FISCAL NOTE

Date Requested: January 24, 2019
Time Requested: 01:31 PM
Agency: Health and Human Resources, WV Department of
CBD Number: Version: Bill Number: Resolution Number:
2601 Introduced HB2652
CBD Subject: Health


FUND(S):

0407 - CENTRAL OFFICE GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE FUND

Sources of Revenue:

General Fund

Legislation creates:

Creates New Expense



Fiscal Note Summary


Effect this measure will have on costs and revenues of state government.


The purpose this bill is to require all public accessible restrooms, including all schools, to provide hand sanitizers either in or at the exit of restroom facility. The bill provides for rule-making authority. This legislation will increase the responsibilities of the Department to promulgate a new rule or update an existing rule and organize the program elements for local health departments, including purchase and oversight of adding an additional module and user licenses for local health departments to the Environmental Health Electronic Reporting System. The Department estimates the cost for this legislation to be $92,336 for FY2020 and $42,336 going forward.



Fiscal Note Detail


Effect of Proposal Fiscal Year
2019
Increase/Decrease
(use"-")
2020
Increase/Decrease
(use"-")
Fiscal Year
(Upon Full
Implementation)
1. Estmated Total Cost 0 92,336 42,336
Personal Services 0 0 0
Current Expenses 0 92,336 42,336
Repairs and Alterations 0 0 0
Assets 0 0 0
Other 0 0 0
2. Estimated Total Revenues 0 0 0


Explanation of above estimates (including long-range effect):


Estimated Current Expense for FY2020 and ongoing is $42,336 for the purchase of 90 additional annual user licenses for local health department access to the Environmental Health Electronic Reporting System at $42,336 ($470.40 x 90 user licenses). One time Current Expense for FY2020 is $50,000 to add an additional module to the 50 existing databases of the Environmental Health Electronic Reporting System utilized by the Bureau and local health departments ($1,000 x 50 databases).



Memorandum


The General Sanitation Rule in 64 CSR 18 currently provides for local health departments to inspect public restrooms on a complaint basis and to require corrections by businesses for any issues that are out of compliance with the existing rule. According to information provided by the WV Secretary of State's Office, there are 80,646 businesses in West Virginia which may not include multiple business locations operating under the same licensee, municipal facility and county or state government facility. Currently, there is no funding for local health departments to license and inspect public restroom facilities in all businesses in West Virginia. Increased licensing and inspections will require additional Sanitarian and clerical staff in local health departments. It is estimated that local health departments will need 60 additional Sanitarian I and 30 Office Assistant 2 positions, for a total of 90 FTEs, to meet the requirements of this bill based on the 80,646 businesses in West Virginia and knowing that several of these 80,646 businesses are not already being inspected and many have multiple public restrooms, such as hospitals and schools. This could increase total local health department expenses by an estimated $4.3 million annually for personnel costs, including salaries, fringes, and benefits. These estimated additional costs do not include unknown travel expenses that will be incurred by local health departments for inspecting facilities.



    Person submitting Fiscal Note: Bill J. Crouch
    Email Address: Bill.J.Crouch@wv.gov