LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 79TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

May 3, 2005

TO:	Honorable Dianne White Delisi, Chair, House Committee on Public Health
FROM:	John S. O'Brien, Deputy Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB3102 by McReynolds (Relating to the employment recruitment and retention of physicians by rural hospitals.), As Introduced

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would add these entities to the list of health organizations that the Board of Medical Examiners would be required to certify to contract with or employ physicians licensed by the board: a hospital located in a county with a population of 50,000 or less; a hospital designated as a critical access hospital under the authority of and in compliance with 42 U.S.C. Section 1395i-4; or a sole community hospital under the authority of and in compliance with 42 U.S.C. Section 1395ww(d)(5)(D)(iii).

The bill would take effect September 1, 2005.

It is anticipated that any costs incurred by the Board of Medical Examiners for implementing provisions of the bill could be absorbed within existing resources.

Local Government Impact

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

Source Agencies:

503 Board of Medical Examiners

LBB Staff:

JOB, CL, DLBa