LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                                   Austin, Texas
         
                                   FISCAL NOTE
                               75th Regular Session
         
                                  March 23, 1997
         
         
      TO: Honorable Harvey Hilderbran, Chair            IN RE:  House Bill No. 1596
          Committee on Human Services                              By: Hochberg
          House
          Austin, Texas
         
         
         
         
         FROM:  John Keel, Director    
         
In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on HB1596 ( Relating 
to unlicensed personal care facilities.) this office has detemined 
the following:
         
         Biennial Net Impact to General Revenue Funds by HB1596-As Introduced
         
No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
         

         
 
          
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government 
is anticipated.  The bill would allow municipalities to prohibit 
the establishment or operation of unlicensed personal care facilities. 
 It would also allow municipalities to establish a procedure 
for the emergency closure of an unlicensed personal care facility 
when there is an immediate threat to the health and safety of 
a resident.  There could be some additional costs for municipalities 
that choose to implement these provisions but these costs could 
probably be absorbed.
          
   Source:            Agencies:   324   Department of Human Services
                                         
                      LBB Staff:   JK ,BB ,NM