LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session April 16, 2001 TO: Honorable Paul Sadler, Chair, House Committee on Public Education FROM: John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE: HB796 by Najera (Relating to the prevention of diabetes by improving the health of certain public school students.), As Introduced ************************************************************************** * No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. * ************************************************************************** Local Government Impact The bill requires school districts to provide the diabetes education program adopted by the State Board of Education as part of the district's health education curriculum. It is not known how many districts have already implemented the currently adopted program, but districts can obtain the program for a fee of $200 from the Texas Department of Health. Source Agencies: 501 Texas Department of Health, 701 Texas Education Agency LBB Staff: JK, CT, PF, JM