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Tennessee funeral board authorizes rulemaking to raise licensing fees after two years of deficits
Summary
The Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers authorized legal staff to begin a rulemaking package to increase license and establishment fees, after reviewing financial reports showing consecutive fiscal-year deficits and a projected FY2025 shortfall of roughly $340,000.
The Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers voted to authorize its legal staff to begin a rulemaking package to increase licensing and establishment fees, citing consecutive fiscal-year deficits and declining reserves.
Board legal counsel and staff presented financial summaries showing the board had consecutive net deficits and that the fiscal-year 2025 shortfall is projected at about $340,000, which will reduce the board’s reserves from roughly $1.1 million to about $758,900, according to the materials presented. Board members and staff said the increases would fund technology upgrades, ongoing regulatory work and staff retention.
Executive Director Robert Gribble summarized the…
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