HOUSE BILL NO. 49 "An Act extending the termination date of the Board of Certified Direct-Entry Midwives; and providing for an effective date." 2:21:42 PM REPRESENTATIVE SAM KITO III, SPONSOR, reminded the committee that the bill extended the Board of Certified Direct-Entry Midwives through 2021. 2:22:42 PM Vice-Chair Gara asked whether the board was "comfortable" with its fees. Representative Kito responded in the affirmative. Co-Chair Foster related that there was amendment. Amendment 1 was offered by Representative Kawasaki and Representative Wilson: Page I, line 6: Delete "2021" Insert "2023" Representative Wilson MOVED to ADOPT Amendment 1. Co-Chair Seaton OBJECTED for discussion. Representative Wilson spoke to the amendment. She explained that the amendment moved the extension to six years; from 2021 to 2023. She voiced that audits were costly and much of the discussion was focused on the board's fee issues that was the fault of the department. She thought that not granting a full 8-year extension punished the board and expressed confidence in the board's ability to carry out its duties. 2:24:58 PM KRIS CURTIS, LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR, DIVISION OF LEGISLATIVE AUDIT, stated that the decision was a policy call. She reiterated that the maximum extension was 8 years. She reminded committee members that the division recommended a four-year extension because of recommendation number three identifying the fees as a barrier to entry. Representative Wilson stated that the issue was not the board's fault. The board had attempted to increase its fees and were opposed by the department only to discover that the action was correct. She was comfortable with the 6-year extension. She agreed that the action was both a policy call and a financial call. She assured the committee that the board would carefully measure the impact the fees had on the profession. CRYSTAL KOENEMAN, STAFF, REPRESENTATIVE SAM KITO III, relayed that the sponsor and the board supported the amendment. Co-Chair Seaton WITHDREW his OBJECTION. There being NO OBJECTION, Amendment 1 was ADOPTED. Vice-Chair Gara reviewed the fiscal note. He reported that a previously published fiscal impact note from the Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development, FN1 (DEC) in the amount of $4.5 thousand was appropriated over the next five years. Representative Wilson indicated that the funds in the fiscal note were comprised of program receipts. 2:28:06 PM Co-Chair Seaton MOVED to report out CSHB 49 (FIN) out of Committee as amended with individual recommendations and the accompanying fiscal note. CSHB 49 (FIN) was REPORTED out of committee with a "do pass" recommendation and with a previously public fiscal note: FN1 (CED). 2:28:33 PM AT EASE 2:29:28 PM RECONVENED Co-Chair Foster noted that amendments for HB 111 were due by 5:00 PM on Thursday, April 6, 2017.