LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 76th Regular Session
  
                                May 5, 1999
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Patricia Gray, Chair, House Committee on Public
               Health
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  SB358  by Madla (Relating to the continuation and
               functions of the Texas Department of Mental Health and
               Mental Retardation.), As Engrossed
  
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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 amend Section 532.002, Health and Safety Code, to continue
the Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation for twelve years,
and to set the date for the next Sunset review as September 1, 2011.
  
Local Government Impact
  
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   517   Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse, 655
                   Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental
                   Retardation
LBB Staff:         JK, TP, MG