Texas 2021 87th Regular

Texas House Bill HB3697 Fiscal Note / Fiscal Note

Filed 04/12/2021

                    LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD     Austin, Texas       FISCAL NOTE, 87TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION             April 12, 2021       TO: Honorable Chris Turner, Chair, House Committee on Business & Industry     FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board      IN RE: HB3697 by Hernandez (Relating to the eligibility for unemployment compensation of certain employees who leave the workplace to care for a minor child.), As Introduced     No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. It is assumed that the costs associated with the bill's provisions relating to  the eligibility for unemployment compensation of certain employees who leave the workplace to care for a minor child could be absorbed using existing resources. The bill would exempt from disqualification for benefits an individual who leaves the workplace to care for the individual's minor child due to an unexpected illness, accident, or other unforeseeable event, if no reasonable, alternative care was available. The Texas Workforce Commission estimates the Unemployment Trust Fund would see an increase of approximately 130 claims per year due to the provisions in the bill. These claims would result in a total cost of approximately $790,842 in fiscal year 2022 and $817,642 in fiscal year 2023 to the Unemployment Trust Fund.  The five-year total cost would be $4,177,635.    Local Government ImpactNo fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.  Source Agencies: b > td > 320 Texas Workforce Commission  LBB Staff: b > td > JMc, SZ, MB, DFR

LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 87TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
April 12, 2021

 

 

  TO: Honorable Chris Turner, Chair, House Committee on Business & Industry     FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board      IN RE: HB3697 by Hernandez (Relating to the eligibility for unemployment compensation of certain employees who leave the workplace to care for a minor child.), As Introduced   

TO: Honorable Chris Turner, Chair, House Committee on Business & Industry
FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: HB3697 by Hernandez (Relating to the eligibility for unemployment compensation of certain employees who leave the workplace to care for a minor child.), As Introduced

 Honorable Chris Turner, Chair, House Committee on Business & Industry

 Honorable Chris Turner, Chair, House Committee on Business & Industry

 Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board 

 Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board 

 HB3697 by Hernandez (Relating to the eligibility for unemployment compensation of certain employees who leave the workplace to care for a minor child.), As Introduced 

 HB3697 by Hernandez (Relating to the eligibility for unemployment compensation of certain employees who leave the workplace to care for a minor child.), As Introduced 



No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

It is assumed that the costs associated with the bill's provisions relating to  the eligibility for unemployment compensation of certain employees who leave the workplace to care for a minor child could be absorbed using existing resources. The bill would exempt from disqualification for benefits an individual who leaves the workplace to care for the individual's minor child due to an unexpected illness, accident, or other unforeseeable event, if no reasonable, alternative care was available. The Texas Workforce Commission estimates the Unemployment Trust Fund would see an increase of approximately 130 claims per year due to the provisions in the bill. These claims would result in a total cost of approximately $790,842 in fiscal year 2022 and $817,642 in fiscal year 2023 to the Unemployment Trust Fund.  The five-year total cost would be $4,177,635.  



The bill would exempt from disqualification for benefits an individual who leaves the workplace to care for the individual's minor child due to an unexpected illness, accident, or other unforeseeable event, if no reasonable, alternative care was available. The Texas Workforce Commission estimates the Unemployment Trust Fund would see an increase of approximately 130 claims per year due to the provisions in the bill. These claims would result in a total cost of approximately $790,842 in fiscal year 2022 and $817,642 in fiscal year 2023 to the Unemployment Trust Fund.  The five-year total cost would be $4,177,635.  

 Local Government Impact

No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

Source Agencies: b > td > 320 Texas Workforce Commission

320 Texas Workforce Commission

LBB Staff: b > td > JMc, SZ, MB, DFR

JMc, SZ, MB, DFR