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Department of Public Health board presses lawmakers to restore disciplinary maximum reduced by recent legislation
Summary
At its meeting, the board reported outreach to legislative leaders after a recent law cut the maximum civil penalty boards can impose from $25,000 to $10,000 and urged further engagement with committee ranking members to seek a fix.
The Department of Public Health board reported it has asked the state Public Health Committee to reconsider a recent legislative change that lowered the maximum civil penalty boards may impose from $25,000 to $10,000 per violation.
The matter was raised during chair updates at the meeting, when the chair (identified in the record as Catherine) said the board sent a letter in December to the committee co-chairs, Senator Anwar and Representative McCarthy Vahey, seeking an opportunity to speak about the policy change. "We were disturbed, not happy about a change in legislation ... which reduced the maximum penalty we can impose from $25,000 to $10,000 per…
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