LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
 
FISCAL NOTE, 81ST LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
 
March 16, 2009

TO:
Honorable Lois W. Kolkhorst, Chair, House Committee on Public Health
 
FROM:
John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
 
IN RE:
HB2330 by Guillen (Relating to laboratory tests measuring kidney function.), As Introduced

No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill specifies that any laboratory that performs a serum creatinine test on a sample from a person 18 years of age or older shall also calculate and include in the reported results the person’s estimated glomerular filtration rate. The Department of State Health Services does not anticipate any fiscal impact associated with the bill.

Local Government Impact

No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.


Source Agencies:
537 State Health Services, Department of
LBB Staff:
JOB, CL, JF, LR