LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                                   Austin, Texas
         
                                   FISCAL NOTE
                               75th Regular Session
         
                                  April 14, 1997
         
         
      TO: Honorable Hugo Berlanga, Chair            IN RE:  House Bill No. 179, Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
          Committee on Public Health                              By: Maxey
          House
          Austin, Texas
         
         
         
         
         FROM:  John Keel, Director    
         
In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on HB179 ( Relating 
to the employment of a dentist by a nonprofit health organization 
that primarily provides services to individuals who have AIDS 
or the human immunodeficiency virus.) this office has detemined 
the following:
         
         Biennial Net Impact to General Revenue Funds by HB179-Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
         
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. 
 It is likely that any additional activity associated with this 
bill for the State Board of Dental Examiners could be absorbed 
within existing resources.  No significant additional revenue 
generation is likely as the Board does not currently charge 
fees to certify charitable organizations to contract with or 
employ dentists.
         

         
 
The bill would make no appropriation but could provide the legal 
basis for an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions 
of the bill.
          
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
          
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                      LBB Staff:   JK ,BB