FISCAL NOTE
Date Requested: February 08, 2018
Time Requested: 01:48 PM |
| Agency: |
Health and Human Resources, WV Department of |
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| CBD Number: |
Version: |
Bill Number: |
Resolution Number: |
| 2473 |
Introduced |
HB4476 |
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| CBD Subject: |
Human Services |
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FUND(S):
0403 - General Administrative Fund, 8722 - Federal General Administrative Funds
Sources of Revenue:
Other Fund General & Federal
Legislation creates:
Fiscal Note Summary
Effect this measure will have on costs and revenues of state government.
This purpose of this bill is to permit persons who voluntarily enroll in drug rehabilitation to participate in a pilot program. The bill authorizes the Department of Health and Human Resources to care for the children of those persons who voluntarily enroll in drug rehabilitation and who are participating in the pilot program.
At present, it is Department policy to allow parents who are voluntarily placing themselves into drug treatment to sign the custody of their children over to the Department for placement (FC-4 placements). This type of placement is currently not used often and has stricter rules than outlined in this bill (no history of abuse/neglect). However with the current drug epidemic this bill has the potential to increase the growth in child placements in foster care which will have a fiscal impact on the Department. This impact is not quantifiable at this time, since the number of placements cannot be quantified. If the number of additional cases was significant enough, this could impact the worker caseload and need for additional staffing during a time when filling current staffing levels is an issue.
Additionally, the Department is currently struggling to open sufficient amount of homes to handle the present number of placements. The additional placements would make this task even more difficult and the children may have to be placed in group homes which can be more expensive and not as beneficial to the child's welfare.
Fiscal Note Detail
| Effect of Proposal |
Fiscal Year |
2018
Increase/Decrease
(use"-") |
2019
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: Bill.J.Crouch@wv.gov