LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 82ND LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

April 7, 2011

TO:	Honorable Lois W. Kolkhorst, Chair, House Committee on Public Health
FROM:	John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	SB510 by Van de Putte (Relating to a voluntary statewide diabetes mellitus registry.), As Engrossed

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill codifies an existing pilot program in Bexar County in which the Department of State Health Services (DSHS) coordinates with the Bexar County public health district to create and maintain an electronic diabetes mellitus registry to track the glycosylated hemoglobin level of each person who has a laboratory test to determine that level at a clinical laboratory in the participating district. 

The bill requires DSHS to submit a legislative report regarding the diabetes mellitus registry not later than December 1st of each even-numbered year.  

DSHS anticipates that it can absorb all costs associated with the management of the memorandum of agreement with the participating public health district to establish roles and responsibilities, the development of the rules regarding the collection of the data, and the submission of the legislative report. 

Local Government Impact

The public health district that voluntarily chooses to participate would be solely responsible for the costs of establishing and administering the program in that district. It is assumed that the public health district would participate in the registry only if sufficient funds were available.

Source Agencies:

537 State Health Services, Department of

LBB Staff:

JOB, CL, MB, JF