LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                            February 18, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Patricia Gray, Chair, House Committee on Public
               Health
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB391  by Maxey (Relating to the provision of donor human
               milk to certain infants under the medical assistance
               program.), As Introduced
  
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*  No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.        *
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The bill would require the Department of Health to provide donor human
milk to a hospitalized infant for whom the milk is prescribed by a
physician in the Medical Assistance (Medicaid) program.
  
Local Government Impact
  
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   324   Texas Department of Human Services, 501   Texas
                   Department of Health
LBB Staff:         JK, HD, KF, ML