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HB |
362 |
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ANALYST |
Johnson |
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APPROPRIATION
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Appropriation
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Estimated
Additional Impact |
Recurring or
Non-Rec |
Fund Affected |
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FY04 |
FY05 |
FY04 |
FY05 |
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$400.0 |
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Recurring
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GF |
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(Parenthesis
( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
Relates to SB495
LFC Files
Response
Received From
Department
of Health
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
House Bill 362 appropriates $400,000 from the general
fund to the local government division of the department of finance and
administration to provide housing and medical care for prison inmates in
Guadalupe county.
Significant Issues
The department of health provided the following:
The language in the bill
does not make it clear if the proposed appropriation for housing is separate
and distinct from funding needed to meet operational costs of housing inmates
in the current, privately run correctional facility. There is not enough information provided to
evaluate the impact.
Guadalupe County
currently is not a designated primary medical care health professional shortage
area (HPSA) because the county profile does not meet any of the following three
definitions from the federal Department of Health and Human Services: 1) the
area has a population to full-time-equivalent primary care physician ratio of
at least 3,500:1; 2) the area has a population to full-time-equivalent primary
care physician ratio of at least 3,500:1, but greater than 3,000:1; and 3) the
area has unusually high needs for primary care services or insufficient
capacity of existing primary care providers.
The County, however, is considered a dental HPSA and a partial mental
health HPSA.
Local primary care
providers and public health district offices may be in a position to assist the
County meet the medical needs of its prison inmates through the proposed
appropriation. Access to appropriate
medical care is necessary for the health status of inmates and to assure that
when paroled or released, they have obtained the needed health care and
education to maintain a healthy lifestyle.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
The appropriation of $400.0 contained in this
bill is a recurring expense to the general fund. Any unexpended or unencumbered
balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2005 shall revert to the general
fund.
RELATIONSHIP
The bill is a companion to SB495, which is
similar to HB362 except SB495 declares an emergency
and allows the $400.0 to be spent in fiscal year 2004.
OTHER SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES
The department of health provided the following:
The bill would address
the medical and housing needs of prison inmates in
Medical needs of the
inmates could be met with the proposed funding and the County would need to
explore potential partnerships with local public health district offices,
primary care clinics and private providers.
A successful project in which a public health office is located at the
new
POSSIBLE QUESTIONS
Correctional
facilities place a recurring and severe strain on several county budgets in New
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