LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                                   Austin, Texas
         
                                   FISCAL NOTE
                               75th Regular Session
         
                                  May 6, 1997
         
         
      TO: Honorable Hugo Berlanga, Chair            IN RE:  Senate Bill No. 1699, As Engrossed
          Committee on Public Health                              By: Cain
          House
          Austin, Texas
         
         
         
         
         FROM:  John Keel, Director    
         
In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on SB1699 ( Relating 
to the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners and the licensure 
of physicians; providing penalties.) this office has detemined 
the following:
         
         Biennial Net Impact to General Revenue Funds by SB1699-As Engrossed
         
No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. 
         
The bill would restructure and consolidate sections of the Medical 
Practice Act but would not substantively change the content. 
 Implementation of the bill would require some minor changes 
to the licensing rules and procedures of the Board of Medical 
Examiners (BME); however, these changes would not require additional 
funds.
         
 
          
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
          
   Source:            Agencies:   360   State Office of Administrative Hearings
                                         503   Board of Medical Examiners
                                         304   Comptroller of Public Accounts
                                         
                      LBB Staff:   JK ,BB ,AC