LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session February 26, 2001 TO: Honorable Teel Bivins, Chair, Senate Committee on Education FROM: John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE: SB216 by Bernsen (Relating to grants from the telecommunications infrastructure fund for telemedicine services.), As Introduced ************************************************************************** * No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. * ************************************************************************** Broadening the definition of health facilities eligible for transportation infrastructure fund (TIF) funding to include for-profit entities would not represent any additional cost to the state. Rather, this bill would involve a redistribution of available TIF funds in the "qualifying entities" account, which currently funds grants to not-for-profit health facilities, institutions of higher education, libraries and collaborative consortia of eligible entities. To the extent that all grant funds in this account are awarded by the TIF Board, adding another set of eligible entities may reduce the number and/or amount of grants made to the current eligible entities. Local Government Impact No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated. Source Agencies: 367 Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund Board, 501 Texas Department of Health LBB Staff: JK, CT, JM