| TO: | Honorable Myra Crownover, Chair, House Committee on Public Health |
| FROM: | Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
| IN RE: | HB2267 by Davis, Sarah (Relating to the requirement to obtain a license to practice as an anesthesiologist assistant; providing administrative and criminal penalties; imposing fees.), As Introduced |
The provisions of the bill addressing felony sanctions are the subject of this analysis. The bill would amend the Occupations Code to create a third-degree felony for engaging in certain behaviors without holding an anesthesiologist assistant license. Under the provisions of the bill, these behaviors would become an offense on September 1, 2016.
A third-degree felony is punishable by confinement in prison for a term from 2 to 10 years and an optional fine not to exceed $10,000. Creating an offense is expected to increase correctional supervision and/or incarceration populations and thereby increase demands on county and/or state correctional resources. For this analysis, it is assumed the number of offenders convicted under this statute would not result in a significant impact on state correctional agencies, programs, or workloads.
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| LBB Staff: | UP, LM, KJo
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