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Committee approves bill moving state laboratory rules into statute, allows fee adjustments

3161511 · February 26, 2025
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Summary

House Bill 198 would transfer several laboratory-related administrative rules into statute and authorize the state lab to set testing fees at market rates so as not to disadvantage private entities; committee sent the bill to the floor with a do-pass recommendation.

House Bill 198 transfers multiple laboratory-related administrative rules into statute and includes a provision authorizing the state laboratory to set testing fees at market rates so public labs do not undercut private providers.

Sen. Carl Bjerke, sponsor of the bill, said the measure moves IDAPA rules — including quality assurance for clinical laboratories, the drinking-water…

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