LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE 75th Regular Session April 30, 1997 TO: Honorable Hugo Berlanga, Chair IN RE: House Bill No. 3587 Committee on Public Health By: Hirschi House Austin, Texas FROM: John Keel, Director In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on HB3587 ( Relating to granting authority for certain County-Municipality Hospital Boards created under Section 265.031, Subtitle C, Title 4, Health and Safety Code to acquire, lease or manage other hospitals within the same county, in order to displace competition with regulation, maintain local control over health care and allow County-Municipality Hospital Boards to benefit from economies of scale.) this office has detemined the following: Biennial Net Impact to General Revenue Funds by HB3587-As Introduced No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated. Source: Agencies: 501 Department of Health LBB Staff: JK ,BB ,KF