate Committee on Veteran Affairs & Military Installations
FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: SB169 by Uresti (Relating to ensuring that certain military members and their spouses and dependents maintain their positions on interest lists or other waiting lists for certain health and human services assistance programs.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
Honorable Donna Campbell, Chair, Senate Committee on Veteran Affairs & Military Installations
Honorable Donna Campbell, Chair, Senate Committee on Veteran Affairs & Military Installations
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
SB169 by Uresti (Relating to ensuring that certain military members and their spouses and dependents maintain their positions on interest lists or other waiting lists for certain health and human services assistance programs.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
SB169 by Uresti (Relating to ensuring that certain military members and their spouses and dependents maintain their positions on interest lists or other waiting lists for certain health and human services assistance programs.), 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 amend Chapter 531 of the Government Code, relating to ensuring that certain military members who reside out of state and their spouses and dependent children maintain their positions on interest or waiting lists for certain assistance programs provided by the health and human services agencies. The bill would require the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission to adopt rules to implement the bill by December 1, 2015. The bill would direct state agencies to request any federal waiver or authorization necessary to implement the provisions of the bill and authorizes the agencies to delay implementation of provisions until such waiver or authorization is granted. The health and human services agencies indicate that the provisions of the bill can be implemented within existing resources. The Texas Military Department and the Texas Veterans Commission indicate that the bill has no fiscal impact on those agencies.
Local Government Impact
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies: 529 Health and Human Services Commission, 401 Military Department, 403 Veterans Commission, 530 Family and Protective Services, Department of, 537 State Health Services, Department of, 538 Assistive and Rehabilitative Services, Department of, 539 Aging and Disability Services, Department of
529 Health and Human Services Commission, 401 Military Department, 403 Veterans Commission, 530 Family and Protective Services, Department of, 537 State Health Services, Department of, 538 Assistive and Rehabilitative Services, Department of, 539 Aging and Disability Services, Department of
LBB Staff: UP, FR, WP, CH, LR
UP, FR, WP, CH, LR