LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 87TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

April 13, 2021

TO:	Honorable Brandon Creighton, Chair, Senate Committee on Higher Education
FROM:	Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	SB1521 by Zaffirini (Relating to creating a mental health task force to study mental health services provided at institutions of higher education.), As Introduced

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would establish the Collaborative Task Force on Higher Education Mental Health Services to study and evaluate mental health services at institutions of higher education. It is assumed that any costs associated with the bill could be absorbed within existing resources.

Local Government Impact

No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

Source Agencies:

710 Texas A&M Univ System Admin, 720 UT Sys Admin, 758 Texas State University System, 768 Texas Tech Univ Sys Admin, 781 Higher Education Coordinating Board, 783 Univ of Houston Sys Admin

LBB Staff:

JMc, LBO, JSM, GO