LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                              April 17, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Patricia Gray, Chair, House Committee on Public
               Health
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB2004  by Maxey (Relating to the medication a patient
               receives after being furloughed or discharged from
               inpatient mental health services.), Committee Report 1st
               House, Substituted
  
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*  No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.        *
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The bill would amend Section 574, Court-Ordered Mental Health Services of
the Health and Safety Code by adding to the continuing care plan before
furlough or discharge the requirement that the plan address the
patient's mental health and physical needs by including a plan for the
patient to acquire sufficient medication to last until the patient can
see a physician, if appropriate.
  
Local Government Impact
  
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   655   TX Dept. of Mental Health & Mental Retardation
LBB Staff:         JK, HD, MB, DW