Texas State Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners Strategic Plan: Fiscal Years 2015-2019 Page: 31

                                
CURRENT BOARD STAFF HAVE AN INVALUABLE COMBINED 24 YEARS OF
INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE BOARD'S FUNCTIONS & COMBINED 68
YEARS OF THE STATE'S FUNCTIONS
There was NO easy solution to meeting the FY 2010-2011 5% & FY 2011 2.5% & FY 2012-2013
1 FTE Reductions & FY 2014 (partial due to Comptroller delays) Budget Reductions mandated by
the State of Texas. Other state agencies had proposed major layoffs and numerous hiring freezes
(even for the new positions they received from prior Legislative Sessions). The institutions of
higher education (e.g. The University of Texas at Austin & Texas A&M  University) faced
respective $30 Million budget reductions and great challenges/layoffs/hiring freezes of their own.
All state agencies faced incredible challenges and had no choice but to make the best of what they
had left after the FY 2010-2011 5% & FY 2011 2.5% & FY 2012-2013 & FY 2014 (partial)
Budget Reductions.
www.tsbpme.texas.gov/agencydocuments/16February2010-5%25ReductionFY10- 11-ABEST-
TSBPME.pdf
We had to make very painful difficult decisions to meet that mandate with everyone sacrificing
something; the proportional challenges confronting the Texas State Board of Podiatric Medical
Examiners and its agency are as great as those before the larger state agencies.
Po- Capital Assets -- Section 11.02, Article IX of the 2010-2011 General Appropriations Act
requires all state agencies and institutions of higher education to supply capital planning
information relating to projects for the 2016-2017 biennium to the Texas Bond Review Board. On
May 01, 2014, the Texas State Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners filed a "2016-2017 Capital
Expenditure Plan Reporting Exemption" due to the fact that through Fiscal Years 2015-2019, our
agency will not have a project requiring capital expenditures.
III. FISCAL ASPECTS
The Texas State Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners is self-supporting, being funded solely
through fees assessed on its licensees and receiving no funds from General Revenue, no tax
revenues from the people of Texas nor federal funds. The agency's Fiscal Year 2014 total budget
is $279,402.00. (The entire budget can be viewed at www.lbb.state.tx.us.) As per the General
Appropriations Act, this agency is required to transfer funds through interagency contract to the
Health Professions Council (HPC). This amount is our prorated share of HPC's operating budget.
This agency continues to contract with the State Office of Risk Management (SORM) for risk
management services and workman's compensation insurance coverage for its employees, in
compliance with Texas Labor Code Chapter 412 and Chapter 501. This fee is paid out of
appropriated funds on an annual basis and is calculated on our annual payroll.
This agency also continues to participate in the Texas On-line project in accordance with
2054.252 of the Government Code. The fees for this service are collected from renewing

licensees and transferred to the contracted vendor.
The Office of Patient Protection Program (OPP), formed under House Bill 2985 (78th Legislative
Session), mandated the compliance of all health licensing agencies. The fees for this project,
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