LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 79TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

April 4, 2005

TO:	Honorable Dianne White Delisi, Chair, House Committee on Public Health
FROM:	John S. O'Brien, Deputy Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB1604 by Keffer, Bill (Relating to the period in which a birth certificate must be filed or a birth reported. ), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill amends Section 192.003, Health and Safety Code, to specify that a parent may request, based upon religious beliefs, to delay the filing of a birth certificate until the child is named. The bill would require the birth certificate to be filed not later than fifteen days after the child's birth.

Local Government Impact

No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

Source Agencies:

537 Department of State Health Services

LBB Staff:

JOB, CL, PP, LW