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Committee advances bill to codify Idaho newborn‑screening rules into statute; supporter testifies for families with rare conditions
Summary
Senate Bill 1014 would move existing newborn‑screening rules into Idaho statute. Sponsor Camille Blaylock said the measure does not change screening practice; a parent who advocates for children with rare genetic conditions testified in support. The committee voted to send the bill to the floor with a due‑pass recommendation.
Senate Bill 1014, sponsored by Senator Kamille Blaylock, would transfer administrative rules on newborn screening into Idaho statute without changing current screening practices.
Blaylock told the Health and Welfare Committee that newborn screening requirements “date back to 1921,” and the bill copies the approved rule text verbatim into statute. “This bill does not introduce new…
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