LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 76th Regular Session
  
                                May 5, 1999
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Jane Nelson, Chair, Senate Committee on Health
               Services
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  SB941  by Armbrister (Relating to the authority of mental
               health providers to form certain jointly owned entities),
               Committee Report 1st 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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Local Government Impact
  
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   324   Department of Human Services, 501   Department
                   of Health, 503   Board of Medical Examiners, 512
                   Texas State Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners,
                   520   Board of Examiners of Psychologists, 655
                   Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental
                   Retardation
LBB Staff:         JK, TP