LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 76th Regular Session
                                Revision 1
  
                              March 1, 1999
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Jane Nelson, Chair, Senate Committee on Health
               Services
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  SB93  by Moncrief (Relating to the regulation of assisted
               living facilities and requiring disclosures by certain
               other facilities serving persons who are elderly or
               disabled), 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 establish some new responsibilities, but they could be
absorbed within existing resources.  The bill would result in a small
increase in revenue, which would be deposited into a new, dedicated
Assisted Living Account in the General Revenue Fund.
  
Local Government Impact
  
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   
LBB Staff:         JK, TP, PP