SB 185-FN - AS INTRODUCEDAMENDED BY THE SENATE 03/06/2025 0512s SESSION 25-0964 09/05 SENATE BILL 185-FN AN ACT relative to office of professional licensure and certification investigations.

SB 185-FN - AS INTRODUCEDAMENDED BY THE SENATE 03/06/2025 0512s 25-0964 09/05 STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five AN ACT relative to office of professional licensure and certification investigations.

The office shall have 6090 days to complete the investigation and report to the board at its next regularly scheduled meeting.

ThisI. act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

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The remainder of this act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

LBA 25-0964 Revised 3/21/25 SB 185-FN- FISCAL NOTE AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE (AMENDMENT #2025-0512s) AN ACT relative to office of professional licensure and certification investigations.

Estimated State Impact FY 2025 FY 2026 FY 2027 FY 2028 Revenue $0 Indeterminable Indeterminable Indeterminable Revenue Fund(s) Office of Professional Licensure and Certification Fund Indeterminable Indeterminable Indeterminable Expenditures* $0 Increase Increase Increase ($1,000,000($500,000 to ($1,000,000($500,000 to ($1,000,000($500,000 to $2,500,000)$1,000,000) $2,500,000)$1,000,000) $2,500,000)$1,000,000) Funding Source(s) Office of Professional Licensure and Certification Fund Appropriations* $0 $0 $0 $0 Funding Source(s) None *Expenditure = Cost of bill *Appropriation = Authorized funding to cover cost of bill METHODOLOGY:

The OPLC indicates that in order to comply with the statutory time limits in this legislation they would need to add five new investigative paralegals, two compliance officers, one paralegal, and an off-schedule physician investigator for the Board of Medicine.

The anticipated fiscal impact from the OPLC is in the amount of $1,000,000$500,000 to $2,500,000.$1,000,000.

INVESTIGATIVE PARALEGAL(S) FY 2026 FY 2027 FY 2028 Total Salary and Benefits (Rounded) $117,000 $118,000 $123,000 Total Number of Positions 5 5 5 Total Cost for All Positions $585,000 $590,000 $615,000 COMPLIANCE OFFICER I FY 2026 FY 2027 FY 2028 Total Salary and Benefits (Rounded) $106,000 $107,000 $111,000 Total Number of Positions 1 1 1 Total Cost for All Positions $106,000 $107,000 $111,000 COMPLIANCE OFFICER II FY 2026 FY 2027 FY 2028 Total Salary and Benefits (Rounded) $117,000 $118,000 $123,000 Total Number of Positions 1 1 1 Total Cost for All Positions $117,000 $118,000 $123,000 PARALEGAL II FY 2026 FY 2027 FY 2028 Total Salary and Benefits (Rounded) $96,000 $98,000 $101,000 Total Number of Positions 1 1 1 Total Cost for All Positions $96,000 $98,000 $101,000 It is assumed that any fiscal impact would occur after FY 2025.