LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                          Austin, Texas

                           FISCAL NOTE
                       74th Regular Session

                          March 28, 1995



 TO:     Honorable Harvey Hilderbran, Chair     IN RE:  House Bill No. 1662
         Committee on Human Services                    By: Hilderbran
         House of Representatives
         Austin, Texas






FROM: John Keel, Director

In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on House Bill No.
1662 (Relating to the powers and duties of the Department of
Protective and Regulatory Services; providing penalties.) this
office has determined the following:

This bill would create a new chapter in the Human Resources Code
to provide for the powers and duties of the Department of
Protective and Regulatory Services.

The department currently operates under the provisions of Article
4413(503), Vernon's Revised Civil Statutes.  This bill would
transfer the department's enabling legislation from the Civil
Statutes to the Human Resources Code, and add various other
provisions to the new chapter.


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




Source:   Health and Human Services Commission, Department of
Protective and Regulatory Services,
                         Texas Department of Mental Health and
Mental Retardation
          LBB Staff: JK, NM, DF