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LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 87TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
March 30, 2021
TO:
Honorable Lois W. Kolkhorst, Chair, Senate Committee on Health & Human Services
FROM:
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
SB1397 by Hinojosa (Relating to establishing a coordinated system for the dispatch, triage, transport, and transfer of patients in certain trauma service area regional advisory councils; providing rulemaking authority.), As Introduced
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would require the Department of State Health Services (DSHS) to adopt rules that require a trauma service area regional advisory council located on the international border and with one county adjacent to the Gulf of Mexico to create an advisory committee to develop guidelines for patient transfer within the region. DSHS indicated that the provisions of the bill could be implemented within existing resources.
Local Government Impact
No significant fiscal impact to local governments is anticipated as the Lower Rio Grande Regional Advisory Council has indicated they are already performing the activities required by the bill.