LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                          Austin, Texas

                           FISCAL NOTE
                       74th Regular Session

                          April 2, 1995



 TO:     Honorable Hugo Berlanga, Chair         IN RE:  House Bill No. 1765
         Committee on Public Health                     By: King
         House of Representatives
         Austin, Texas






FROM: John Keel, Director

In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on House Bill No.
1765 (Relating to the regulation of the fitting and dispensing of
hearing instruments.) this office has determined the following:

The bill would make several modifications to the statute that
provides for the regulation of the fitting and dispensing of
hearing instruments.  These modifications include:  providing for
indirect supervision of a temporary permit holder, making changes
in the composition of the State Committee of Examiners in the
Fitting and Dispensing of Hearing Instruments, permitting the
committee to adopt reasonable and necessary fees to cover the
cost of administering the program, and making changes in the
definition of entities required to file bonds or sureties.


No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

No fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.


Source:   Department of Health
          LBB Staff: JK, KF, DF