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Committee votes to repeal state hospital licensing chapter, deferring to federal CMS standards
Summary
The House Health and Welfare Committee approved a docket that repeals Idaho's separate hospital licensing chapter and moves to rely on federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) licensing as the state works on a companion bill.
The House Health and Welfare Committee voted to adopt docket 160314-2401, which repeals the state's hospital-licensing chapter and directs follow-up legislation to align Idaho's licensing with federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services standards.
Jared Larson, Legislative and Regulatory Affairs chief at the Department of Health and Welfare, told the committee the chapter repeal is intended to resolve a statutory tension: state rules…
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