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LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 89TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
March 16, 2025
TO:
Honorable Gary VanDeaver, Chair, House Committee on Public Health
FROM:
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
HB932 by Walle (Relating to the Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact; authorizing fees.), As Introduced
The fiscal implications of the bill cannot be determined due to uncertainty regarding the costs associated to meet the requirements to become a member of the Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact and the extent to which license fees would increase with compact membership.
The bill would make no appropriation but could provide the legal basis for an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions of the bill.
The bill would amend the Occupations Code to establish the Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact. The bill would establish requirements for becoming a member state of the compact, defines a joint government agency consisting of all member states of the Occupational Therapy Compact Commission, grants authority to this compact commission, requires participation in a national data system, and provides new responsibilities and enforcement requirements to member state governments.
According to the Executive Council of Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy Examiners (ECPTOTE), the changes needed to the ECPTOTE database to participate in the compact and the cost of any necessary changes to the licensing database change cannot be estimated. Additionally, the ECPTOTE is unable to predict the investigative costs it might incur by participating in any joint investigations or investigations required by the compact legislation.
Based on the analysis of the Comptroller of Public Accounts, the amounts and timing of any assessment and fee revenue associated with Texas joining the compact are unknown; therefore, the fiscal impact of this portion of the bill cannot be determined.
This bill would take effect on September 1, 2025.
Local Government Impact
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies:
304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 452 Department of Licensing and Regulation, 533 Executive Council of Physical Therapy & Occupational Therapy Examiners