LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE
74th Regular Session
March 19, 1995
TO: Honorable Hugo Berlanga, Chair IN RE: House Bill No. 883
Committee on Public Health By: McDonald
House of Representatives
Austin, Texas
FROM: John Keel, Director
In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on House Bill No.
883 (Relating to the establishment of a reeducation program for
certain registered nurses.) this office has determined the
following:
The bill would make no appropriation but could provide the legal
basis for an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions
of the bill.
The bill would permit the Board of Nurse Examiners to conduct
professional reeducation programs for registered nurses displaced
by restructuring within the health care delivery system. The
bill would authorize the Board to charge a reasonable fee to
recover the cost of the reeducation program. The bill also
provides that registered nurses may not be denied the opportunity
to participate in the program because of inability to pay.
The agency estimates the cost of the reeducation program at
$375.00 per participant for a one-week, 40-hour program.
Assuming 1,000 participants the probable cost out of an account
within the General Revenue Fund 001 would be $375,000 each year
of the biennium.
The bill authorizes but does not require the agency to charge
fees to cover cost. For the purposes of this estimate it is
assumed fees would be charged, however, if no fees were set by
the Board there would be no gain to the General Revenue Fund.
The probable fiscal implication of implementing the provisions of
the bill during each of the first five years following passage
is estimated as follows:
Fiscal Probable Cost Out Probable Revenue Change in
Year of General Gain from General Number of State
Revenue Fund 001 Revenue Fund 001 Employees from
FY 1995
1996 $375,000 $375,000 1.0
1997 375,000 375,000 1.0
1998 375,000 375,000 1.0
1999 375,000 375,000 1.0
2000 375,000 375,000 1.0
Similar annual fiscal implications would continue as long as the
provisions of the bill are in effect.
No fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.
Source: Board of Nurse Examiners
LBB Staff: JK, JF, DF