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SPONSOR: |
HENRC |
DATE TYPED: |
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HB |
653/HENRCS |
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SHORT TITLE: |
Transfer Pipeline Inspection from PRC |
SB |
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ANALYST: |
Valenzuela |
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APPROPRIATION
Appropriation
Contained |
Estimated
Additional Impact |
Recurring or
Non-Rec |
Fund Affected |
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FY03 |
FY04 |
FY03 |
FY04 |
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NFI |
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$250.0 |
Recurring |
General
Fund |
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$50.0 |
Non-recurring |
General
Fund |
(Parenthesis
( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
Relates to HJR 13, 14
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Report of the Legislative Finance
Committee to the Forty-sixth Legislature, First Session,
January 2003 for Fiscal Year 2003 – 2004, pp. 390 – 401.
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Report to the Legislative Council from
the Public Regulation Commission Subcommittee, in response
to SENATE MEMORIAL 41, (2001 Legislative Session) December 2002.
This Fiscal Impact Report excerpts directly from
the above mentioned report.
Responses
Received From
Public
Regulation Commission (PRC)
Energy,
Minerals and Natural Resources Department (EMNRD)
Department
of Health (DOH)
SUMMARY
Synopsis
of Bill
The House Energy and Natural Resources Committee (HENRC) substitute to House Bill 653 proposes to transfer out of the PRC the regulation of ambulance services to the Department of Health.
Significant
Issues
The transfer of ambulance regulation has been discussed recently by a special subcommittee of the Legislative Council, called the Public Regulation Commission Subcommittee. The task of the subcommittee was to make recommendation on the structure of the PRC. The conclusion was that the PRC be restructured to focus only on utility and telecommunications regulation. To do this effectively, the non-utility functions from the PRC were recommended to be transferred to other departments. Regulation of ambulance services was identified as non-utility function. The specific recommendation is shown below as reported in the PRC subcommittee report:
Ambulance
Services. A
Transfer of PRC Resources. HB 653 does not transfer the staff, financial resources or equipment from the PRC to DOH. The PRC employs 1 FTE for regulation of ambulance standards at a cost of $40.0.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
HB 653 does not
contain an appropriation. However, enactment would have a fiscal impact on DOH.
DOH Resource Needs.
According to DOH, based upon the
planning that was accomplished in the late 1990s, the DOH would require a
recurring appropriation of at least $250,000 and 5 FTE, including program
management and actuarial capacity. The
first year would also require an additional, one time appropriation of $50,000
for capital acquisition of two vehicles and computer equipment.
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