LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 80TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

April 28, 2007

TO:	Honorable Harold V. Dutton, Jr., Chair, House Committee on Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
FROM:	John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB1113 by Turner (Relating to prohibitions on and reporting research on children within the juvenile probation system.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would amend Human Resources Code, Chapter 141, Subchapter C to restrict the Juvenile Probation Commission from permitting medical, pharmaceutical, or cosmetic research to be conducted on a child in the juvenile probation system. This bill would not affect survey research or retrospective studies based solely on medical records, claims data or outcome data. The Juvenile Probation Commission (JPC) would be required to maintain records relating to youth in the probation system that participated in research programs or studies. JPC would be required to regularly submit a report of the information in the records to the governor and the legislature. JPC anticipates the bill would have no significant fiscal impact to the State.

Local Government Impact

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

Source Agencies:

665 Juvenile Probation Commission

LBB Staff:

JOB, MN, GG, AI