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Committee advances bill removing outdated Health & Welfare duties, shifting some references to DEQ and local control over pools
Summary
The Senate Health & Welfare Committee voted to send House Bill 202 to the floor with a due‑pass recommendation after staff presented the measure as a statutory cleanup removing outdated Department of Health and Welfare responsibilities and returning some authorities to local agencies.
The Senate Health & Welfare Committee voted to send House Bill 202 to the floor with a due‑pass recommendation after Department of Health and Welfare staff summarized the measure as a statutory cleanup that removes outdated references and returns certain regulatory authority to local entities.
Jared Larson, legislative and regulatory affairs chief at the Department of Health and Welfare, said the bill removes transition language tied to the 1995 creation of the Idaho Department of Juvenile…
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