LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 76th Regular Session
  
                              April 19, 1999
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Patricia Gray, Chair, House Committee on Public
               Health
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB1270  by Lewis, Glenn (relating to surrogate
               decision-making for an adult patient in a hospital or
               nursing home), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
  
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*  No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.        *
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*  The bill would make no appropriation but could provide the legal      *
*  basis for an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions of    *
*  the bill.                                                             *
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Local Government Impact
  
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   501   Department of Health, 324   Department of Human
                   Services
LBB Staff:         JK, TH, KF