Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Panel endorses Board of Healing Arts appropriation plan after directors explain fee cycles and staffing
Summary
The House Committee on Higher Education Budget approved a recommendation to adopt the Kansas Board of Healing Arts’ budget as set out in HB 2007 after agency testimony about revenue timing, staffing fills and IT and contractual increases.
The House Committee on Higher Education Budget voted to recommend the State Board of Healing Arts’ proposed appropriations in HB 2007 after receiving testimony on the board’s fee structure, staffing and planned IT and contractual expenditures.
Megan Leopold, budget analyst with the Kansas Legislative Research Department, told the committee the State Board of Healing Arts licenses more than 36,000 practitioners across 16 license types and that the agency operates solely from its fee fund. Leopold summarized the board’s fiscal requests and noted requested increases mainly for contractual services, group health insurance and capital outlay.
Executive Director Susan Guile described the board’s revenue timing and operating profile, explaining the agency receives a large…
Already have an account? Log in
Subscribe to keep reading
Unlock the rest of this article — and every article on Citizen Portal.
- Unlimited articles
- AI-powered breakdowns of topics, speakers, decisions, and budgets
- Instant alerts when your location has a new meeting
- Follow topics and more locations
- 1,000 AI Insights / month, plus AI Chat
