LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 80TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

April 9, 2007

TO:	Honorable Dianne White Delisi, Chair, House Committee on Public Health
FROM:	John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB2644 by Rose (Relating to the requirements for a massage therapist license.), As Introduced

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would amend the Occupations Code as it relates to the requirements for a massage therapist license.

The Department of State Health Services estimates that any costs associated with implementing the provisions of the bill would be absorbed within existing resources.

The bill would apply only to a license applicant who enrolls in a massage therapist training program for the first time on or after the effective date of the bill.

The bill would take effect January 1, 2008.

Local Government Impact

No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

Source Agencies:

537 State Health Services, Department of

LBB Staff:

JOB, CL, PP, SJ