LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 83RD LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

May 15, 2013

TO:	Honorable Dan Patrick, Chair, Senate Committee on Education
FROM:	Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB2483 by Alvarado (Relating to including oral health education as part of the coordinated health program for public elementary, middle, and junior high school students.), As Engrossed

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would require that the coordinated health programs made available to school districts by the Texas Education Agency (TEA) address oral health and oral disease prevention.

The TEA would need to ensure that the coordinated health programs that the agency selected to make available for districts addressed oral health. Based on the analysis of TEA, costs to implement the provisions of the bill are not anticipated to be significant.

Local Government Impact

If a district's current coordinated school health curriculum did not address oral health, the district would incur a cost to purchase a new curriculum or supplementary curriculum.

Source Agencies:

701 Central Education Agency

LBB Staff:

UP, JBi, JSc