LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 80TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

April 22, 2007

TO:	Honorable Dianne White Delisi, Chair, House Committee on Public Health
FROM:	John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB2132 by Straus (Relating to the creation of a diabetes mellitus registry pilot program.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would require the Department of State Health Services (DSHS) with a public health district to develop and implement a pilot program to create and maintain a diabetes mellitus registry. According to the bill, the participating public health district would be solely responsible for the costs of the pilot program. Thus, it is assumed there would not be a significant fiscal impact to the state.

The bill would require clinical laboratories in the participating health district to submit certain test results to the district and DSHS. The bill would specify requirements for DSHS and the district for tracking test results. The bill would require DSHS to issue a report on the pilot program, which would expire September 1, 2010.

The bill would require the Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) to adopt rules to implement provisions of the bill. It is assumed rules could be adopted using existing resources of HHSC.

Local Government Impact

Because the bill would not have statewide impact on units of local government of the same type or class, no comment from this office is required by the rules of the House as to its probable fiscal implication on units of local government.

Source Agencies:

537 State Health Services, Department of

LBB Staff:

JOB, KJG, CL, PP, SSt