LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 76th Regular Session
  
                              April 13, 1999
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Jane Nelson, Chair, Senate Committee on Health
               Services
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  SB539  by Moncrief (Relating to the transportation of
               certain persons requiring treatment for mental illness.),
               As Introduced
  
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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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Local Government Impact
  
The bill could result in increased costs to counties, depending on the
number of patients for which a county would be required to provide
transportation (or reimbursement for such transportation) and on the
number of patients requiring medical assistance for which appropriate
medical personnel would need to be provided during transport.
  
  
Source Agencies:   655   Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental
                   Retardation, 212   Office of Court Administration
LBB Staff:         JK, TP, MG