LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                                   Austin, Texas
         
                                   FISCAL NOTE
                               75th Regular Session
         
                                  May 2, 1997
         
         
      TO: Honorable Hugo Berlanga, Chair            IN RE:  House Bill No. 1514, Committee Report 1st House, as amended
          Committee on Public Health                              By: Thompson
          House
          Austin, Texas
         
         
         
         
         FROM:  John Keel, Director    
         
In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on HB1514 ( Relating 
to county support of paupers.) this office has detemined the 
following:
         
         Biennial Net Impact to General Revenue Funds by HB1514-Committee Report 1st House, as amended
         
No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
         

         
 
          
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government 
is anticipated.  Although a county would be authorized to establish 
a claim and lien against the estate of an indigent person who 
has received medical assistance from the county, the county 
would not be able to enforce a claim or lien if the person has 
a surviving spouse, dependent, or a surviving child with a disability. 
 It is unlikely that significant amounts would be recouped through 
this provision.
          
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                      LBB Staff:   JK ,BB