Notice of Public Hearing for Substitute Senate Bill 5815 - 10 Year Analysis Complete

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SSB 5815, titled AN ACT Relating to the physician assistant compact, has been scheduled for a public hearing by the House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce.

Date and Time: 02/14/2024 1:30PM (Subject to change by the Legislature.)
Location: John L. O'Brien Building, House Hearing Rm B and Virtual, Olympia, WA

The Office of Financial Management has identified this bill as requiring a ten-year projection of increased cost to the taxpayers or affected fee payers.

Ten-year projection:

Fiscal Year		Physician Assistant Compact License
2024		$0
2025		$8,000
2026		$12,000
2027		$42,000
2028		$55,000
2029		$68,000
2030		$68,000
2031		$68,000
2032		$68,000
2033		$68,000
Total:		$457,000

Washington State Patrol:

Projected cash receipts to the Washington State Patrol (WSP) are indeterminate due to the effective date being indeterminate.

Per section 3(1)(e), member states of the compact are required to implement a criminal background check requirement. Section 11 of the proposed legislation states the bill does not go into effect until the seventh state adopts the legislation, so we are unable to know exactly when cash receipts will begin, however the Department of Health is able to estimate there will be 69 new federal, fingerprint-based background checks in the first year, 104 in the second year and 138 annually thereafter. Assuming electronic submissions, the fingerprint processing fee is $34.25. Of that $34.25 fee, $11.25 covers the Federal Bureau of Investigation's fee while $23 is deposited into the State Fingerprint Identification Account for covering costs incurred in our Criminal Records Division. Total revenue once the bill is in effect is projected to be $1,587 in the first year, $2,392 in the second year, and $3,174 annually thereafter.

Ten-year projection prepared in consultation with the following agencies:

Washington State Patrol
Department of Health

The substitute bill was proposed by:

Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care
(360) 786-7456



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House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce members and contact information:



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