LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                                   Austin, Texas
         
                                   FISCAL NOTE
                               75th Regular Session
         
                                  April 8, 1997
         
         
      TO: Honorable Senfronia Thompson, Chair            IN RE:  House Bill No. 2951
          Committee on Judicial Affairs                              By: Thompson
          House
          Austin, Texas
         
         
         
         
         FROM:  John Keel, Director    
         
In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on HB2951 ( Relating 
to the provision of inpatient mental health services to certain 
incapacitated persons.) this office has detemined the following:
         
         Biennial Net Impact to General Revenue Funds by HB2951-As Introduced
         
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. 

         

         
 
The bill would amend the Probate Code to allow guardians to 
admit their wards to a public or private-inpatient psychiatric 
facility on a voluntary basis.  The number of individuals affected 
is small and it is anticipated that the costs associated with 
the bill can be absorbed by the Texas Department of Mental Health 
and Mental Retardation.  
          
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government 
is anticipated.  The vast majority of courts would not have 
to hold additional hearings because the number of individuals 
impacted is small.  
          
   Source:            Agencies:   655   Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation
                                         
                      LBB Staff:   JK ,PE ,AC