Honorable Myra Crownover, Chair, House Committee on Public Health
FROM:
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
HB2131 by Davis, Sarah (Relating to the designation of centers of excellence to achieve healthy fetal outcomes in this state.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would amend Chapter 32 of the Health and Safety Code to require the Department of State Health Services (DSHS) to designate health care entities meeting certain criteria as centers of excellence for fetal diagnosis and therapy. The bill would require the Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) to adopt rules establishing the criteria. The bill would require that HHSC appoint the Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy Advisory Council to advise DSHS on the designation of health care entities. Based on the LBB's analysis of HHSC and DSHS, duties and responsibilities associated with the implementation of the bill could be reasonably absorbed within existing resources.
Local Government Impact
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies:
529 Health and Human Services Commission, 537 State Health Services, Department of