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Committee introduces bills on newborn screening oversight and health provider rule reductions; both sent to print by voice vote
Summary
The Idaho Senate Health and Welfare Committee introduced two rules‑to‑statute proposals — one transferring newborn screening oversight to the legislature and another reducing state-level regulations on certain health providers — and voted both to print on voice votes.
The Idaho Senate Health and Welfare Committee voted by voice to introduce two legislative snippets of legislation (RS) and ordered them printed for further consideration.
Senator Brent Blaylock introduced RS31799C1, which would move newborn screening requirements from Department of Health and Welfare administrative rules into Idaho statute. Blaylock told the committee the RS “transfers the authority and oversight of newborn…
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