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This bill modifies the oversight of the Office of Professional Licensure Review by updating definitions and review processes for regulated occupations. Key changes include defining "harm" as a significant threat to public health, safety, or financial welfare, and clarifying that "legislator" refers to a state representative or senator. The bill expands the office's duty to respond to inquiries beyond just legislators to include other individuals, provided resources allow, and requires the office to notify legislators about these inquiries. Furthermore, the review criteria for proposed or existing regulations are refined to focus on whether a regulation is necessary to address identified harm, its severity, probability, and permanence, and the bill mandates that the office document these considerations. Finally, the annual report from the office to the Business and Labor Interim Committee will now include summaries of all inquiries received, not just those from legislators, and recommendations made to responsible agencies, which are defined as the state executive branch agencies with rule-making authority over occupational regulations.

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