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Board of Veterinary Medicine proposes fee reductions tied to cash-balance law; committee to vote later
Summary
Katie Stewart of the Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses told the committee the Board of Veterinary Medicine adopted temporary rule language to allow fee reductions and has voted to reduce fees by 20 percent; the committee deferred a vote to a later meeting.
Katie Stewart, bureau chief in the Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses (DOPL), presented temporary rule docket 24-3801-2501 on behalf of the Idaho Board of Veterinary Medicine and tied the rulemaking to the Legislature's appropriations guidance in Senate Bill 1442. "The division took the intent language within that appropriation bill very seriously," Stewart said, and described steps the division took to align fees with cash-balance plans.
Stewart told the committee the board updated its rules to include "not more than" language so the board can more easily decrease fees in the future. She said the Board has voted to decrease fees by 20 percent consistent with the cash-balance plan approved by the Legislature. Stewart also explained that the move to a biennial renewal cycle last year changed some fee math: certain renewals were doubled when the schedule moved to a two-year cycle, which helps explain why the euthanasia agency fee may increase under the new schedule.
Senator Taylor asked specifically about the euthanasia agency fee, which appears in the updated fee table; Stewart explained the shift to a biennial renewal cycle as part of the consistency effort. Committee practice for rules was reiterated: presentations are heard at one meeting so members can "listen to and digest" the changes, and votes generally occur at a subsequent meeting. The committee did not vote on the temporary rules during the presentation and will consider them at a later meeting.
