LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE
74th Regular Session
March 31, 1995
TO: Honorable Bill Ratliff, Chair IN RE: Committee Substitute
Committee on Education for
Senate SenateBill
Austin, Texas No. 1280
FROM: John Keel, Director
In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on Senate Bill No.
1280 (Relating to the creation of statewide preceptorship
programs in general internal medicine and general pediatrics and
the expansion of primary care residency positions) this office
has determined the following:
The bill would create a statewide preceptorship program in
general internal medicine and general pediatrics; establish the
Primary Care Residency Advisory Committee to review applications
for approval and funding of primary care training program
expansion; and expand primary care residency positions.
The following assumptions are included in the amounts below.
Preceptorship Program: an estimated 800 students (400 students
per program ) would be supported annually in both programs.
Costs are estimated at $600,000 per year for recipient stipends,
travel expenses, program administration, and provider expenses.
Primary Care Residency Program Expansion: approximately 150 new
positions would be created and phased in over a five-year period
at a rate of 30 new first-year positions per year. Continued
postgraduate positions for the second and third year of training
(as well as postgraduate year four for obstetrics and gynecology
residents) would be funded.
The probable fiscal implication of implementing the provisions of
the bill during each of the first five years following passage
is estimated as follows:
Fiscal Probable Cost Out
Year of General
Revenue Fund 001
1996 $1,050,000
1997 1,950,000
1998 2,625,000
1999 3,300,000
2000 3,323,000
Similar annual fiscal implications would continue as long as the
provisions of the bill are in effect.
No fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.
Source: Higher Education Coordinating Board
LBB Staff: JK, DB, WRR