LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                                   Austin, Texas
         
                                   FISCAL NOTE
                               75th Regular Session
         
                                  April 24, 1997
         
         
      TO: Honorable Kenneth Armbrister, Chair            IN RE:  Senate Bill No. 14
          Committee on State Affairs                              By: Harris
          Senate
          Austin, Texas
         
         
         
         
         FROM:  John Keel, Director    
         
In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on SB14 ( Relating 
to long-term care for public employees.) this office has detemined 
the following:
         
         Biennial Net Impact to General Revenue Funds by SB14-As Introduced
         
No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
         

         
 
This bill establishes the Public Employees Long-Term Care Board 
to offer long-term care insurance plans to the members, annuitants, 
and the spouses, children, parents, and spouses  parents of 
members and annuitants of any retirement system administered 
by the State or a political subdivision of the State.  The full 
cost of enrollment would be paid by the enrollees so there would 
be no fiscal implication to the state.  The bill does not address 
how start-up costs would be funded.
          
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
          
   Source:            Agencies:   327   Employees Retirement System
                                         454   Department of Insurance
                                         304   Comptroller of Public Accounts
                                         
                      LBB Staff:   JK ,JD ,SC