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General procedures for licensure boards. |
14LSO-0113.C3 |
FISCAL NOTE
This bill proposes to modify and make more uniform some administrative procedures for thirty-six (36) separate professional licensing boards. Feedback from these boards indicates three main areas where the bill may have significant fiscal impact (though these may not be the only areas of fiscal impact for any single board):
1. Potential increase in support services expenditures for board members' travel expenses, commensurate with per diem and mileage reimbursement in the same manner and amount as members of the Wyoming Legislature. The professional licensing boards assume this compensation to include attendance at board meetings, conferences, training, and other necessary and official functions for a board;
2. Potential increase in contract service expenditures in paying for periodic audits of financial transaction internal control structures to ensure: a) whether expenditures benefit the state, b) whether financial reports are presented fairly, and c) whether the board has complied with applicable laws and rules. The boards provided varying assumptions as to audit frequency from annual audits to an audit every five years. The boards also provided various assumptions as to which agency/entity would conduct the periodic audits (private or public sector auditors), but generally assumed audits would be conducted by a separate, third-party entity; and
3. Potential change in cost allocation expenditures for several boards which are not currently billed for shared state administrative services. Several professional licensing boards currently transfer a statutorily defined percent of their license fee revenues to the state General Fund. Therefore, these boards have not been traditionally charged for their specific share/cost of services provided by other state agencies (i.e. – state accounting services, information technology services, etc.). The proposed bill eliminates these provisions for several boards and places them in line with cost allocation practices for most state agencies.
Note: Due to the number of professional licensing boards addressed by this bill and the variety of differences in each board's original authorizing statutes (i.e. – number of board members, number and frequency of board meetings required, etc.), additional fiscal impact cannot be determined at this time.
For consistency across all boards' responses, the fiscal impact, if any, is outlined in each board's Agency Estimate of Administrative Impact.
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NOTICE-AGENCY ESTIMATE OF ADMINISTRATIVE IMPACT REQUESTED
This bill has administrative impact that appears to increase (or decrease) duties or responsibilities of one or more state agencies and may impact agency spending or staffing requirements. As introduced, the bill does not modify any state agency budget or current personnel authorizations. The following state agencies will be asked to provide their estimate of the administrative fiscal impact prior to the first committee meeting held to consider the bill:
Agency 013, Animal Euthanasia Technician Board (combined
with the Board of Veterinary Medicine) Agency 035, Board of Embalmers Agency 022, Board of Respiratory Care Agency 028, Board of Registration in Podiatry Agency 064, Board of Hearing Aid Specialists |
Prepared by: Michael Swank, LSO Phone: 777-7881
(Information provided by the executive directors of the various professional licensing boards)