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Physical Therapy Board votes to pursue legislation to raise fee caps after budget modeling
Summary
The Physical Therapy Board of California voted 4-0 on March 19 to ask the legislature, as part of its sunset review, to raise statutory fee caps to address a projected structural shortfall. Staff presented a driver‑based cost model and interactive dashboard showing multiple fee scenarios and reserve impacts.
The Physical Therapy Board of California voted 4-0 on March 19 to pursue legislative authority in its sunset package to raise statutory fee caps after staff warned that current fees would leave the board structurally imbalanced over the next several fiscal years.
Board President Dr. Karen Brandon opened the discussion by calling for a data‑driven review of the board’s fund condition. Department of Consumer Affairs senior fiscal adviser Matt Nishimini presented a driver‑based cost model that estimates direct and indirect costs per application and projects the board’s finances out five years. The model showed that current statutory fee caps leave the board subsidizing license processing; staff estimated a per‑application cost for some PT initial licenses in the range of several…
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