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F I S C A L   I M P A C T   R E P O R T

 

 

 

SPONSOR:

Madalena

 

DATE TYPED:

1/24/02

 

HB

60

 

SHORT TITLE:

Child Developmental Disability Services

 

SB

 

 

 

ANALYST:

Esquibel

 

APPROPRIATION

 

Appropriation Contained

Estimated Additional Impact

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY02

FY03

FY02

FY03

 

 

 

$1,700.0

 

 

Recurring

GF

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

 

Duplicates The General Appropriation Act which currently appropriates a $1.5 million expansion for this same purpose.

 

Duplicates SB57

                                                                                                                                                           

 

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

 

Responses Received

 

Department of Health (DOH)

Developmental Disabilities Planning Council (DDPC)

 

SUMMARY

 

     Synopsis of Bill

 

House Bill 60 appropriates $1.7 million from the general fund to DOH to provide additional early intervention services statewide under the family, infant, toddler program (FIT, a.k.a. developmental disabilities early intervention program) to meet the needs of children, from birth to three years of age, who have, or are at-risk for, developmental delay.

 

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

 

The appropriation of $1.7 million contained in this bill is a recurring expense to the general fund. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of FY03 shall revert to the general fund.

 

House Bill 2 currently contains $1.5 million to expand the FIT program in FY03 funded from the following revenue sources:  $1 million in DOH fund balances, $250.0 in federal funds and $250.0 in general fund.  The program receives funding from the general fund, Medicaid and federal Department of Education.

 

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