Introduced by Rep. Tami Green, (University Place) (D) on January 24, 2007
To amend the authority for Secretary of the Department of Health to set professional license fees. The bill modifies current law and allows the Department Secretary to arrange license fees for certified health professions at a sufficient level to offset the costs of administering all related programs. See companion SB 5757. Official Text and Analysis.
Referred to the House Health Care & Wellness Committee on January 24, 2007
Referred to the House Rules Committee on February 28, 2007
Amendment offered by Rep. Tami Green, (University Place) (D) on March 14, 2007
To remove the three levels of health professions fees.
Imposes a $1.50 surcharge upon each health profession
credential that shall be applied to reduce the fees of those
health professions that have an annual fee that exceeds $500.
The Department of Health is directed to conduct a review of the
effect of the surcharge in reducing credentialing fees by
November 15, 2010.
The act expires on July 1, 2011.
The amendment passed by voice vote in the House on March 14, 2007
Referred to the Senate Health & Long-Term Care Committee on March 16, 2007
Referred to the Senate Ways & Means Committee on March 30, 2007
Amendment offered to the Senate Ways & Means Committee on April 2, 2007
To remove the surcharge. The Department of
Health is directed to submit to the Legislature an evaluation of the economic benefits of the
midwifery licensing program to the state's health care system, and the effects of a credential
surcharge in providing greater equity among licensing fee.
Referred to the Senate Rules Committee on April 2, 2007
Amendment offered by Sen. Eric Oemig, (D-Kirkland) (D) on April 11, 2007
To require the Department of Health to examine the
credentialing fees charged to the various health professions,
including a review of existing research literature on the economic
benefits of the subsidy of the midwifery licensing fees to
consumers and the reasons for the high per-licensee costs of
midwives' licenses.
The amendment passed by voice vote in the Senate on April 11, 2007