LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                          Austin, Texas

                           FISCAL NOTE
                       74th Regular Session

                          March 26, 1995



 TO:     Honorable Hugo Berlanga, Chair         IN RE:  House Bill No. 2094
         Committee on Public Health                     By: Thompson
         House of Representatives
         Austin, Texas






FROM: John Keel, Director

In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on House Bill No.
2094 (Relating to voluntary inpatient mental health services for
certain persons.) this office has determined the following:

This bill would allow persons under age 16 who are or who have
been married to consent to voluntary inpatient mental health
services.  The parent, managing conservator, or guardian may
request admission only if the person to be admitted is younger
than 16 and has never been married.

There would be some training required for facilities and
community centers intake units, but the costs would not be
substantive.


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


Source:   Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental
Retardation
          LBB Staff: JK, GT, DF