LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 81ST LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

March 15, 2009

TO:	Honorable Jane Nelson, Chair, Senate Committee on Health & Human Services
FROM:	John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	SB346 by Nelson (Relating to information submitted to and maintained in the immunization registry after an individual becomes an adult.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill provides that an individual is allowed to maintain their immunization records in the Department of State Health Services (DSHS) immunization registry (ImmTrac) beyond the individual’s 18th birthday.

 

The bill will take effect September 1, 2009.

 

The bill also requires the Department of State Health Services (DSHS) to develop and maintain a separate database to retain certain immunization information and to develop educational information for health care providers relating to the immunization registry and the option for adults to consent to submission and retention of information in the registry.

 

It is assumed that any cost associated with the activities required under the bill can be absorbed within existing agency resources.

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