FISCAL NOTE, 85TH LEGISLATURE 1st CALLED SESSION - 2017
August 10, 2017
TO:
Honorable Byron Cook, Chair, House Committee on State Affairs
FROM:
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
SB11 by Perry (Relating to general procedures and requirements for certain do-not-resuscitate orders; creating a criminal offense.), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would amend the Health and Safety Code to limit the circumstances under which a do not resuscitate (DNR) order is considered valid in certain health care facility settings. The bill would require the Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) to adopt rules necessary to implement the provisions of the bill. The bill would take effect April 1, 2018. HHSC and the Texas Medical Board indicate that any costs associated with the bill could be absorbed within existing agency resources.
Local Government Impact
A Class A misdemeanor is punishable by a fine of not more than $4,000, confinement in jail for a term not to exceed one year, or both. Costs associated with enforcement, prosecution, and confinement could likely be absorbed within existing resources. Revenue gain from fines imposed and collected is not anticipated to have a significant fiscal implication.
Source Agencies:
503 Texas Medical Board, 529 Health and Human Services Commission