LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                          Austin, Texas

                           FISCAL NOTE
                       74th Regular Session

                          March 29, 1995



 TO:     Honorable Don Henderson, Chair         IN RE:  Senate Bill No. 514
         Committee on Jurisprudence                     By: Harris, Chris
         Senate
         Austin, Texas






FROM: John Keel, Director

In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on Senate Bill No.
514 (relating to the availability of health insurance for certain
children the subject of a child support order) 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. 

The bill would amend Section 14.061 of the Family Code to provide
that a court, in determining the manner in which health insurance
for a child is to be provided, shall consider if health insurance
is "accessible" to the child through an obligor's or obligee's
employment or membership in a union, trade association, or other
organization, or "accessible" to the child from another source. 
The bill encourages the Commissioner of Insurance to attempt to
create a pool for health insurance from which a child may obtain
health care coverage if a person does not comply with a court
order under this section or the person chooses to purchase health
insurance from the pool.

The bill would require additional staffing as well as programming
changes to the Child Support Division automated system.


No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The fiscal implication to units of local government cannot be
determined.    




 Source:  Office of the Attorney General, Department of Insurance
          LBB Staff: JK, JC, RR