LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 76th Regular Session
  
                              April 21, 1999
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Jane Nelson, Chair, Senate Committee on Health
               Services
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  SB1525  by Madla (Relating to the practice of dietetics),
               Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
  
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*  No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.        *
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According to the Department of Health, the bill would result in small
gains to the General Revenue Fund, ($44,860 in year one to $18,751 in
2004).  Workload for implementing the provisions of the bill would be
absorbed 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, TH, ER