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

SPONSOR HJC

DATE TYPED 03/04/05 HB 608/HJCS

SHORT TITLE Public Health Benefit Employer Info

SB

ANALYST Weber

APPROPRIATION

Appropriation Contained Estimated Additional Impact Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY05

FY06

FY05

FY06

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

Relates to SB 204

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

Human Services Department (HSD)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

House Judiciary Committee Substitute for House Bill 608 amends the Public Assistance Act by

requiring The Human Services Department to collect information on employers of Medicaid re-

cipients through a data match with the Department of Labor one time each fiscal year.

The Public Assistance Act is further amended by requiring the Human Services Department to

submit a report by November 1, 2006 and annually thereafter to the interim legislative Welfare

Reform Oversight Committee listing the names of employers who employ twenty-five or more

recipients of Medicaid. The report will be developed through an agreement and share of data

with the Department of Labor and Human Services Department. The report shall include all re-

cipients employed by the employer and its subsidiaries at all locations within the state and in-

clude location of employment, total number of employees and dependents receiving assistance

and the total cost to the state of providing the public assistance.

House Bill 608/HJCS -- Page 2

Significant Issues

HSD indicates this will require department programming to complete this match and a Memo-

randum of Understanding (MOU) between HSD and DOL to establish the data match and protect

the confidentiality of the data transmitted. This would be developed into a comprehensive report

to be provided to the interim Welfare Reform Oversight Committee.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

Enhancements to the interface between HSD and DOL must be made with a level of effort of

staff hours at 160 programming hours by HSD and 40 programming hours by DOL. HSD and

DOL would need to develop an agreement to complete the data match report.

OTHER SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES

The bill does not indicate what action, if any, the Welfare Reform Oversight Committee is to

take upon receipt of the report.

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