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Dental board tells appropriations panel it identified $80,000 in savings, requests 3% staff progression
Summary
At a legislative appropriations hearing, the Mississippi Board of Dental Examiners said it has roughly 7,500 licenses, identified about $80,000 in operational savings after completing database and inspection projects, and asked the committee to add a 3% staff progression costing $20,539 to its FY27 salary line.
The Mississippi Board of Dental Examiners told a legislative appropriations subcommittee that it has nearly 7,500 active licenses and is asking lawmakers to add a 3% staff salary progression for FY27, a request the board said would total $20,539.
In presenting to the committee, Denise, a board representative, said the board completed a new shared licensing database and carried out facility inspections tied to sedation permits, work the board said enabled it to identify about $80,000 in operational savings. "They were able to implement a brand new database ... and so all of those have been completed," Denise said. "As they looked at their operations ... they could really have, about…
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