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Fiscal office: H.472 will fund one mental‑health regulator position; fee changes add about $220,000 a year
Summary
The Ways & Means Committee heard a fiscal briefing on H.472, described in the meeting as the “OTR bill,” and was told a fiscal note posted on the committee page reflects Senate changes that remove early‑childhood educator licensure language and leave a single position to regulate certain mental‑health professions.
The Ways & Means Committee heard a fiscal briefing on H.472, described in the meeting as the “OTR bill,” and was told a fiscal note posted on the committee page reflects Senate changes that remove early‑childhood educator licensure language and leave a single position to regulate certain mental‑health professions.
Chris Roop, Joint Fiscal staff, told the committee the amendment coming from the Senate strips the early‑childhood educator licensure provisions because that section is not funded in the budget signed into law. "The amendment ... removes the pieces that spoke to the early childhood educator licensure because that section is not funded in…
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