LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 82ND LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

April 6, 2011

TO:	Honorable Jane Nelson, Chair, Senate Committee on Health & Human Services
FROM:	John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	SB1177 by Nelson (Relating to health care facilities’ adoption of a policy on vaccine preventable diseases; imposing penalties.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted

No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would add a new chapter to the Health and Safety Code that would require health care facilities to develop and implement policies related to employee immunizations, in order to protect patients from vaccine-preventable diseases.  It would permit exemptions for medical reasons and reasons of conscience; facilities would be authorized to prohibit those employees from contact with patients during a public health disaster. The bill would take effect September 1, 2011.

The Department of State Health Services indicates that implementation of the provisions of the bill would have no fiscal impact.

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, MB, VJC, NB