Honorable John Kuempel, Chair, House Committee on Licensing & Administrative Procedures
FROM:
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
HB442 by Martinez, "Mando" (Relating to the online publication of home addresses of certain occupational license holders.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would prohibit the Health and Human Services Commission and two of its administratively attached regulatory boards, the Texas State Board of Social Worker Examiners, and the Texas State Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors, as well as the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, from publishing the addresses of certain licensed individuals in a roster published by each entity, except at the request of the licensed individual. The bill would take effect September 1, 2017. The Health and Human Services Commission and the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation indicate that any costs associated with the bill could be absorbed within the agency's existing resources.
Local Government Impact
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies:
452 Department of Licensing and Regulation, 529 Health and Human Services Commission, 537 State Health Services, Department of