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Kansas Board of Nursing asks staff for fee‑increase options as budget and inflation concerns mount
Summary
Board members discussed possible license-fee increases at the June meeting and asked staff to produce concrete regulatory options for September. Staff told the board that fee revenue and expenditures are affected by vacant positions, pay raises, cloud migration and rising costs; several board members favored a modest renewal-rate increase rather
The Kansas State Board of Nursing on June 11 discussed possible increases to license fees and directed staff to develop options and projections for consideration at the September meeting.
Board staff told members that fiscal-year 2025 revenues may fall short of prior projections and that expenditures are expected to rise as vacant positions are filled and employee pay raises take effect. Staff recommended producing detailed revenue and expenditure projections for the board's September meeting and comparing Kansas fees with neighboring states. "If it continues the way it is right now, it's probably going to be $200,000 less maybe," the executive administrator said; she added the board will have firmer closing figures at the end of the fiscal year.
Members discussed alternatives, including smaller, regulatory fee increases (which the board can implement over nine months) versus pursuing statutory changes to raise caps — a longer legislative process. Several board members expressed a preference to increase renewal fees rather than impose a large initial fee on new licensees and students. One board member said raising renewal fees by modest amounts would better stabilize ongoing revenue, since renewals represent most of the board's volume.
The board asked staff to model multiple scenarios and return recommended options in September. Staff said it would prepare a spreadsheet that shows the revenue impacts of different fee structures, the timeline required for regulatory changes and the separate process needed to seek statutory cap increases through the legislature.
The board did not set final rates during the June session; it directed staff to prepare proposed fee amendments and comparisons with peer states for formal action later this year.
