Deputy secretary of state and OPR present fee updates, data-feed charges and enforcement changes in H-472

Lauren Hibbert, deputy secretary of state, told the committee H-472 responds to a money-study directive and to an OPR fund deficit that staff estimate at about $1,500,000. She described three categories of changes: (1) fee restorations and scheduled fee increases for particular license types (electrology shops and peer-support specialists), (2) authority to charge for data feeds and application-program interfaces (APIs) that the office currently provides at no charge but which require development and maintenance costs, and (3) enforcement and penalty adjustments, including a proposed administrative penalty increase for unauthorized practice from $2,500 to $5,000.

Nut graf: OPR asked the committee to allow the office to recover legitimate operating costs by restoring and setting certain fees and by authorizing policy-based fees for bespoke data feeds. Staff…