LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 76th Regular Session
  
                              April 27, 1999
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Judith Zaffirini, Chair, Senate Committee on
               Human Services
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  SB1591  by Zaffirini (Relating to implementing national
               standards for the electronic processing of health care
               and health payment information.), As Introduced
  
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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:   529   Health and Human Services Commission, 313
                   Department of Information Resources, 501   Department
                   of Health, 655   Texas Department of Mental Health
                   and Mental Retardation, 324   Department of Human
                   Services, 304   Comptroller of Public Accounts
LBB Staff:         JK, TP, AZ