LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE
75th Regular Session
April 29, 1997
TO: Honorable Hugo Berlanga, Chair IN RE: House Bill No. 935, Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
Committee on Public Health By: Maxey/et al.
House
Austin, Texas
FROM: John Keel, Director
In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on HB935 ( Relating
to public access to certain information pertaining to medical
practitioners.) this office has detemined the following:
Biennial Net Impact to General Revenue Funds by HB935-Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
Implementing the provisions of the bill would result in a net
negative impact of $(299,069) to General Revenue Related Funds
through the biennium ending August 31, 1999.
Fiscal Analysis
The bill would amend the Medical Practice Act by requiring the
Board of Medical Examiners (BME) to create a professional profile
of licensed physicians. This profile would be updated annually;
would be available to the public; and would be more comprehensive
than the profile currently maintained by the BME. The BME would
adopt rules necessary to implement the provisions of the bill.
Methodolgy
The bill would increase the workload related to collecting additional
information from the physicians, subsequent verification of
information, annual profile updates, and requests for information
by consumers and physicians. Such increases in workload would
require 5 FTEs for the development of the profile in the first
year and 2 FTEs for maintenance of the profile in subsequent
years. The physician profile would also require $128,653 in
computer hardware and software upgrades in the first year sufficient
to meet the number and size of the profiles.
The probable fiscal implications of implementing the provisions
of the bill during each of the first five years following passage
is estimated as follows:
Five Year Impact:
Fiscal Year Probable Change in Number
Savings/(Cost) of State
from General Employees from
Revenue Fund FY 1997
0001
1998 ($256,367) 5.0
1998 (42,702) 2.0
2000 (42,702) 2.0
2001 (42,702) 2.0
2002 (42,702) 2.0
Net Impact on General Revenue Related Funds:
The probable fiscal implication to General Revenue related funds
during each of the first five years is estimated as follows:
Fiscal Year Probable Net Postive/(Negative)
General Revenue Related Funds
Funds
1998 ($256,367)
1999 (42,702)
2000 (42,702)
2001 (42,702)
2002 (42,702)
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: Agencies:
503 Board of Medical Examiners
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