LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 84TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION April 28, 2015 TO: Honorable Myra Crownover, Chair, House Committee on Public Health FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:HB3105 by Bonnen, Greg (Relating to the establishment of a multi-stakeholder advisory committee on health literacy.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. The bill would create the multi-stakeholder advisory committee on health literacy, charged with establishing a definition of health literacy, examining the impact of low health literacy on health care cost and quality outcomes, and developing policy recommendations and submitting a report to the Texas Institute of Health Care Quality and Efficiency. The bill would require the advisory committee to be composed of employees at the Health and Human Services Commission, the Department of Aging and Disability Services, the Department of State Health Services, the Employees Retirement System, the Teacher Retirement System, each system of higher education, and the Texas Department of Insurance. The bill would abolish the advisory committee on September 1, 2017. It is assumed that the provisions of the bill can be implemented within existing resources at each agency. Local Government Impact No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated. Source Agencies:323 Teacher Retirement System, 327 Employees Retirement System, 529 Health and Human Services Commission, 710 Texas A&M University System Administrative and General Offices, 720 The University of Texas System Administration LBB Staff: UP, CH, NB, LR LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 84TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION April 28, 2015 TO: Honorable Myra Crownover, Chair, House Committee on Public Health FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:HB3105 by Bonnen, Greg (Relating to the establishment of a multi-stakeholder advisory committee on health literacy.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted TO: Honorable Myra Crownover, Chair, House Committee on Public Health FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE: HB3105 by Bonnen, Greg (Relating to the establishment of a multi-stakeholder advisory committee on health literacy.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted Honorable Myra Crownover, Chair, House Committee on Public Health Honorable Myra Crownover, Chair, House Committee on Public Health Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board HB3105 by Bonnen, Greg (Relating to the establishment of a multi-stakeholder advisory committee on health literacy.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted HB3105 by Bonnen, Greg (Relating to the establishment of a multi-stakeholder advisory committee on health literacy.), 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 create the multi-stakeholder advisory committee on health literacy, charged with establishing a definition of health literacy, examining the impact of low health literacy on health care cost and quality outcomes, and developing policy recommendations and submitting a report to the Texas Institute of Health Care Quality and Efficiency. The bill would require the advisory committee to be composed of employees at the Health and Human Services Commission, the Department of Aging and Disability Services, the Department of State Health Services, the Employees Retirement System, the Teacher Retirement System, each system of higher education, and the Texas Department of Insurance. The bill would abolish the advisory committee on September 1, 2017. It is assumed that the provisions of the bill can be implemented within existing resources at each agency. Local Government Impact No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated. Source Agencies: 323 Teacher Retirement System, 327 Employees Retirement System, 529 Health and Human Services Commission, 710 Texas A&M University System Administrative and General Offices, 720 The University of Texas System Administration 323 Teacher Retirement System, 327 Employees Retirement System, 529 Health and Human Services Commission, 710 Texas A&M University System Administrative and General Offices, 720 The University of Texas System Administration LBB Staff: UP, CH, NB, LR UP, CH, NB, LR