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Panel approves LFO budget for Oregon Board of Dentistry, endorses large anesthesia fee increases
Summary
The Joint Committee on Ways and Means Education Subcommittee approved the Legislative Fiscal Office(LFO) recommended budget for the Oregon Board of Dentistry, including a package that raises several licensing and anesthesia permit fees by between about 9.5% and 433% to cover a projected revenue shortfall.
The Joint Committee on Ways and Means Education Subcommittee approved the LFO recommended 2025-27 budget for the Oregon Board of Dentistry, endorsing fee increases and other cost-cutting measures meant to address a projected revenue shortfall.
The LFO recommended budget of $4,690,136 in other funds and 7 positions (7.0 FTE) was presented to the subcommittee and adopted as the dash 1 amendment. The proposal includes eliminating a 0.62 FTE part-time health-care investigator, raising multiple licensing and anesthesia-permit fees, and a one-time $100,000 professional services increase to retain an independent contractor investigator.
The LFO analyst summarized the recommendation: "The 2527 LFO recommended budget for the Oregon Board of Dentistry is $4,690,136 other funds and includes 7 positions and 7 FTE. The LFO recommended budget represents a decrease of $327,033…
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