LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE
74th Regular Session
May 10, 1995
TO: Honorable Ken Armbrister, Chair IN RE: Senate BillNo. 1703
Committee on State Affairs By: Armbrister
Senate
Austin, Texas
FROM: John Keel, Director
In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on Senate Bill No.
1703 (Relating to the licensing and regulation of the practice of
art therapy.) this office has determined the following:
The bill would make no appropriation but could provide the legal
basis for an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions
of the bill.
The bill would provide for the licensing and regulation of art
therapists. The bill would create a board, known as the Texas
State Board of Examiners of Licensed Art Therapists.
The bill would create a dedicated fund, in the state treasury, to
be known as the professional art therapists licensing fund. The
bill states that the board shall establish fees as reasonable and
necessary to produce sufficient, but not excess, revenues to
administer the act.
Costs below would include: staff to support the regulatory
board, expenditures for computer programming to set up and
maintain the licensee database, travel, equipment, and other
associated operating expenses. The Department of Health
estimates the number of potential licensees at 500.
The probable fiscal implication of implementing the provisions of
the bill during each of the first five years following passage
is estimated as follows:
Fiscal Probable Cost Out Probable Revenue Change in
Year of Professional Gain to Number of State
Art Therapists Professional Art Employees from
Licensing Fund Therapists FY 1995
Licensing Fund
1996 $214,571 $214,571 2.2
1997 121,147 121,147 2.2
1998 121,147 121,147 2.2
1999 121,147 121,147 2.2
2000 121,147 121,147 2.2
Similar annual fiscal implications would continue as long as the
provisions of the bill are in effect.
No fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.
Source: Comptroller of Public Accounts, Department of Health
LBB Staff: JK, KF, DF