HF 968 (LSB 2101YH (7) 91)

HOUSE FILE 968

BY  BERGAN

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to licensure fees for professional licenses, permits, and certifications.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  LICENSURE FEE STANDARDIZATION.
   1.  The department of inspections, appeals, and licensing shall consult with the boards, commissions, committees, councils, and other entities of state government identified in the licensure renewal and fee study issued by the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing pursuant to 2024 Iowa Acts, chapter 1170, sections 67 and 68, to propose uniform licensure fees for each license in a tier.
   2.  Not later than eighteen months after the effective date of this Act, the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing shall submit a regulatory analysis of proposed rules to the administrative code editor pursuant to section 17A.4A, subsection 4, as necessary to implement a uniform licensure fee proposed for licenses in applicable tiers, provided the department or an entity under the purview of the department is otherwise authorized by law to determine the fee by rule.
   3.  For purposes of this section, “license” means a license, permit, or certification.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill relates to licensure fees for professional licenses, permits, and certifications. The bill requires the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing (department) to consult with each board, commission, committee, council, and other entity of state government identified in the licensure renewal and fee study (study) issued by the department to propose uniform licensure fees for each license in a tier identified in the study. The bill requires the department to, not later than 18 months after the effective date of the bill, submit a regulatory analysis of proposed rules as necessary to implement the uniform licensure fee proposed for licenses in a tier, if adopting the fee by rule is otherwise authorized by law.