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Senate committee sends bill limiting off-session agency budget-driven rule changes to the floor
Summary
Senators gave House Bill 90 a do-pass recommendation after the sponsor said the measure would prevent the Department of Health and Welfare from making policy decisions with budget impacts outside the legislative session; debate included competing views about legislative flexibility and a cited childcare program shortfall.
Senator Brian Linney presented House Bill 90 to the Senate Health and Welfare Committee and said the bill would bar the Department of Health and Welfare from making policy decisions with budget implications outside of the legislative session without legislative input.
Linney cited the Idaho childcare program as an example. He said agency rule changes and State Plan Amendments (SPAs) had altered eligibility, canceled copays…
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