Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for HB 1852, Committee Report 1st House, Substituted: a negative impact of ($564,905) through the biennium ending August 31, 2017. The bill would make no appropriation but could provide the legal basis for an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions of the bill.
Based on information provided by the Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS), it was estimated that an additional 3.0 full-time equivalent (FTE) would be needed for policy development and oversight to be hired in fiscal year 2017. The costs associated with those FTEs would be $374,992 in fiscal year 2017 and $410,617 in fiscal year 2018 and each year after. Those costs include salaries, benefits, other operating expenses, and the costs associated with 0.1 FTEs at the Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC).
Other costs in fiscal year 2016 include $31,000 for the development of the algorithm; $80,000 for the access to the electronic Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (eCANS) system, which will provide the results of the CANS assessment; and $146,130 for training costs.
Total cost would be $257,130 in fiscal year 2016, $374,992 in fiscal year 2017, and $410,617 in fiscal year 2018 and each year thereafter.
The HHSC indicated that STARHealth clients receive many assessments (an average of 3 per client) and that by streamlining the process to reduce the number of assessments could create savings. The savings could not be estimated.
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.