LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 86TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

April 16, 2019

TO:	Honorable Brandon Creighton, Chair, Senate Committee on Higher Education
FROM:	John McGeady, Assistant Director     Sarah Keyton, Assistant Director Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	SB2011 by Buckingham (Relating to a study and report regarding streamlining physician licensing requirements for nurses.), As Introduced

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would require the Higher Education Coordinating Board to collaborate with at least one institution of higher education, the Texas Medical Board, the Texas Board of Nursing to conduct a study regarding the feasibility of developing a pilot program to streamline physician licensing requirements for nurses. This analysis assumes that any costs to implement the provisions of the bill could be absorbed within current resources.

Local Government Impact

No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

Source Agencies:

503 Texas Medical Board, 507 Texas Board of Nursing, 710 Texas A&M University System Administrative and General Offices, 720 The University of Texas System Administration, 758 Texas State University System, 768 Texas Tech University System Administration, 769 University of North Texas System Administration, 781 Higher Education Coordinating Board, 783 University of Houston System Administration

LBB Staff:

WP, JGAn, DEH, GO, DFR