| TO: | Honorable Patrick M. Rose, Chair, House Committee on Human Services |
| FROM: | John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
| IN RE: | HB918 by Thompson (Relating to duties of certain health care facilities in relation to residents who are sex offenders.), As Introduced |
The bill would amend the Health and Safety Code relating to the duties of certain health care facilities in reaction to residents who are sex offenders.
The bill would amend Health and Safety Code, Chapters 242 and 246, which would require certain institutions (nursing facilities, continuing care facilities, and assisted living facilities) to use the sex offender database maintained by the Department of Public Safety (DPS) to determine if facility residents are required to register as sex offenders. The institution must make this required screening no later than three days after the individual begins to reside in the facility. If the institution determines the individual is required to register as a sex offender, then the facility must notify DPS that the individual is a resident of the institution. The institution is also required to post notice in a public area of the facility that a person required to register as a sex offender currently resides in the institution.
The bill would take effect on September 1, 2007.
The Department of Public Safety and the Department of Aging and Disability Services both state that they anticipate no significant fiscal impact to their agencies. This analysis assumes that costs associated with the bill can be absorbed within each agency’s current appropriations.
| Source Agencies: | 405 Department of Public Safety, 539 Aging and Disability Services, Department of
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| LBB Staff: | JOB, CL, GG, LG
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