LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                                May 7, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Mike Moncrief, Chair, Senate Committee on
               Health & Human Services
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB3043  by Luna, Vilma (Relating to prevention and
               detection of fraud in hospital district funded indigent
               health care programs.), As Engrossed
  
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*  No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.                    *
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The provisions of the bill would authorize a hospital district to adopt
reasonable procedures for minimizing and detecting fraud and for
conducting administrative hearings, including an appeals process, on
disqualifying persons from receiving indigent care.
  
Local Government Impact
  
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   501   Texas Department of Health
LBB Staff:         JK, HD, DB