LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                                   Austin, Texas
         
                                   FISCAL NOTE
                               75th Regular Session
         
                                  March 3, 1997
         
         
      TO: Honorable Judith Zaffirini, Chair            IN RE:  Senate Bill No. 262
          Committee on Health & Human Services                              By: Sibley
          Senate
          Austin, Texas
         
         
         
         
         FROM:  John Keel, Director    
         
In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on SB262 ( Relating 
to employment in a nursing home or other facility serving the 
elderly or disabled.) this office has detemined the following:
         
         Biennial Net Impact to General Revenue Funds by SB262-As Introduced
         
No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
         
The bill would amend Chapter 250 of the Health and Safety Code 
by amending Section 250.006.  The bill would add several offenses 
to the list of convictions which bar employment by a nursing 
facility, including:  sexual assault; aggravated assault; injury 
to a child, elderly individual or disabled individual; abandoning 
or endangering a child; and aiding suicide. 

         
 
          

No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
          
   Source:            Agencies:   324   Department of Human Services
                                         
                      LBB Staff:   JK ,BB ,PP