LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                                May 1, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Steven Wolens, Chair, House Committee on State
               Affairs
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB3154  by Capelo (Relating to the establishment of an
               asthma and allergy research advisory committee in the
               Texas Department of Health.), 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 require the Commissioner of Public Health to establish an
asthma and allergy research advisory committee.  The bill would allow
reimbursement for reasonable and necessary travel expenses incurred by
the members of the asthma and allergy research advisory committee while
conducting the business of the committee.  Travel expenses incurred by
members of the advisory committee would only be reimbursed if the General
Appropriations Act authorized reimbursement.

The Department of Health indicates that all costs the agency would incur
in implementing the provisions of the bill, such as providing a
facilitator for the advisory committee meetings and reimbursement for
travel expenses for members of the advisory committee, could be absorbed
within the agency's existing resources.
  
Local Government Impact
  
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   501   Texas Department of Health
LBB Staff:         JK, RB, RM