LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 76th Regular Session
  
                              April 23, 1999
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Patricia Gray, Chair, House Committee on Public
               Health
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB3334  by McClendon (Relating to the study of barriers
               to the binational exchange of health information),
               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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The bill would authorize the Department of Health to appoint an advisory
committee.  Reimbursement for travel and related expenses for advisory
committee members would have to be authorized in the General
Appropriations Act.
  
Local Government Impact
  
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   501   Department of Health
LBB Staff:         JK, TP, DE, KF