LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE
74th Regular Session
February 27, 1995
TO: Honorable Hugo Berlanga, Chair IN RE: House Bill No. 1345
Committee on Public Health By: Hamric
House of Representatives
Austin, Texas
FROM: John Keel, Director
In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on House Bill No.
1345 (Relating to tests for human immunodeficiency virus
infection of pregnant women or on delivery of a child.) 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 require physicians attending pregnant women during
gestation or at delivery to test the woman for HIV infection.
The assumptions in the fiscal implications noted below include:
fifty (50) percent of the specimens would be sent to the Texas
Department of Health for testing; some costs would accrue to the
Department for treatment of patients testing positive and it is
assumed that fifty percent of patients testing positive would be
eligible for Medicaid or the HIV Medication program; and first
year costs are phased in due to the fact that the provisions of
the bill would only apply to physicians attending pregnant women
on or after January 1, 1996.
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 Federal Number of State
Revenue Fund 001 Funds - 555 Employees from
FY 1995
1996 $464,156 $30,506 .0
1997 696,665 45,327 .0
1998 696,665 45,327 .0
1999 696,665 45,327 .0
2000 696,665 45,327 .0
Similar annual fiscal implications would continue as long as the
provisions of the bill are in effect.
The fiscal implication to units of local government cannot be
determined.
Source: Department of Health, The University of Texas System
LBB Staff: JK, AZ, KF