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Secretary of State officials tell committee OPR is running a deficit and will seek data, fees and staffing changes
Summary
Deputy Secretary of State Lauren Pippert told the House Government Operations & Military Affairs Committee on Jan. 22 that the Office of Professional Regulation, a division of the Secretary of State’s office, has run a budget deficit for five years and will soon release a money-study report to guide funding options.
Deputy Secretary of State Lauren Pippert told the House Government Operations & Military Affairs Committee on Jan. 22 that the Office of Professional Regulation, a division of the Secretary of State’s office, has run a budget deficit for five years and will soon release a money-study report to guide funding options.
The report, Pippert said, is intended to fill data gaps about how staff time is allocated across professions before the office makes a long-term funding recommendation. "We just need more data and more understanding before we're ready to make a sustainable recommendation to this body," Pippert said.
The Office of Professional Regulation (OPR) licenses, certifies or registers roughly 162 license types and more than 80,000 licensees. Pippert…
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