Honorable Lois W. Kolkhorst, Chair, Senate Committee on Health & Human Services
FROM:
John McGeady, Assistant Director Sarah Keyton, Assistant Director Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
HB3704 by Thompson, Senfronia (Relating to certain public health data maintained by the Department of State Health Services and shared with certain local health entities.), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would amend the Health and Safety Code to allow the Department of State Health Services (DSHS) to enter into an agreement with a local public health entity to provide the entity access to certain public health data maintained by DSHS. The bill would require DSHS to establish a review process for requests relating to access to public health data for human subject research purposes.
The bill would take effect September 1, 2019.
This analysis assumes the provisions of the bill can be implemented using existing resources.
Local Government Impact
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.