Honorable Gary VanDeaver, Chair, House Committee on Public Health
FROM:
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
HB4454 by Vo (Relating to solicitation of patients and other prohibited marketing practices and the establishment of the task force on patient solicitation; increasing criminal penalties.), As Introduced
The bill would increase the penalties and expand the conduct constituting offenses relating to the solicitation of patients and to the failure of disclosure by including that a person may not exchange any benefits or commissions directly or indirectly to secure or solicit a patient or patronage of certain persons.
Expanding the conduct constituting existing offenses and increasing the penalties for existing offenses may result in an increase in demands upon state and local correctional resources due to a possible increase in the number of individuals placed under supervision in the community or sentenced to a term of confinement.
In fiscal year 2024, there were 1 arrest, no referrals, 1 placement onto adult community supervision, no individuals admitted into an adult state correctional institution, and no individuals admitted into a juvenile state correctional institution for the offenses relating to the solicitation of patients and to the failure of disclosure.
It is assumed that any impact on state correctional populations or on the demand for state correctional resources would not be significant.