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Multiple health licensing boards ask Minnesota committee to raise fees, expand spending authority
Summary
Nine health-related licensing boards told the Minnesota House Health Finance and Policy Committee on March 3 that rising costs and growing workloads have left many boards operating on shrinking reserves and seeking higher fee authority or one-time spending to maintain services.
Several Minnesota health-related licensing boards told the House Health Finance and Policy Committee on March 3 that fee revenue and existing appropriations are no longer keeping pace with operating costs and rising workloads, and they asked the committee to approve higher spending authority or changes to fee schedules.
The presentations covered several separate boards but a common theme: these agencies are fee-funded (not supported by the general fund) and face higher IT, legal and personnel costs. Board directors asked lawmakers to move fee language into statute where necessary, grant temporary spending authority extensions, or approve higher fee ceilings so boards can meet statutory obligations for licensing, complaint investigation and public safety.
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