TO: | Honorable Jane Nelson, Chair, Senate Committee on Health & Human Services |
FROM: | John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | SB1226 by Nelson (Relating to the allocation of kidneys available for transplant in this state.), As Introduced |
The bill would require the Department of Health to develop rules for the establishment of two patient pools and an organ sharing pool for the purpose of allocating kidneys for transplant in Texas, to the extent allowed by federal law.
The Department of Health indicates that the implementation of the provisions of the bill would have no significant fiscal impact on the agency or public health.
Source Agencies: | 501 Department of Health
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LBB Staff: | JK, EB, KF, RM
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