LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                          Austin, Texas

                           FISCAL NOTE
                       74th Regular Session

                          April 2, 1995



 TO:     Honorable Hugo Berlanga, Chair         IN RE:  House Bill No. 2174
         Committee on Public Health                     By: McDonald, Kamel
         House of Representatives
         Austin, Texas






FROM: John Keel, Director

In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on House Bill No.
2174 (Relating to out-of-hospital do-not-resuscitate orders;
providing penalties.; Relating to out-of-hospital do-not-
resuscitate orders; providing penalties.; Relating to out-of-
hospital do-not-resuscitate orders; providing penalties.;
Relating to out-of-hospital do-not-resuscitate orders; providing
penalties.) this office has determined the following:

The bill would create a mechanism for out-of-hospital do not
recuscitate orders.


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




Source:   Department of Health, Board of Medical Examiners
          LBB Staff: JK, KF, DF