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Committee backs bill to place newborn screening rules into Idaho law
Summary
Senate Bill 1014 would move existing newborn screening rules from administrative rule into Idaho statute; supporters said it does not change screening requirements and would increase legislative oversight. Committee voted to send the bill to the Senate floor with a due-pass recommendation.
Senate Bill 1014, which would codify existing newborn screening rules into Idaho statute, advanced out of the Senate Health and Welfare Committee on Jan. 22 with a due-pass recommendation.
Nut Graf: Sponsor Senator Camille Blaylock said the bill takes rules the committee previously approved and places them directly into Idaho Code. She and supporters stated repeatedly that the measure does not add or remove screening requirements but relocates the…
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