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:
SB982 by Kolkhorst (Relating to awareness of and access to health care service programs available during a disaster or emergency.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would require the Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) to implement the provisions of the bill if the legislature appropriates money specifically for that purpose and if the legislature does not appropriate money specifically for that purpose, TDEM would be allowed to use other available appropriations to implement the provisions of the bill.
It is assumed that the provisions of the bill relating to the emergency plan could be absorbed using existing resources at TDEM and the Department of State Health Services.
Local Government Impact
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies:
405 Department of Public Safety, 537 State Health Services, Department of