The provisions of the bill addressing felony sanctions are the subject of this analysis. The bill would amend the Family Code to create a criminal offense for failing to provide appropriate medical treatment in accordance with the bill's provisions to a child born alive after an abortion. Under the provisions of the bill, the punishment for this offense would be a third degree felony.

A third degree felony is punishable by confinement in prison for a term from 2 to 10 years and, in addition to confinement, an optional fine not to exceed $10,000.

Creating a new offense for which a criminal penalty can be applied is expected to result in additional demands upon the correctional resources of counties or of the State due to an increase in the number of individuals placed under supervision in the community or sentenced to a term of confinement within state correctional institutions. This analysis assumes the provisions of the bill addressing felony sanctions would not result in a significant impact on state correctional populations or on the demand for state correctional resources.