LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 76th Regular Session
April 18, 1999
TO: Honorable Patricia Gray, Chair, House Committee on Public
Health
FROM: John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: SB95 by Moncrief (relating to studies and strategic plans
concerning the delivery of long-term care, community
services, and certain health services), Committee Report
2nd House, as amended
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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 require studies and strategic plans for the delivery of
long-term care, community services and other health services. The bill
would also direct the Texas Rehabilitation Commission to form a work
group on brain injury rehabilitation services which would include
representatives of the developers and providers of brain injury
rehabilitation facilities and consumers of brain injury services.
Reimbursement for travel and other expenses of the work group would
require authority in the General Appropriations Act.
Local Government Impact
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.
Source Agencies: 318 Commission For The Blind, 324 Dept Of Human
Services, 330 Rehabilitation Commission, 332 Dept
Housing-Comm Affairs, 335 Comm - Deaf/Hear
Impaired, 340 Department On Aging, 501
Department Of Health, 529 Hlth & Human Svcs Comm,
530 Protective & Regulat Svcs, 655 MHMR, 781
Higher Education Coord Bd, 320 Workforce
Commission
LBB Staff: JK, BB, TP, AZ