Honorable Lois W. Kolkhorst, Chair, House Committee on Public Health
FROM:
John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
HB594 by King, Tracy O. (Relating to the licensing and regulation of hearing instrument fitters and dispensers.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would amend sections of Chapter 402, Occupations Code, by modifying requirements for licensing of hearing instrument fitters and dispensers. The Department of State Health Services assumes that costs related to modifying the existing licensing program can be absorbed within current resources.
Local Government Impact
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.