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:  SB122  by Nelson (relating to automated external
               defibrillator devices), Committee Report 2nd House,
               Substituted
  
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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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The bill would require the Department of Health to approve or give
training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of the automated
external defibrillator and to adopt rules establishing the minimum
requirements for the training.  It is assumed that these provisions can
be implemented by the department within existing resources.
  
Local Government Impact
  
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   501   Department of Health
LBB Staff:         JK, TP, KF