LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 76th Regular Session
  
                              April 16, 1999
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Patricia Gray, Chair, House Committee on Public
               Health
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  SB94  by Moncrief (relating to home health services;
               providing administrative penalties), Committee Report 2nd
               House, as amended
  
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*  No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.        *
*                                                                        *
*  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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It is assumed that new responsibilities the bill would assign to state
agencies could be accomplished within existing resources.
  
Local Government Impact
  
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   324   Dept Of Human Services, 530   Protective &
                   Regulat Svcs, 501   Department Of Health, 696   Dept
                   Of Criminal Justice, 507   Board Of Nurse Examiners,
                   529   Hlth & Human Svcs Comm
LBB Staff:         JK, TH, TP, KF