LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                          Austin, Texas

                           FISCAL NOTE
                       74th Regular Session

                          March 27, 1995



 TO:     Honorable Hugo Berlanga, Chair         IN RE:  House Bill No. 1504
         Committee on Public Health                     By: VandePutte
         House of Representatives
         Austin, Texas






FROM: John Keel, Director

In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on House Bill No.
1504 (Relating to the funding and operation of the program to aid
certain impaired pharmacists and pharmacy students.) 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.

This bill amends the Texas Pharmacy Act to allow the Texas State
Board of Pharmacy to raise their surcharge for the impaired
pharmacists program from $5 to $10 per licensee. To the extent
that the fees would be raised only when additional appropriations
are granted to the agency for the impaired pharmacists program,
there would be no net impact to the State.


No fiscal implication to the State or units of local government
is anticipated.




Source:   Board of Pharmacy
          LBB Staff: JK, GT, DF