LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 88TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION March 29, 2023 TO: Honorable Bryan Hughes, Chair, Senate Committee on Jurisprudence FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE: SB590 by Hughes (Relating to requiring a man determined by adjudication or acknowledgment to be a child's father to pay retroactive child support beginning on the date of the child's conception.), As Introduced Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for SB590, As Introduced : a negative impact of ($1,305,090) through the biennium ending August 31, 2025. The bill would make no appropriation but could provide the legal basis for an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions of the bill. General Revenue-Related Funds, Five- Year Impact: Fiscal Year Probable Net Positive/(Negative) Impact toGeneral Revenue Related Funds2024($1,305,090)2025$02026$02027$02028$0All Funds, Five-Year Impact: Fiscal Year Probable (Cost) fromGeneral Revenue Fund1 Probable (Cost) fromFederal Funds5552024($1,305,090)($2,533,410)2025$0$02026$0$02027$0$02028$0$0 Fiscal AnalysisThis bill would amend the Family Code to require a man whose paternity has been established to pay retroactive child support beginning on the earliest possible date of the child's conception, as defined by standard medical practice, and to reimburse the mother for certain medical expenses and purchases. The bill would establish that the retroactive support cannot accrue interest until the first anniversary of the court rendering an order.
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 88TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
March 29, 2023
TO: Honorable Bryan Hughes, Chair, Senate Committee on Jurisprudence FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE: SB590 by Hughes (Relating to requiring a man determined by adjudication or acknowledgment to be a child's father to pay retroactive child support beginning on the date of the child's conception.), As Introduced
TO: Honorable Bryan Hughes, Chair, Senate Committee on Jurisprudence
FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: SB590 by Hughes (Relating to requiring a man determined by adjudication or acknowledgment to be a child's father to pay retroactive child support beginning on the date of the child's conception.), As Introduced
Honorable Bryan Hughes, Chair, Senate Committee on Jurisprudence
Honorable Bryan Hughes, Chair, Senate Committee on Jurisprudence
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
SB590 by Hughes (Relating to requiring a man determined by adjudication or acknowledgment to be a child's father to pay retroactive child support beginning on the date of the child's conception.), As Introduced
SB590 by Hughes (Relating to requiring a man determined by adjudication or acknowledgment to be a child's father to pay retroactive child support beginning on the date of the child's conception.), As Introduced
Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for SB590, As Introduced : a negative impact of ($1,305,090) through the biennium ending August 31, 2025. The bill would make no appropriation but could provide the legal basis for an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions of the bill.
Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for SB590, As Introduced : a negative impact of ($1,305,090) through the biennium ending August 31, 2025. The bill would make no appropriation but could provide the legal basis for an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions of the bill.
The bill would make no appropriation but could provide the legal basis for an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions of the bill.
General Revenue-Related Funds, Five- Year Impact:
2024 ($1,305,090)
2025 $0
2026 $0
2027 $0
2028 $0
All Funds, Five-Year Impact:
2024 ($1,305,090) ($2,533,410)
2025 $0 $0
2026 $0 $0
2027 $0 $0
2028 $0 $0
Fiscal Analysis
This bill would amend the Family Code to require a man whose paternity has been established to pay retroactive child support beginning on the earliest possible date of the child's conception, as defined by standard medical practice, and to reimburse the mother for certain medical expenses and purchases. The bill would establish that the retroactive support cannot accrue interest until the first anniversary of the court rendering an order.
Methodology
Based on information provided by the Office of the Attorney General (OAG), it is assumed that one-time programming costs of $3,838,500 in fiscal year 2024 would be necessary for the TXCSES system to implement the provisions of the bill. These amounts are reflected in the table above.
Technology
One-time costs totaling $1,305,090 in General Revenue and $2,533,410 in matching Federal Funds would be necessary in fiscal year 2024 for programing changes to the TXCSES system.
Local Government Impact
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies: b > td > 212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council, 302 Office of the Attorney General
212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council, 302 Office of the Attorney General
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