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Minnesota health licensing boards seek new staff and fee authority as workloads grow
Summary
Several state health licensing boards told the Senate Health and Human Services Committee they need more staff or fee authority to keep up with rising applications, more-complex complaints and higher operating costs; most said their operations are fee-funded, not paid from the general fund.
Health licensing boards that regulate dentists, counselors, podiatrists, chiropractors, dietitians and other professionals told the Minnesota Senate Health and Human Services Committee on Jan. 28 that increases in volume and complexity of their work have left many boards seeking new staff or broader fee authority.
The boards — all fee-funded executive-branch entities — gave the committee a mix of narrowly targeted asks and larger ceiling changes. They emphasized that licensing boards rely on fees paid by licensees, not the state general fund, and said rising costs for rent, IT, legal services and personnel are creating budget stress.
The boards said their requests vary: the Board of Dentistry asked for one administrative position to support a complaint-compliance division; the Board of Behavioral Health and Therapy (BBHT) asked for a full-time staff position and authority to charge a counseling-compact privilege fee for out-of-state applicants; the Board of Podiatric Medicine asked to raise its fee ceiling and a proposed interim renewal amount; the…
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