LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 83RD LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION April 22, 2013 TO: Honorable Dan Branch, Chair, House Committee on Higher Education FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:HB2099 by Guillen (relating to improving access to nursing education programs.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. The bill would implement some of the recommendations in the report, "Maximize the Capacity of Nursing Education Programs to Reduce the Shortage of Nurses in Texas," in the Legislative Budget Board's Government Effectiveness and Efficiency Report submitted to the Eighty-Third Texas Legislature, 2013. The bill would amend the Education Code to require the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to determine whether the adoption of an electronic common admision application form for use by a person seeking admission to an undergraduate nursing education program would be cost-effective. If it is determined to be cost-effective, the Board would be required to adopt such an electronic form by rule with input from representatives of undergraduate nursing education programs. The adopted electronic form would also include information regarding any available nursing scholarship opportunities offered by institutions of higher education. Based on the LBB's analysis of responses from each public university system and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, it is assumed that the duties and responsibilities associated with implementing the bill could be accomplished within existing resources. Local Government Impact No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated. Source Agencies:710 Texas A&M University System Administrative and General Offices, 768 Texas Tech University System Administration, 720 The University of Texas System Administration, 758 Texas State University System, 769 University of North Texas System Administration, 781 Higher Education Coordinating Board, 783 University of Houston System Administration LBB Staff: UP, SDE, KK, JI
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 83RD LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
April 22, 2013
TO: Honorable Dan Branch, Chair, House Committee on Higher Education FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:HB2099 by Guillen (relating to improving access to nursing education programs.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
TO: Honorable Dan Branch, Chair, House Committee on Higher Education
FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: HB2099 by Guillen (relating to improving access to nursing education programs.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
Honorable Dan Branch, Chair, House Committee on Higher Education
Honorable Dan Branch, Chair, House Committee on Higher Education
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
HB2099 by Guillen (relating to improving access to nursing education programs.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
HB2099 by Guillen (relating to improving access to nursing education programs.), 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 implement some of the recommendations in the report, "Maximize the Capacity of Nursing Education Programs to Reduce the Shortage of Nurses in Texas," in the Legislative Budget Board's Government Effectiveness and Efficiency Report submitted to the Eighty-Third Texas Legislature, 2013. The bill would amend the Education Code to require the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to determine whether the adoption of an electronic common admision application form for use by a person seeking admission to an undergraduate nursing education program would be cost-effective. If it is determined to be cost-effective, the Board would be required to adopt such an electronic form by rule with input from representatives of undergraduate nursing education programs. The adopted electronic form would also include information regarding any available nursing scholarship opportunities offered by institutions of higher education. Based on the LBB's analysis of responses from each public university system and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, it is assumed that the duties and responsibilities associated with implementing the bill could be accomplished within existing resources.
The bill would implement some of the recommendations in the report, "Maximize the Capacity of Nursing Education Programs to Reduce the Shortage of Nurses in Texas," in the Legislative Budget Board's Government Effectiveness and Efficiency Report submitted to the Eighty-Third Texas Legislature, 2013.
The bill would amend the Education Code to require the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to determine whether the adoption of an electronic common admision application form for use by a person seeking admission to an undergraduate nursing education program would be cost-effective. If it is determined to be cost-effective, the Board would be required to adopt such an electronic form by rule with input from representatives of undergraduate nursing education programs. The adopted electronic form would also include information regarding any available nursing scholarship opportunities offered by institutions of higher education.
Based on the LBB's analysis of responses from each public university system and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, it is assumed that the duties and responsibilities associated with implementing the bill could be accomplished within existing resources.
Local Government Impact
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies: 710 Texas A&M University System Administrative and General Offices, 768 Texas Tech University System Administration, 720 The University of Texas System Administration, 758 Texas State University System, 769 University of North Texas System Administration, 781 Higher Education Coordinating Board, 783 University of Houston System Administration
710 Texas A&M University System Administrative and General Offices, 768 Texas Tech University System Administration, 720 The University of Texas System Administration, 758 Texas State University System, 769 University of North Texas System Administration, 781 Higher Education Coordinating Board, 783 University of Houston System Administration
LBB Staff: UP, SDE, KK, JI
UP, SDE, KK, JI