Appendix II:
Fiscal Impact
| General Revenue (In Millions of Dollars) |
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| Issue Number | Recommendation | FY 1998 | FY 1999 | FY 2000 | FY 2001 | FY 2002 | Change in FTEs |
| Education Issues | |||||||
| ED 1 | Waive Tuition and Fees for Children of Experienced Teachers |
0.0 | -20.3 | -22.4 | -23.9 | -24.9 | 0.0 |
| ED 2 | Provide a Thirteenth Annuity Check for TRS Retirees | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| ED 3 | Improve Financial Information on Texas Public Schools | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| ED 4 | Encourage Cost-Recovery Accounting of School District Support Activities | cbe | |||||
| ED 5 | Purchase School District Insurance Through Cooperative Agreements | -0.1 | -0.1 | -0.1 | -0.1 | -0.1 | 1.0 |
| ED 6 | Use the Internet to Update Textbooks | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| ED 7 | Discontinue the State Auditor's Savings Profile Report - 1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | -1.0 |
| ED 8 | Implement an Option Writing Strategy | 7.9 | 15.8 | 15.8 | 15.8 | 15.8 | 0.0 |
| ED 9 | Require the Permanent School Fund to Purchase Dividend-Paying Stocks |
1.2 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 0.0 |
| ED 10 | Reevaluate Management of Permanent School Fund Investments |
8.8 | 8.9 | 8.9 | 8.9 | 8.9 | 8.0 |
| ED 11 | Eliminate Funding for Excessive Undergraduate Credit Hours - 1 | 0.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3.0 |
| ED 12 | Require Minimum Faculty Teaching Loads - 1 | 28.2 | 28.2 | 28.2 | 28.2 | 28.2 | 0.0 |
| ED 13 | Develop a Common College Admissions Applications | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| ED 14 | Develop an Academic Performance System | cbe | |||||
| ED 15 | Develop a Community College Information System | cbe | |||||
| ED 16 | Increase Funding for Tuition Equalization Grants | cbe | |||||
| ED 17 | Provide State Matching Funds to the Prepaid Higher Education Tuition Scholarship Program | -1.5 | -1.5 | -1.5 | -1.5 | -1.5 | 0.0 |
| ED 18 | Evaluate the Effectiveness of Developmental Education | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.0 |
| ED 19 | Study Graduate Medical Education Funding | cbe | |||||
| ED 20 | Make Higher Education Appropriations in Installments | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.0 |
| Subtotal: Education | 48.1 | 41.7 | 40.7 | 39.4 | 38.6 | 11.0 | |
| Health and Human Services Issues | |||||||
| HHS 1 | Increase the Number of Texas Children Covered by Health Insurance - 1 | 4.2 | 9.8 | 11.6 | 13.4 | 15.4 | 0.0 |
| HHS 2 | Establish the Texas Child Care Fund | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| HHS 3 | Increase Immunization of Texans | cbe | |||||
| HHS 4 | Reduce Tobacco Use by Texas Youths | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| HHS 5 | Improve Consumer Information on Child Care Centers - 1 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| HHS 6 | Children's Substitute Care | na | |||||
| HHS 7 | Ensure that Children Receive the Best Available Substitute Care | cbe | |||||
| HHS 8 | Purchase the Most Cost-Effective Substitute Care - 1 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
| HHS 9 | Increase the Use of Assessment Centers - 1 | 0.0 | 3.3 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 0.0 |
| HHS 10 | Improve the Legal Process for Child Protective Services - 1 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 24.0 |
| HHS 11 | Connect Colonia Residences to Water Utilities | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| HHS 12 | Increase Community Center Funding in Texas Colonias | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| HHS 13 | Increase Diabetes Prevention | cbe | |||||
| HHS 14 | Reimburse Providers for Telemedicine | cbe | |||||
| HHS 15 | Combine Drug Reimbursement for Kidney Health Care and Chronically Ill and Disabled Children's Services with the Vendor Drug Program - 1 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | -9.0 |
| HHS 16 | Reduce Drug Reimbursement Costs - 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| HHS 17 | Improve Client Services Purchasing | -0.1 | -0.1 | -0.1 | -0.1 | -0.1 | 1.0 |
| HHS 18 | Pay Rehabilitation Service Vendors on a Performance Basis | cbe | |||||
| HHS 19 | Enact Mental Health and Mental Retardation Savings - 1 | 36.5 | 51.6 | 46.8 | 53.1 | 52.5 | -2,031.0 |
| HHS 20 | Reduce Duplication in Contract Monitoring of Community Mental Health and Mental Retardation Centers - 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -1.0 |
| HHS 21 | Increase Access to Information and Referral Services | cbe | |||||
| HHS 22 | Automate Technical Assistance to Service Providers | cbe | |||||
| HHS 23 | Improve Health Agencies' Subrogation Collection Efforts - 1 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| HHS 24 | Establish a State Consumer Guide for Senior Services | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| HHS 25 | Serve More Older Texans | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| HHS 26 | Ensure Appropriate Nursing Home Reimbursement and Quality - 1 | 1.7 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 40.0 |
| HHS 27 | Expand Community Options for Medicaid Long-Term Clients | cbe | |||||
| HHS 28 | Provide Case Management for Medicaid Medical Nutrition Services | cbe | |||||
| HHS 29 | Incorporate Caseload and Cost Projections in Appropriations for Health and Human Services | cbe | |||||
| HHS 30 | Reform State and Local Health Care Purchasing - 1 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 0.0 |
| HHS 31 | Increase Local Control of Health and Human Services Spending | cbe | |||||
| HHS 32 | Increase Federal Health and Human Services Funding to Local Governments | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| HHS 33 | Maximize Federal Revenues for Health and Human Services - 1 | 2.9 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 0.0 |
| HHS 34 | Increase Disproportionate Share Funds | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 17.3 | 17.3 | 0.0 |
| HHS 35 | Improve Health Care Planning and Policy Development | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| HHS 36 | Use Selective Contracting for Some Medicaid Services - 1 | 27.0 | 39.7 | 43.1 | 43.1 | 43.1 | 0.0 |
| Subtotal: Health and Human Services | 76.7 | 120.6 | 124.1 | 148.7 | 149.3 | -1,975.5 | |
| Public Safety and Corrections Issues | |||||||
| PSC 1 | Reduce Recidivism of Adults Leaving the Texas Correctional System | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.2 | 5.5 | 0.0 |
| PSC 2 | Require Prisoners to Pay for Some Health Care Services | -0.4 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.0 |
| PSC 3 | Maximize Return on Prison Land - 1 | 0.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0.0 |
| PSC 4 | Test Texas Prison Inmates for Drugs | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| PSC 5 | Eliminate Dual Supervision of Offenders | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| PSC 6 | Convert an Empty State Jail to a Juvenile Facility | cbe | |||||
| PSC 7 | Limit Stays in Juvenile Detention | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| PSC 8 | Enact Stricter Drinking and Driving Laws | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Subtotal: Public Safety and Corrections | -0.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 13.5 | 14.9 | 0.0 | |
| General Government Issues | |||||||
| GG 1 | Create Partnership Texas for Economic Development | cbe | |||||
| GG 2 | Simplify and Ease Business Regulatory Processes | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| GG 3 | Streamline State Grocery Store Regulation - 1 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | -36.0 |
| GG 4 | Standardize Applications for State Loan Programs | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| GG 5 | Increase the Use of Negotiated Rulemaking | cbe | |||||
| GG 6 | Consolidate Telecommunications Services into a Non-Profit Corporation - 1 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | -9.0 |
| GG 7 | Build Public/Private Partnerships in Transportation | cbe | |||||
| GG 8 | Expand and Improve the Electronic Benefit Transfer System | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| GG 9 | Reduce Election Costs | cbe | |||||
| GG 10 | Simplify the State Court Fee System | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| GG 11 | Simplify County Classifications | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| GG 12 | Test Streamlined Local Court Processing | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| GG 13 | Open Child Support Enforcement Functions to Competition | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| GG 14 | Strengthen Child Support Enforcement | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| GG 15 | Increase Child-Support Collections by Expanding the "Most Wanted" Program | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| GG 16 | Improve Procedures for Filing Child-Support Liens | cbe | |||||
| GG 17 | Offer Extended Driver's Licenses | 130.9 | 133.1 | 135.4 | 140.0 | -52.3 | -500.0 |
| GG 18 | Merchandise Texas | cbe | |||||
| GG 19 | Ensure Adequate 911 Oversight | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| GG 20 | Make the Texas Poison Center Network a National Resource | cbe | |||||
| GG 21 | Consolidate Administrative Functions of Occuptional Licensing Agencies - 1 | -1.5 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.1 | -40.0 |
| GG 22 | Enact TPR Recommendations at the Texas Commission on Fire Protection | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| GG 23 | Raise Private Capital for Community Development under the Community Reinvestment Act | cbe | |||||
| GG 24 | Improve Access to Homeownership with Consumer Education | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| GG 25 | Maximize Tenant-Service Funds | cbe | |||||
| Subtotal: General Government | 130.6 | 138.5 | 140.7 | 145.3 | -47.0 | -585.0 | |
| Workforce Issues | |||||||
| WF 1 | Clearly Communicate Local Workforce Performance Expectations | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| WF 2 | Improve Training and Technical Assistance for Local Workforce Boards | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| WF 3 | Maximize Adult Literacy Education Funds | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| WF 4 | Improve the State Tax Refund for Businesses Employing Recipients of Aid to Families with Dependent Children - 1 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| WF 5 | Establish a Texans Work Program - 1 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 7.6 | 18.6 | 33.2 | 0.0 |
| WF 6 | Establish Child-Care Training Centers for Recipients of Public Assistance - 1 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 2.8 | 6.6 | 10.5 | 0.0 |
| WF 7 | Increase Supported Employment at State Agencies | cbe | |||||
| Subtotal: Workforce | 0.4 | 2.8 | 10.9 | 25.7 | 44.2 | 0.0 | |
| Fraud Issues | |||||||
| FR 1 | Improve Medicaid and Welfare Enforcement - 1 | 18.3 | 38.9 | 61.7 | 71.5 | 81.9 | 0.0 |
| FR 2 | Ensure Appropriate Use of Medicaid-Funded Services and Equipment - 1 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 0.0 |
| FR 3 | Reduce Medicaid Overpayments - 1 | 12.3 | 12.3 | 12.3 | 12.3 | 12.3 | 0.0 |
| FR 4 | Tighten Provider Enrollment Processes | cbe | |||||
| FR 5 | Measure Fraud | -0.3 | 0.0 | -0.1 | 0.0 | -0.1 | 0.0 |
| FR 6 | Improve Medicaid Fraud Referral Procedures | cbe | |||||
| FR 7 | Strengthen State Fraud Laws | cbe | |||||
| FR 8 | Enact a Qui Tam Statute | cbe | |||||
| FR 9 | Prevent Fraud and Abuse in Medicaid Managed Care | cbe | |||||
| FR 10 | Increase Penalties Against Medicaid Providers That Harm Children | cbe | |||||
| FR 11 | Enact False Claims Legislation | cbe | |||||
| FR 12 | Use Technology to Fight Fraud and Abuse in State Programs | cbe | |||||
| FR 13 | Improve Electronic Benefit Transfer Enforcement Efforts | cbe | |||||
| FR 14 | Enhance State Tax Collections | 3.2 | 36.9 | 47.3 | 59.6 | 74.7 | 0.0 |
| FR 15 | Prevent Fraud and Abuse Within the State's Prison System - 1 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | -26.0 |
| FR 16 | Improve the Recovery of Erroneously Paid Public Assistance Benefits - 1 | 1.7 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 6.1 | 0.0 |
| Subtotal: Fraud | 39.2 | 94.9 | 129.1 | 152.4 | 178.8 | -26.0 | |
| Employee Issues | |||||||
| EI 1 | Eliminate Vacant State Positions - 2 | 161.4 | 161.4 | 161.4 | 161.4 | 161.4 | 0.0 |
| EI 2 | Streamline State Agencies | cbe | |||||
| EI 3 | Establish a Human Resource Task Force | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| EI 4 | Adopt "Family-Friendly" Policies for State Employees | cbe | 1.0 | ||||
| EI 5 | Improve Access to Employee Information | cbe | |||||
| EI 6 | Adopt an Early Retirement Incentive for State Employees - 2 | 6.3 | 8.9 | 9.6 | 9.6 | 9.6 | -539.0 |
| EI 7 | Improve the Procedures for Purchasing Creditable Service | cbe | |||||
| EI 8 | Use Managed Medicare Plans - 1 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
| EI 9 | Improve Funding for the Texas Incentive and Productivity Commission | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| EI 10 | Improve Collection of State Employee Debt | cbe | |||||
| Subtotal: Employee Issues | 168.3 | 170.9 | 171.6 | 171.6 | 171.6 | -538.0 | |
| Cross Government Issues | |||||||
| CG 1 | Franchise State Agency Support Functions - 1 | -0.3 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.3 | -84.0 |
| CG 2 | Improve State Facilities Management | cbe | |||||
| CG 3 | Improve State Facilities Use | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| CG 4 | Maximize Use of Facilities through Co-location and Increased Density - 1 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 0.0 |
| CG 5 | Improve Access to ATMs in State Facilities | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| CG 6 | Plan for Efficient Telecommunications in State Offices | cbe | |||||
| CG 7 | Improve Catalogue Purchasing | cbe | |||||
| CG 8 | Increase Delegated Purchasing Authority | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| CG 9 | Require the Use of EFT for all State Payments to Vendors - 1 | -0.3 | 1.2 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 2.0 |
| CG 10 | Authorize Electronic Travel Vouchers | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| CG 11 | Use Digital "Signatures" in Electronic Transactions | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| CG 12 | Reduce the State's Utility Expenditures | cbe | |||||
| CG 13 | Review Federal Policy Initiatives | cbe | |||||
| CG 14 | Improve Alternative Dispute Resolution | cbe | |||||
| CG 15 | Improve Access to Public Information | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| CG 16 | Electronic Mail Addresses for All State Agencies | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| CG 17 | Make State Agency Video Production and Distribution More Efficient | cbe | |||||
| CG 18 | Increase Recovery of State Housing Costs - 1 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 4.2 | 5.6 | 6.9 | 0.0 |
| CG 19 | Simplify the Natural Gas Severance Tax | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.0 |
| CG 20 | Report Oil Severance Tax at the Lease Level | 0.0 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 0.0 |
| CG 21 | Reduce Publicity Costs for Unclaimed Property - 1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| CG 22 | Reduce the Cost of State Travel - 1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| CG 23 | Improve Collection of State Receivables | 1.1 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.0 |
| Subtotal: Cross Government | 1.5 | 12.6 | 16.7 | 19.6 | 21.7 | -82.0 | |
| TOTAL, ALL ISSUES | 464.5 | 591.3 | 643.3 | 716.3 | 572.2 | -3,195.5 | |
- Notes:
- Totals may not add due to rounding.
- Savings and revenue gains appear as positive numbers.
- cbe -- cannot be estimated.
- na -- not applicable
- * Other includes gains/losses to accounts in the General Revenue Fund and other funds.
- 1 Requires reduction in appropriation to achieve savings.
- 2 Requires Comptroller reduction in agency budget.
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