LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 81ST LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION April 22, 2009 TO: Honorable Tommy Merritt, Chair, House Committee on Public Safety FROM: John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:HB4517 by Homer (Relating to a study on implementing a statewide electronic records system for the transmission of records relating to over-the-counter sales of ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, and norpseudoephedrine.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. The bill would amend the Health and Safety Code (Chapter 486) to require the Department of Public Safety (DPS), the Board of Pharmacy, and the Department of State Health Services (DSHS) to meet as an interagency council to conduct a study on the implementation of a statewide electronic records system for the transmission of records regarding over-the-counter sales of ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, and norpseudoephedrine. The bill would also require the interagency council to submit the results of the study to the legislature by December 1, 2010. The bill would take effect immediately if two-thirds of the members in both the House of Representatives and the Senate vote to approve this bill. If not, the bill would take effect on September 1, 2009.DPS, the Board of Pharmacy, and DSHS anticipate no significant fiscal impact to their agencies. Local Government Impact No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated. Source Agencies:405 Department of Public Safety, 515 Board of Pharmacy, 537 State Health Services, Department of LBB Staff: JOB, ESi, GG, LG
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 81ST LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
April 22, 2009
TO: Honorable Tommy Merritt, Chair, House Committee on Public Safety FROM: John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:HB4517 by Homer (Relating to a study on implementing a statewide electronic records system for the transmission of records relating to over-the-counter sales of ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, and norpseudoephedrine.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
TO: Honorable Tommy Merritt, Chair, House Committee on Public Safety
FROM: John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: HB4517 by Homer (Relating to a study on implementing a statewide electronic records system for the transmission of records relating to over-the-counter sales of ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, and norpseudoephedrine.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
Honorable Tommy Merritt, Chair, House Committee on Public Safety
Honorable Tommy Merritt, Chair, House Committee on Public Safety
John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
HB4517 by Homer (Relating to a study on implementing a statewide electronic records system for the transmission of records relating to over-the-counter sales of ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, and norpseudoephedrine.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
HB4517 by Homer (Relating to a study on implementing a statewide electronic records system for the transmission of records relating to over-the-counter sales of ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, and norpseudoephedrine.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would amend the Health and Safety Code (Chapter 486) to require the Department of Public Safety (DPS), the Board of Pharmacy, and the Department of State Health Services (DSHS) to meet as an interagency council to conduct a study on the implementation of a statewide electronic records system for the transmission of records regarding over-the-counter sales of ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, and norpseudoephedrine. The bill would also require the interagency council to submit the results of the study to the legislature by December 1, 2010. The bill would take effect immediately if two-thirds of the members in both the House of Representatives and the Senate vote to approve this bill. If not, the bill would take effect on September 1, 2009.DPS, the Board of Pharmacy, and DSHS anticipate no significant fiscal impact to their agencies.
Local Government Impact
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies: 405 Department of Public Safety, 515 Board of Pharmacy, 537 State Health Services, Department of
405 Department of Public Safety, 515 Board of Pharmacy, 537 State Health Services, Department of
LBB Staff: JOB, ESi, GG, LG
JOB, ESi, GG, LG