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Senate committee advances bill to limit agency policy changes with budget implications outside the legislative session
Summary
House Bill 90 would restrict the Department of Health and Welfare from making policy changes that carry budget implications outside the legislative session; sponsor cited recent problems in the state childcare program as motivation.
Sen. Brian Lenney, R-Nampa, said House Bill 90 would prevent state agencies, specifically the Department of Health and Welfare, from making policy decisions with budget consequences outside the legislative session. "This is a bill that addresses bureaucrats behaving badly," Lenney said.
Lenney described the Idaho childcare program as a recent example, saying the department made eligibility…
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