| 1 | | - | Senate Engrossed health boards; fund balances; fees State of Arizona Senate Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session 2025 SENATE BILL 1037 AN ACT Amending title 32, chapter 32, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 32-3209.01; Amending title 32, chapter 48, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding article 2; relating to health professionals. (TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE) |
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| 1 | + | PREFILED DEC 30 2024 REFERENCE TITLE: health boards; fund balances; fees State of Arizona Senate Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session 2025 SB 1037 Introduced by Senator Kavanagh AN ACT Amending title 32, chapter 32, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 32-3209.01; relating to health professionals. (TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE) |
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| 77 | | - | Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona: Section 1. Title 32, chapter 32, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 32-3209.01, to read: START_STATUTE32-3209.01. Board fees; fund balances; review; reduction A. Each health profession regulatory board shall review in a public meeting at least once each fiscal year and before establishing the amount of any fee for the subsequent fiscal year the amount of each fee authorized in the health profession regulatory board's statutes. The health profession regulatory board shall ascertain and disclose in the public meeting the health profession regulatory board's fund balance. The fund balance may not be more than two years of the health profession regulatory board's annual operating expenses plus five percent. B. If the fund balance is more than the amount allowed under subsection A of this section, the health profession regulatory board shall reduce or eliminate the licensing or application fees, or both, that are being charged to the health professionals under the health profession regulatory board's jurisdiction until the fund balance is below the allowable amount. END_STATUTE Sec. 2. Title 32, chapter 48, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding article 2, to read: ARTICLE 2. NONHEALTH PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS REGULATORY BOARDS START_STATUTE32-4821. Licensing authority fees; fund balances; review; reduction; definition A. Each licensing authority shall review in a public meeting at least once each fiscal year and before establishing the amount of any fee for the subsequent fiscal year the amount of each fee authorized in the licensing authority's statutes. The licensing authority shall ascertain and disclose in the public meeting the licensing authority's fund balance. The fund balance may not be more than two years of the licensing authority's annual operating expenses plus five percent. B. If the fund balance is more than the amount allowed under subsection A of this section, the licensing authority shall reduce or eliminate the licensing or application fees, or both, that are being charged to the licensees, permittees, certificate holders or registrants under the licensing authority's jurisdiction until the fund balance is below the allowable amount. C. For the purposes of this SECTION, "licensing authority": 1. MEANS any board of this state that issues a license, permit, certificate or registration pursuant to this title to an individual who provides a service to any person. 2. Does not include: (a) an entity that issues LICENSES PURSUANT to chapter 40 of this title. (b) a health profession regulatory board as defined in section 32-3201. END_STATUTE |
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| 78 | + | Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona: Section 1. Title 32, chapter 32, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 32-3209.01, to read: START_STATUTE32-3209.01. Board fees; fund balances; review; reduction; exception A. Each health profession regulatory board shall review in a public meeting at least once each fiscal year and before establishing the amount of any fee for the subsequent fiscal year the amount of each fee authorized in the health profession regulatory board's statutes. The health profession regulatory board must ascertain and disclose in the public meeting the health profession regulatory board's fund balance. The fund balance may not be more than two years of the health profession regulatory board's annual operating expenses plus five percent. B. If the fund balance is more than the amount allowed under subsection A of this section, the health profession regulatory board shall reduce or eliminate licensing or application fees, or both, being charged to the health professionals under the health profession regulatory board's jurisdiction until the fund balance is below the allowable amount. C. Notwithstanding subsection A of this section, a health profession regulatory board may maintain additional monies in the fund in the amount of the health profession regulatory board's last operational funding request if the legislature did not approve the health profession regulatory board's operational funding request in that fiscal year's state budget.END_STATUTE |
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| 89 | | - | Sec. 2. Title 32, chapter 48, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding article 2, to read: |
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| 91 | | - | ARTICLE 2. NONHEALTH PROFESSIONS AND |
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| 93 | | - | OCCUPATIONS REGULATORY BOARDS |
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| 95 | | - | START_STATUTE32-4821. Licensing authority fees; fund balances; review; reduction; definition |
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| 97 | | - | A. Each licensing authority shall review in a public meeting at least once each fiscal year and before establishing the amount of any fee for the subsequent fiscal year the amount of each fee authorized in the licensing authority's statutes. The licensing authority shall ascertain and disclose in the public meeting the licensing authority's fund balance. The fund balance may not be more than two years of the licensing authority's annual operating expenses plus five percent. |
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| 99 | | - | B. If the fund balance is more than the amount allowed under subsection A of this section, the licensing authority shall reduce or eliminate the licensing or application fees, or both, that are being charged to the licensees, permittees, certificate holders or registrants under the licensing authority's jurisdiction until the fund balance is below the allowable amount. |
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| 101 | | - | C. For the purposes of this SECTION, "licensing authority": |
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| 103 | | - | 1. MEANS any board of this state that issues a license, permit, certificate or registration pursuant to this title to an individual who provides a service to any person. |
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| 105 | | - | 2. Does not include: |
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| 107 | | - | (a) an entity that issues LICENSES PURSUANT to chapter 40 of this title. |
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| 109 | | - | (b) a health profession regulatory board as defined in section 32-3201. END_STATUTE |
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| 90 | + | C. Notwithstanding subsection A of this section, a health profession regulatory board may maintain additional monies in the fund in the amount of the health profession regulatory board's last operational funding request if the legislature did not approve the health profession regulatory board's operational funding request in that fiscal year's state budget.END_STATUTE |
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