FISCAL NOTE

Date Requested: January 10, 2020
Time Requested: 03:53 PM
Agency: Health and Human Resources, WV Department of
CBD Number: Version: Bill Number: Resolution Number:
1186 Introduced SB134
CBD Subject: Juveniles, Public Safety


FUND(S):

0403 - DIV OF HUMAN SERVICES GENERAL ADMINISTRATION FUND, 8722 - CONS FEDERAL FUNDS DIV HUMAN SERVICES GEN ADMN FD, 8816 - TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES (TANF), 8757 - FEDERAL BLOCK GRANT SOCIAL SERVICES FUND, 8817 - CHILD CARE DEVELOPMENT BLOCK

Sources of Revenue:

General Fund Federal

Legislation creates:





Fiscal Note Summary


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


The purpose of this bill is to transfer child welfare enforcement responsibilities to the West Virginia State Police. The bill transfers employees, funds and property of the Department of Health and Human Resources to the West Virginia State Police. The bill provides that the transferred employees remain in the Civil Service system, continue to participate in Public Employees Retirement System Insurance and continue to be covered by the Public Employees Insurance Act. The bill requires rulemaking. This bill would have significant fiscal impact on the DHHR, however, that impact can not be quantified at this time without more specifics as to who and how the transfer would take place. The impact would be on personal services, benefits, and current expenses. The funding of the current costs come from both federal and state funds. This bill would remove unknown portions of child welfare. The impact could be fragmentation of child welfare duties within Chapter 49, which includes early care and education, foster care licensing, juvenile justice, child protective services investigations and child protective services child custody issues. The vague nature of the bill does not clearly outline which child welfare activities would be transferred to the State Police and which would remain with the DHHR. The DHHR claimed $247,705,084 of federal funding for FFY 2019 in the following programs: Foster Care, Adoption, Guardianship, Child Welfare, Safe & Stable Families, Promoting Safe & Stable Families Case Worker, Safe & Stable Families, Promoting Safe & Stable Families - Kinship Navigator, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Child Care, Child Abuse Prevention & Treatment Act, Community Based Child Abuse Prevention, Children Justice, Chafee Independent Living, Chafee Education & Training Voucher. There is a potential to lose a portion of this funding. The Bureau for Child Support Enforcement (BCSE) currently uses FACTS for Foster Care tracking and information. If utilizing other software, there would be associated costs Transferring a large group of employees from DHHR to the WVSP may impact the staffing needs of the DHHR's Office of Human Resources Management.



Fiscal Note Detail


Effect of Proposal Fiscal Year
2020
Increase/Decrease
(use"-")
2021
Increase/Decrease
(use"-")
Fiscal Year
(Upon Full
Implementation)
1. Estmated Total Cost 0 0 0
Personal Services 0 0 0
Current Expenses 0 0 0
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):






Memorandum






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