LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                                   Austin, Texas
         
                                   FISCAL NOTE
                               75th Regular Session
         
                                  February 10, 1997
         
         
      TO: Honorable Judith Zaffirini, Chair            IN RE:  Senate Bill No. 273
          Committee on Health & Human Services                              By: Zaffirini
          Senate
          Austin, Texas
         
         
         
         
         FROM:  John Keel, Director    
         
In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on SB273 ( Relating 
to development of a statewide consumer guide for senior citizens.) 
this office has detemined the following:
         
         Biennial Net Impact to General Revenue Funds by SB273-As Introduced
         
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

This 
bill requires the Comptroller's office to develop and update 
a statewide consumer guide for senior citizens and to make it 
available in print, electronic format, and through the Internet. 
 The Comptroller's office estimates that the development, publication, 
and dissemination of the guide will have no significant fiscal 
impact on its budget.  To assist the Comptroller in performing 
this duty, section 1 of the bill creates an interagency work 
group composed of representatives from the Comptroller's office, 
the Texas Department on Aging, the Department of Human Services, 
the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs, and the 
University of Texas at Austin.  The entities whose representatives 
are members of the work group must also assist the Comptroller 
in developing and updating the guide by taking all action necessary. 
 The Health and Human Services Commission may shift resources 
between health and human services agencies to facilitate the 
development of the guide.
     
Section 2 of the bill requires 
the Department on Aging to assist the Comptroller in developing 
and updating the guide by requiring area agencies on aging to 
identify the allocation of agency resources dedicated to supporting 
the development and updating of the guide.  Area agencies on 
aging already routinely compile the information which will be 
used in the guide. In addition, this section requires the Department 
on Aging to adopt standard formats to be used in listing service 
providers in the guide.
         

         
 
          
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
          
   Source:            Agencies:   720   University of Texas System Administration
                                         529   Health and Human Services Commission
                                         332   Department of Housing and Community Affairs
                                         324   Department of Human Services
                                         304   Comptroller of Public Accounts
                                         340   Department on Aging
                                         
                      LBB Staff:   JK ,BB ,PP