| TO: | Honorable Judith Zaffirini, Chair, Senate Committee on Higher Education |
| FROM: | John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
| IN RE: | SB1179 by Patrick, Dan (Relating to requiring general academic teaching institutions to offer health benefit plans to students.), As Introduced |
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would require general academic institutions (or system offices, if applicable) to offer at least one "high deductible" health benefit plan to students.
The costs of implementing this bill could be absorbed within existing resources.
| Source Agencies: | 710 Texas A&M University System Administrative and General Offices, 720 The University of Texas System Administration, 758 Texas State University System, 769 University of North Texas System Administration, 781 Higher Education Coordinating Board
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| LBB Staff: | JOB, KK, RT, GO, JAW
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