SB 1037
Initials DC/GG Page 1 Regulatory Oversight
ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Fifty-seventh Legislature
First Regular Session
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SB 1037: health boards; fund balances; fees
Sponsor: Senator Kavanagh, LD 3
Committee on Regulatory Oversight
Overview
Establishes fee and fund balance report and review requirements for health profession
regulatory boards and licensing authorities.
History
On the request of any person, a health profession regulatory board must provide: 1) a copy of
the minutes of any specified board meeting; 2) a copy of a board action concerning a person
under regulation of the board; 3) a copy of the final adjudication of a complaint against a
person regulated by the board; and 4) the name and primary practice address of a person
regulated by the board (A.R.S. § 32-3209).
Each licensing authority is required to, in addition to complying with public meeting statute
as it pertains to public employees: 1) provide a digital recording of each licensing authority
meeting, except for executive sessions; 2) post on its website the digital recording of the
meeting not later than five days after the meeting and retain that recording for at least three
years; and 3) post on its website final decisions, orders and actions the licensing authority
takes not later than five days after the meeting and retain the information for at least three
years but not more than five years (A.R.S. § 32-4801).
Provisions
1. Requires a health profession regulatory board or licensing authority to review in a public
meeting the amount of each fee authorized by its statutes at least once each fiscal year
prior to establishing fee amounts for the subsequent fiscal year. (Sec. 1,2)
2. Directs each health profession regulatory board or licensing authority to calculate and
disclose its fund balance at the public meeting. (Sec. 1,2)
3. Specifies that the fund balance of a health profession regulatory board or licensing
authority may not exceed two years of its annual operating expenses plus five percent.
(Sec. 1,2)
4. Requires that if a health profession regulatory board's or licensing authority's fund
balance exceeds the allowable amount, the board or authority must reduce or eliminate
fees until its fund balance is below the allowable amount. (Sec. 1,2)
5. Defines licensing authority. (Sec. 2)
☐ Prop 105 (45 votes) ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes) ☐ Emergency (40 votes) ☒ Fiscal Note