LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                            February 18, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Mike Moncrief, Chair, Senate Committee on
               Health & Human Services
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  SB66  by Moncrief (Relating to the creation and operation
               of a telemedicine pilot program to provide certain
               workers' compensation medical benefits.), As Introduced
  
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*  No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.        *
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The bill would create a telemedicine pilot project within the workers'
compensation system in Texas.
  
Local Government Impact
  
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   453   Texas Workers' Compensation Commission, 503
                   Texas State Board of Medical Examiners, 478
                   Research and Oversight Council on Workers'
                   Compensation
LBB Staff:         JK, HD, KM