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GovOps reviews licensing boards’ reserves; many boards cite personnel and tech costs, several plan fee changes
Summary
State licensing boards told the Jan. 27 Government Operations committee that personnel pay adjustments, technological costs and legal expenses explain recent shortfalls for many health‑related boards; some boards have approved fee increases, others fee reductions or further review.
State licensing boards and the Department of Health told the joint Government Operations Committee on Jan. 27 that personnel costs, pay market adjustments and various technology and legal expenses largely explain recent revenue shortfalls for several health‑related licensing programs.
The department briefed the committee in a series of statutorily required self‑sufficiency hearings. Jennifer Putnam, assistant commissioner for health licensure and regulation, presented fiscal summaries for multiple boards and committees, explaining why some boards fell short in fiscal years 2023–24 and how they plan to align reserves with the division’s guideline that boards generally hold between one and 2.5 times typical operating expenditures.
Among specific details presented in committee: - Acupuncture advisory committee: expenditures exceeded revenues by $594 (FY2023) and $9,784 (FY2024); the committee reported a reserve balance of $252,252 (an overage relative to the division guideline) and approved a fee decrease at its Feb. 24 meeting to reduce the…
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