TO: | Honorable Rodney Ellis, Chair, Senate Committee on Government Organization |
FROM: | John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | SB662 by Nichols (Relating to the continuation and functions of the State Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology; providing an administrative penalty.), As Introduced |
Fiscal Year | Probable Net Positive/(Negative) Impact to General Revenue Related Funds |
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2012 | ($62,645) |
2013 | ($40,388) |
2014 | ($40,388) |
2015 | ($44,748) |
2016 | ($57,883) |
Fiscal Year | Probable Revenue Gain from General Revenue Fund 1 |
Probable (Cost) from General Revenue Fund 1 |
Change in Number of State Employees from FY 2011 |
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2012 | $184,162 | ($246,807) | 1.8 |
2013 | $184,162 | ($224,550) | 1.8 |
2014 | $184,162 | ($224,550) | 1.8 |
2015 | $184,162 | ($228,910) | 1.8 |
2016 | $184,162 | ($242,045) | 1.8 |
The bill is the Sunset bill for the State Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology (Board), a governor-appointed independent licensing board that is administratively attached to the Department of State Health Services (DSHS) Professional Licensing and Certification Unit. The bill contains a number of Sunset Advisory Commission recommendations on the Board including updates relating to the Board’s membership and operational structure to meet Sunset model licensing standards regarding eligibility of public members, prohibitions on board members; governor designation of the presiding officer; grounds for removal; and a training program for board members. The bill also provides a new Sunset date of 2017 for the Board’s next review.
Additionally the bill requires the Board to obtain fingerprint-based criminal history checks on all applicants and license holders, except certain license holders who are employed by school districts and for whom a criminal history check has already been performed.
The bill would take effect September 1, 2011.
Source Agencies: | 116 Sunset Advisory Commission, 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 405 Department of Public Safety, 537 State Health Services, Department of
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LBB Staff: | JOB, KM, MB, JF, NB
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