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PA Board hears budget briefing showing slim surplus but falling reserves
Summary
DCA budget staff told the California Physician Assistant Board that the current projections show a modest monthly surplus but reserves have fallen from roughly 11.8 months to about 8.5 months, prompting continued monitoring and monthly reporting.
DCA budget staff presented the Physician Assistant Board with current fiscal projections on May 18, showing projected FY expenditures of roughly $4.045 million against projected revenue of about $3.579 million and a fund balance decline from approximately 11.8 months of reserve to about 8.5 months. The presentation, delivered by the DCA budget analyst, laid out personnel and operating expense estimates and a four-year fund-condition view based on the governor’s budget and a 3% ongoing expenditure escalation to account for salary and retirement adjustments.
"We are estimating 1.503 million dollars in personnel services, and about 2.541 million dollars in O E and E expenses for a total of about 4.045 million dollars," the DCA budget analyst said, adding the office would continue monthly projections and monitoring. Board members asked how recent fee increases adopted under AB 1501 (the board's sunset-related fee bill) were reflected; staff said the estimates do include those projected fee increases but that precise effects will be tracked as receipts are realized.
Board President Vasco Deon Kidd noted the decline in months of reserve from the last report and asked whether current projections represented a realistic view of near-term solvency. Staff replied that the board remains solvent and the small monthly surplus in the current snapshot does not indicate insolvency but that continued monitoring is warranted, and any future legislation or unexpected events could increase pressure on the fund going forward.
Why it matters: the fund condition determines how the board can staff enforcement, licensing, and outreach work. Board members pressed staff about whether vacant positions and known salary increases were reflected in the projections and were told most known vacancy impacts are already built into the numbers, while enforcement cost increases were not fully modeled and could add cost pressure.
The board asked staff to provide ongoing monthly expenditure projections and to flag any material deviations in reserves at future meetings. The board did not take an immediate fiscal-policy action other than to request continued monitoring and reporting.
