10 Year Analysis Complete for House Bill 1422

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UPDATE: The 10 year analysis for HB 1422, titled AN ACT Relating to modifying the drug take-back program by modifying fee and enforcement regulations and addressing program operator performance parity, has been completed. 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		22U Secure Drug Take-Back
2026		$518,000
2027		$518,000
2028		$518,000
2029		$518,000
2030		$518,000
2031		$518,000
2032		$518,000
2033		$518,000
2034		$518,000
2035		$518,000
Total:		$5,180,000

Department of Health:

Under current statute, the department collects a fee to support administrative, oversight, and enforcement costs for the drug take-back program in accordance with RCW 69.48.120 (Department to set program fees).  The department shall not impose any fees in excess of its actual administrative, oversight, and enforcement costs and may not exceed ten percent of the program operator’s annual expenditures as reported to the department.  The department supports two program operators and bases the fee off the lowest annual operation costs.

The department assumes spending for the program operator with the lowest annual operating costs to remain around 1,110,000, therefore restricting revenue to $222,000 per year. The department assumes that expenditure authority for the Safe Medication Return Program Account to remain at $740,000 per fiscal year. 

The projected revenue increase is the disparity between the current projected revenue and the department’s expenditure authority for this fund. 

The department supports two program operators and does not know if or when a fine would be assessed, therefore, fine revenue is indeterminate.

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

Department of Health
Department of Commerce


Bill sponsors and contact information:

Representative Strom Peterson, Prime Sponsor
Democrat
(360) 786-7950
strom.peterson@leg.wa.gov

Representative Lauren Davis
Democrat
(360) 786-7910
lauren.davis@leg.wa.gov

Representative My-Linh Thai
Democrat
(360) 786-7926
my-linh.thai@leg.wa.gov

Representative Timm Ormsby
Democrat
(360) 786-7946
timm.ormsby@leg.wa.gov

Representative Natasha Hill
Democrat
(360) 786-7888
Natasha.Hill@leg.wa.gov

Representative Nicole Macri
Democrat
(360) 786-7826
nicole.macri@leg.wa.gov

Representative Joe Timmons
Democrat
(360) 786-7854
Joe.Timmons@leg.wa.gov




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